'Song of Hiawatha' poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's influence extended far beyond south Mpls.
NONFICTION: A new biography shows how Longfellow left his mark on the world — and on Minneapolis.
Review: 'Just Like You,' by Nick Hornby
FICTION: A warm and witty novel about a relationship between two people from different backgrounds.
Review: 'A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear,' by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
NONFICTION: A New Hampshire town takes on a libertarian experiment with humorous and tragic results.
Review: 'Jack,' by Marilynne Robinson
FICTION: In her new Gilead novel, Marilynne Robinson writes about a relationship between a white man and a Black woman.
Review: 'The Man Who Ran Washington,' by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
NONFICTION: An informative, nuanced, judicious biography of James Baker, one of the most influential unelected public officials in late 20th-century America.
Books
Bookmark: Remembering the moment of becoming a reader
I remember the first time it happened. I was still a kid, 9 or 10, maybe 11. It was a perfect summer day, and I…
Books
Quarantine read: 'That Affair Next Door'
“That Affair Next Door,” by Anna Katharine Green This year of COVID I have found myself reading mysteries by the stack. There is something…
Books
Review: 'Likes,' by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
FICTION: Sarah Bynum engages with race and class in her new story collection.
Books
Reviews: 'The Eighth Detective,' by Alex Pavesi, and 'The Shadows,' by Alex North
The Eighth Detective By Alex Pavesi. (Henry Holt, 304 pages, $26.99.) I love a novel that rewards the nerdy reader that I am. Alex…
Books
Famed author Claudia Rankine brings her conversation about race to Minnesotans via Zoom
Watch the writer's appearance as she opened our Talking Volumes book series.
Books
The top 15 books we're looking forward to this autumn
And just like that, the summer of COVID has become the autumn of COVID. And we are all looking forward — perhaps with trepidation —…
Books
REVIEW: Ivy Pochoda's excellent "These Women" illuminates those who live in the margins
FICTION: Ivy Pochoda's excellent "These Women" illuminates those who live in the margins.
Books
Review: 'Vesper Flights,' by Helen Macdonald
NONFICTION: An insightful collection of essays about our relationship with the natural world.
Books
REVIEWS: 'This Is Big,' by Marisa Meltzer and 'A Private Cathedral,' by James Lee Burke
This Is BigBy Marisa Meltzer. (Little, Brown, 304 pages, $28.)How do you feel about people who kvetch about money and then spend $900 on a…
Books
In her new book 'Just Us,' Claudia Rankine invites us all to talk about white privilege
Silence on the issue equals "the constant death of Black people," says the first guest in this year's virtual Talking Volumes series,
Books
Quarantine read: Reader recommends 'Bruno, Chief of Police' series
Martin Walker’s “Bruno, Chief of Police” series to calm the COVID soul. A few times a year — summers are best, when I’m on the…
Books
REVIEW: 'Here We Are,' by Graham Swift
FICTION: A quietly brilliant novel about three entertainers and their relationships onstage and off in 1950s England.
Books
REVIEW: 'Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America,' by Laila Lalami
NONFICTION: Exploring the exclusion of vast swaths of the population from the basic privileges of citizenship.
Books
REVIEW: 'Sex With Presidents,' by Eleanor Herman
NONFICTION: A books that asks: Does wanting to be president also make men cheat?
Books
REVIEW: 'Black in the Middle,' edited by Terrion L. Williamson
NONFICTION: A new anthology edited by a University of Minnesota professor brings many voices to define what it means to be Black in the Heartland.
Books
Minneapolis writer's debut book on longlist for National Book Award
“Owls of the Eastern Ice,” a nonfiction narrative account of a scientist’s search to find and conserve a rare owl in far eastern Russia,…
Books
Pulitzer-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson joins Talking Volumes lineup
The author of "Caste" will close out the virtual series of literary conversations Oct. 13.
Books
With an all-woman lineup, this year's Talking Volumes book series goes virtual
The annual series will deliver authors Yaa Gyasi, Helen Macdonald, Claudia Rankine and Sarah Broom via Zoom.
Books
Excerpt from Claudia Rankine's 'Just Us: A Conversation'
On my way to retrieve my coat I'm paused in the hallway in someone else's home when a man approaches to tell me he thinks…
Books
Review: 'Homeland Elegies,' by Ayad Akhtar
FICTION: A playwright reflects on Muslim American identity in a post-Sept. 11 world in this searing work of autofiction.
Browse Variety Sections
Around the Region
- The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
- US--Apple Books-Top-10
- Book Review: 'Ties That Tether' pits love against family
- James Patterson awards $500 grants to thousands of teachers
- Review: Nick Hornby creates a couple worth cheering for
- Q&A: Copeland looks to her youth in new kids book 'Bunheads'
- Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decade
- Trump niece files suit saying family cheated her of millions
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
- US-Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday
Most Read
- Review: 'The Man Who Ran Washington,' by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
- Review: 'The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,' by Deesha Philyaw
- Review: 'Notes From a Young Black Chef,' by Kwame Onwuachi, with Joshua David Stein
- Bookmark: In praise of mail-order book clubs
- Review: 'The Overstory," by Richard Powers