If you need a stack of fresh takes for 2025, start with these 10 standout books from 2024.
10 of the best books of 2024: The surprising reads that stuck
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Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for ‘A Woman of Substance,’ is dead at 91
Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British journalist who became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the saga “A Woman of Substance” and wrote more than a dozen other novels that sold tens of millions of copies, has died. She was 91.
‘We are time’s subjects’: Author Clock keeps track of the hours, one literary quotation at a time
Chicago engineer Jose Cardona says the idea for a clock wasn’t his alone, he was just the first to build one. Four years later, they can’t make them fast enough.
As Americans are beyond burned out, Tricia Hersey’s Nap Ministry preaches the right to rest
In her new book, “We Will Rest! The Art of Escape,” the author and academic says you too can flee the toxic grind culture.
Biblioracle: Dorothy Allison has died at 75. ‘Bastard Out of Carolina’ is a testament to the resiliency of spirit.
It is deeply pleasing to know that Dorothy Allison lived a happy and fulfilled adult life. Her work will endure long after her death.
Today in History: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ published
On Nov. 14, 1851, Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale” was published in the United States, almost a month after being released in Britain.
Talking in the library: Trio of librarians launch podcast at Green Hills
Green Hills Public Library District’s first podcast, “Checked Out,” features discussions of books, TV, movies and more.
Biblioracle: ‘The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.’ opens the book on a band that never wanted to become too big
“The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.” is told from the point of view of the people who loved the band, a book for fans with the voices of fans.
Biblioracle: Charles Baxter’s new novel ‘Blood Test: A Comedy’ is a vibe
The book announces itself as “a comedy” on the cover, but is also, at times odd, sweet, foreboding, sentimental and unsettling.
Biblioracle: Robert Coover has died at 92. He’s a writer worth reading and worth remembering
Robert Coover published more than 30 books, starting with “The Origin of the Brunists” in 1966 and concluding with “Open House” in 2023.