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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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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. 

Tickets are now available for our 26th season. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller (and special guest host Catharine Richart) as they talk with authors including Stacey Abrams, Patricia Lockwood, Misty Copeland, John Grisham, and Kate Baer. 

Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer who questioned evangelical views, dies at 37

Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer who questioned evangelical views, dies at 37

Evans had been placed in a medically-induced coma after a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. She was known for her progressive writings about Christianity and her own faith journey.
by Francesca Paris

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Virtual reality eases the reality of natural destruction (somewhat) in 'Alienation'

Virtual reality eases the reality of natural destruction (somewhat) in 'Alienation'

Ines Estrada's new graphic novel is set in a version of 2054 that feels oddly close to today; it's the kind of sci-fi that doesn't imagine the future so much as remind you how strange the present is.
by Etelka Lehoczky

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An assassin walks into a library

An assassin walks into a library

David Enyeart recommends an assassin-filled thriller from South Korea, which offers a biting portrayal of power and corruption.
by Tracy Mumford

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From family drama to global apocalypse, these two novels keep you riveted

From family drama to global apocalypse, these two novels keep you riveted

Sarah Blake's "The Guest Book" is a multi-generational drama set against a backdrop of war and social upheaval. "The Last," by Hanna Jameson, centers on the survivors of a nuclear holocaust.
by Maureen Corrigan

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What don't you talk about with your mom?

What don't you talk about with your mom?

A book of essays from a diverse, accomplished array of writers reveals the ways our mothers fail us and we fail them -- and poses the question of how much a tough conversation could close those rifts.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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Melinda Gates on marriage, parenting and why she made Bill drive the kids to school

Melinda Gates on marriage, parenting and why she made Bill drive the kids to school

In her new book, The Moment Of Lift, the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation calls on readers to support women everywhere as a means to lift up society.
by Michel Martin

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