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“Goodbye Earl: A Revenge Novel” by Leesa Cross-Smith (Grand Central) Whether you know the song by The Chicks or not, there’s a lot to love about Leesa Cross-Smith’s latest and uber-personal novel, “Goodbye Earl.

Writing a book about James Garfield is no easy task. The 20th president who served the second shortest amount of time in the White House is popularly known more for his assassination than what he did in office.

NEW YORK (AP) — Melanie Hamrick, who knows her way around a quick pirouette, had to move fast when her 6-year-old son Deveraux recently picked up a copy of her new novel, “First Position,” as she was signing books.

SALT LAKE CITY — A lawsuit against a Utah woman who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and now stands accused of his fatal poisoning was filed Tuesday, seeking over $13 million in damages for alleged financial w

HALIFAX — Mi'kmaw elder Daniel Paul, who collected the often painful details of his people's history, died Tuesday at the age of 84.

NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today's weekly list of bestselling books, a publishing fixture that had been on hiatus since December, returned Wednesday.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand - 9780316259385 - (Little, Brown and Company) 2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - 9781649374080 - (Entangled Publishing, LLC) 3.

“The Imposters,” by Tom Rachman (Little, Brown and Company) Dutch novelist Dora Frenhofer, now in her 70s, is living alone in her London apartment during the coronavirus pandemic, determined to write her last novel while she still can.

"White House By the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port” by Kate Storey (Scribner) The history of the Kennedy family is so well-chronicled — from the modern Camelot legend surrounding John F.

“Fireworks Every Night” by Beth Raymer (Random House) C.C.’s isn’t your typical rags-to-riches story. She remembers growing up in a single-wide with her older sister, stay-at-home mom and car-salesman dad.