• The Practiced Art of Sparkle and Shine (shelftalker)2018-11-30 08:00:00
  A merchandising veteran offers her best holiday decorating tips.
• Building a World from the Climate Down: PW Talks with Jenn Lyons2018-11-30 00:00:00
  
• This Week's Bestsellers: December 3, 20182018-11-30 00:00:00
  
• 'Becoming' Is the Bestselling Book of 20182018-11-30 00:00:00
  
• Stan Lee’s Enduring Legacy At Marvel Comics2018-11-30 00:00:00
  The outpouring of tributes to the late, great comics writer, editor, and former chairman of Marvel Comics was a fitting coda to a long and influential
• ‘Becoming’ Gets the Holidays Off To a Good Start2018-11-30 00:00:00
  Michelle Obama’s book was a big hit at indies, but booksellers are keeping an eye on key titles amid reports of potential shortages.
• Apple Books Category Bestsellers, November 25, 20182018-11-30 00:00:00
  
• Book Deals: Week of December 3, 20182018-11-30 00:00:00
  
• PW Online and On-Air: Week of December 3, 20182018-11-30 00:00:00
  
• Tapping the Power Of Influencers2018-11-30 00:00:00
  A PubTechConnect panel explores how publishers are using social media stars to expand their digital marketing efforts.
• The Five O’clock Writers Club2018-11-30 00:00:00
  A busy wife and mother finds literary inspiration in the early hours.
• The Population Crash: PW Talks with John Ibbitson2018-11-30 00:00:00
  

Books - The Huffington Post

• This Pastor Is Melting Purity Rings Into A Golden Vagina Sculpture2018-11-28 15:42:02
  Christian author Nadia Bolz-Weber plans to create something beautiful out of the rings once used to pledge abstinence.
• 'Boy Erased' Author Garrard Conley: 'I'm Saying The Stuff No One Wants To Say'2018-11-27 18:50:37
  The Arkansas-born writer admits he "hated" seeing his gay "conversion" experience as a film at first, but is hopeful it will educate audiences.
• John Paul Stevens, Retired Justice, Says He Left Supreme Court After Suffering Mini-Stroke2018-11-26 16:51:16
  The 98-year-old opened up about his nearly 35-year tenure on the high court in a New York Times interview.
• Ivanka Trump's 2009 Book Warning On Dangers Of Email Comes Back To Haunt Her2018-11-22 03:39:39
  "People can be so incredibly slapdash with their electronic messages," wrote Donald Trump's daughter and senior adviser.
• The Story Behind Degas' 'Little Dancer' Is Disturbing, But Not In The Way You Expect2018-11-21 08:53:36
  What happened between Edgar Degas and his 14-year-old subject, Marie van Goethem? Writer Camille Laurens conducted years of research to find out.
• Stephen King Tweets 3 Sentences Of Unadulterated Rage About Donald Trump2018-11-21 06:41:29
  The horror novelist concluded his blistering post: "Impeach."

Page-Turner

• Megan Boyle’s “Liveblog” and the Limits of Autofiction2018-11-29 05:00:00
  David Wallace reviews Megan Boyle’s book “Liveblog.”
• A Surfer’s Perspective on Malibu in Flames2018-11-27 11:32:20
  Jamie Brisick reflects on losing his home in the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California, and on his memories of life there before.
• Creeping Through My Home Town (for Research!)2018-11-26 11:00:00
  Emily Flake writes about returning to and walking through her home town, in suburban Connecticut, as part of her research for a book of young-adult fi
• A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 19682018-11-26 05:00:00
  George Blaustein on the German writer Uwe Johnson’s “Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl,” which chronicles t
• Sunday Reading: California2018-11-25 05:00:00
  From The New Yorker’s archive, a collection of pieces about California and the special role that it’s played in American life, including s
• After the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting, a Russian-Jewish Immigrant Remembers Squirrel Hill2018-11-24 05:00:00
  Ellen Litman writes about her memories of immigrating to the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, from anti-Semitism in Russia, and reflects on h
• “The Poem Said”2018-11-19 07:08:00
  Poetry by Michael Dickman: “That sunlight back there is the only thing / I like.”
• When Michelangelo Went to Constantinople2018-11-19 05:00:00
  Julian Lucas on the novelist Mathias Énard’s reimagining of the Renaissance.
• “460 Riverside Drive”2018-11-19 05:00:00
  Poetry by Rachel Hadas: “We lived on the ground floor. The doorman Earl / sat in the lobby.”
• “The Frog King”2018-11-19 05:00:00
  Fiction by Garth Greenwell: “I would get up soon but for now I kept looking at him, his face bearded and dark, smoothed out by sleep.”
• “I Don’t Think Character Exists Anymore”: A Conversation with Rachel Cusk2018-11-18 16:00:00
  Alexandra Schwartz talks to Rachel Cusk about her “Outline” trilogy, in a conversation from the Greenlight Bookstore, in Brooklyn, in June
• “Show Recent Some Love,” by Sam Lipsyte2018-11-12 05:00:00
  Fiction by Sam Lipsyte: “In the olden days, as I recall, you had your charming pigs and your not so charming pigs. Mike was on the spectrum

