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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

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Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen to Ask a Bookseller to find your next favorite book.

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Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is an annual event series featuring notable authors in conversation about their new books. Presented by MPR News and The Minnesota Star Tribune. 

When your book publishes in a pandemic — authors talk about terrible timing

When your book publishes in a pandemic — authors talk about terrible timing

A league of unfortunate writers had their books come out in the height of the coronavirus crisis — there are even several online support groups for authors who published mid-pandemic.
by Neda Ulaby

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Fascinating, mysterious 'Intimacies' doesn't let readers get close enough

Fascinating, mysterious 'Intimacies' doesn't let readers get close enough

Katie Kitamura's new novel follows an unnamed woman working as a translator at The Hague who works with war criminals — but can readers really know a narrator who remains resolutely unknown?
by Leland Cheuk

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In 'Notes From The Burning Age,' we're the ones on fire

In 'Notes From The Burning Age,' we're the ones on fire

Claire North's new “Notes from the Burning Age” is set far in the future — but the titular burning age is our own, an age of waste and exploitation from which only fragments of knowledge remain.
by Jason Sheehan

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Michael Wolff's third strike at Trump White House has hits and misses

Michael Wolff's third strike at Trump White House has hits and misses

The author has gifts as a writer: a novelistic eye for scene and detail, an ear for dramatic dialogue. His story keeps moving, free of constraints common to courtroom lawyers or newspaper reporters.
by Ron Elving

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'Radha and Jai' is a toe-tapping dance romance treat

'Radha and Jai' is a toe-tapping dance romance treat

Nisha Sharma's new YA novel follows two Indian American teenagers who overcome differing backgrounds to find love while prepping for an important dance competition — a perfect teen movie setup.
by Alethea Kontis

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Ask a Bookseller: A readable book on economic theory

Ask a Bookseller: A readable book on economic theory

Richard Malinchoc-DeVoe of Fair Trade Books in Redwing, Minn., has a recommendation for nonfiction readers looking to learn something new this summer. He suggests "The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy" by economist Stephanie Kelton.
by Emily Bright

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The science —  and joy  — of sweat 

The science —  and joy  — of sweat 

Everybody sweats — especially this summer. But that silky film is more than gross. It drips with fascinating science. 
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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