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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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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Sam Stroozas rounds up local events and Minnesota book news you may have missed.

Ask a Bookseller

Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where host Emily Bright 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.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller and produced by Kelly Gordon every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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.

'The Beast You Are' is smart, self-aware, fun, creepy, and strange

'The Beast You Are' is smart, self-aware, fun, creepy, and strange

These Paul Tremblay stories — a wildly entertaining mix of literary horror, psychological suspense and science fiction — will be more than enough to make readers into immediate fans.
by Gabino Iglesias

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A lost world comes alive in 'Through the Groves,' a memoir of pre-Disney Florida

A lost world comes alive in 'Through the Groves,' a memoir of pre-Disney Florida

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Hull grew up in the rural interior of Central Florida during the 1960s and '70s. Her memoir evokes a land of perfect citrus, and the cruel costs of its harvest.
by Maureen Corrigan

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20 novels in 20 years: The recipe behind author David Housewright's private-eye series

20 novels in 20 years: The recipe behind author David Housewright's private-eye series

David Housewright of St. Paul has received national recognition for his tales of murder and mayhem set in Minnesota. MPR News regional editor Euan Kerr talked with Housewright about his secret for keeping the same character interesting, book after book.
by Cathy Wurzer, Euan Kerr and Emily Bright

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An overdue library book makes a return trip to the shelves — 119 years later

An overdue library book makes a return trip to the shelves — 119 years later

There are overdue library books. Then there's “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity,” which was last checked out in Massachusetts in 1904. It finally made it back after being spotted in West Virginia.
by The Associated Press

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Two new feel-good novels about bookstores celebrate the power of reading

Two new feel-good novels about bookstores celebrate the power of reading

Most novels set in bookshops are heartwarming paeans to bonds forged among readers. The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa are no exception.
by Heller McAlpin

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Ask a Bookseller: 'For Her Consideration'

Ask a Bookseller: 'For Her Consideration'

Bookseller Claire Bone of Wild Sisters Book Company in Sacramento, Calif. recommends the novel "For Her Consideration" by Amy Spalding.
by Emily Bright

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A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann

A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann

“The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder” is so captivating, it’s already being adapted into a movie by Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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