Christian Science Monitor |

• 'The End of the End of the Earth' is Jonathan Franzen at his idiosyncratic best2018-11-29 17:55:43
  'The End of the End of the Earth' is Jonathan Franzen at his idiosyncratic best
• 'God in the Qur'an' continues Jack Miles's journey through religions2018-11-29 17:55:43
  'God in the Qur'an' continues Jack Miles's journey through religions
• Louise Penny’s unlikely motto for murder: ‘Goodness exists.’2018-11-29 17:55:43
  
• Move over, phones. Make room for books that fit in a back pocket.2018-11-29 17:55:43
  The latest iteration of the book includes elements people love about their phones: portability and ease of use. Europeans have embraced the new format
• 'Churchill' takes reader through stages of Churchill's life in brightly engaging fashion2018-11-29 17:55:43
  'Churchill' takes reader through stages of Churchill's life in brightly engaging fashion
• How Commanders-in-Chief conducted themselves during conflict as seen in 'Presidents of War'2018-11-29 17:55:43
  Michael Beschloss, author of 'Presidents of War,' discusses how presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon B. Johnson bore the burden of l
• 'The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots' analyzes monarch's story from modern perspective2018-11-29 17:55:43
  'The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots' analyzes monarch's story from modern perspective
• Stress-free cooking during the holidays2018-11-29 17:55:43
  Recent cookbook releases are all about speed, ease in the kitchen.
• 'The Tale of Cho Ung' introduces Korean classic tale to English speakers2018-11-29 17:55:43
  'The Tale of Cho Ung' introduces Korean classic tale to English speakers
• Marine, novelist, dad: a conversation with Elliot Ackerman2018-11-29 17:55:43
  Three-time novelist Elliot Ackerman's latest book, "Waiting for Eden," explores the multiple dimensions of veterans’ lives after war, and wha
• 10 best books of November: the Monitor's selections2018-11-29 17:55:43
  The best titles to be released this month include a novel about Czarist Russia and a look at the politicians who came to power after the Founding Fath
• 'Heirs of the Founders' profiles the 'second generation' of great American leaders2018-11-29 17:55:43
  'Heirs of the Founders' profiles the 'second generation' of great American leaders

The New York Review of Books

• The Nuclear Option2018-11-29 06:30:36
  To the Editors: In your article “A Very Grim Forecast” about global warming you state that vast quantities of renewable technology have be
• A True Pogonophile2018-11-29 06:30:02
  To the Editors: I am surely not the only reader who will rush to correct this sentence by Ruth Bernard Yeazell: “Julia Margaret Cameron remains
• What Men Want2018-11-29 06:30:00
  To the Editors: I read Arlie Russell Hochschild’s “Male Trouble” on the plane, flanked by men in their thirties and forties watching
• How Trump Fuels the Fascist Right2018-11-29 01:30:29
  President Trump is no mere entertainer or buffoon, as many want to believe. Instead, he is carefully, skillfully, and consistently speaking directly t
• The Bills of The Great War2018-11-28 06:30:03
  To the Editors: Christopher Browning writes that “the Dawes and Young Plans [were] aimed at ensuring that our ‘free-loading’ former
• Is Literary Glory Worth Chasing?2018-11-27 08:30:06
  Is writing worth it? Does it make any sense at all to pursue literary glory? Are the writers we praise really the best anyway? In 1824, the Italian po
• What Cold War Liberalism Can Teach Us Today2018-11-26 08:48:40
  Liberalism is in crisis, we’re told, assailed on left and right by rising populists and authoritarians. The center cannot hold, they say. But if
• Justifying Diversity2018-11-25 14:30:55
  No one working in or around a US university can think of assembling a class, a set of interviewees for a job, a special issue of a journal, or a schol
• India’s Dangerous New Curriculum2018-11-25 14:00:49
  Since last year, students at the Saifee School in Rajasthan have been using new textbooks published by the government, which is run by the Hindu natio
• New York City’s New Nightlife Mayor2018-11-25 02:00:17
  This year, Ariel Palitz was appointed as the senior executive director of New York City’s Office of Nightlife, the city’s first. In New Yo
• Anna Atkins & Photography’s Blue Beginnings2018-11-24 02:00:37
  In 1843, Anna Atkins, daughter of the prominent British scientist John George Children, began work on her book of photograms (the full edition of whic
• The Uighurs and China’s Long History of Trouble with Islam2018-11-23 05:35:18
  Like today’s China, the Qing Dynasty that ruled for nearly three centuries from 1644 was a multi-ethnic empire but the underlying assumption was

Books

• 'Come With Me' Lays Bare The Risks And Regrets Of Our Online Lives2018-11-29 13:50:44
  Helen Schulman splices together an old-school family drama with high-tech fantasy in her new novel, a rich, closely observed story about regrets and r
• Gorgeous 'Black Future Month' Tracks A Writer's Development2018-11-29 07:00:00
  N.K. Jemisin's new story collection is a story in itself, a chronicle of her career that has the seeds of her award-winning novels, but also lovely a
• Witty And Stylish, 'Insurrecto' Offers An Inside View Of The Pain Of Colonization2018-11-28 14:59:12
  Gina Apostol's dizzying new novel begin in present-day Manila before diving into the late 19th century — and the tortuous relationship between
• A Trauma Surgeon Who Survived Gun Violence Is Taking On The NRA2018-11-28 14:13:17
  When Joseph Sakran was 17, he was shot in the throat after a high school football game. That experience inspired him to become a surgeon — and t
• Margaret Atwood Is Writing A Sequel To 'The Handmaid's Tale'2018-11-28 12:50:12
  Atwood said that she was inspired by readers' questions about the dystopian world of Gilead — and, she says, by "the world we've been living
• 'In Search Of The Canary Tree' Highlights The Links Between Nature, Climate And Us2018-11-28 12:23:16
  Conservation scientist Lauren E. Oakes weaves her musings about humans' place in a warming world together with conservation science in a moving and e
• 'Evening In Paradise' Remembers Those Who Might Otherwise Be Forgotten2018-11-28 10:00:20
  This second posthumous anthology of stories by Lucia Berlin is full of deeply felt stories about lives on the fringe, alternately comic and tragic, bo
• New Biography Reveals The Life And Legacy Of Saxophonist Dexter Gordon2018-11-27 13:23:00
  Gordon started out as a bebop prodigy in the '40s, and went on to star in the '86 film 'Round Midnight. Maxine Gordon captures her late husband's
• Bernie Sanders Criticizes Democrats And Republicans In 'Where We Go From Here'2018-11-27 09:43:00
  The former presidential candidate's latest book is just what you might expect from this genre: His platforms are presented but not interrogated &mdas
• NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2018's Great Reads2018-11-27 05:07:20
  The Book Concierge is back! Explore more than 300 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.
• Kate DiCamillo, Chronicler Of The Hard Truths Of Youth2018-11-26 16:45:00
  She's hugely popular and comes across as something of a smart aleck, but the children's author says she retains the timidity of her youth. She says
• 'The Beautiful Cure' Reveals The 'Profound' Power Of The Immune System2018-11-26 13:51:00
  Immunologist Daniel Davis says scientists are harnessing the power of the immune system to create new medications to fight cancer, auto-immune conditi