An enjoyable murder mystery helped balance out a grim novel about alcoholism.
In April, book clubs read about a family that escapes the Dust Bowl in a popular but distressing novel. Other titles range from horror to humor.
Elsa Hart of St. Louis was honored by the Mystery Writers of America.
The JCC is calling it a "pop-up book festival" this week, with events through Wednesday.
Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” receives the St. Louis Literary Award an…
Challenges to books with LGBTQ themes continued during 2020, a year that libraries were often closed because of the pandemic.
University City Mayor Terry Crow will help celebrate Subterranean Books' new space with a ribbon-cutting at 1 p.m. Saturday (April 10).
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An enjoyable murder mystery helped balance out a grim novel about alcoholism.
February included books about strong women who are mostly treated as property.
I’m usually not a fan of detective novels. I have never read anything by Agatha Christie. But a whodunit with unique, puzzling twists by Antho…
With so many people confined to home last year, one cultural sales category that benefited was books.
During a really weird year, Zoom meetings and distanced patio visits for book clubs provided a needed dose of normalcy for the month.
The Novel Neighbor bookstore says special orders need to be in by Friday to guarantee delivery before Dec. 25.
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November was a month of heavy topics for my three book clubs. But a light read found on a list of “15 feel-good books guaranteed to lift your …
Jessica Baran of St. Louis has received an Andy Warhol Foundation grant of $30,000 for her short-form writing.
Carl Hiaasen’s hilarious new political satire, which takes place post-pandemic, and “Pull of the Stars,” set during a long-ago pandemic, highl…
In a post saying "we're struggling," Left Bank Books asks customers for orders, even donations, as sales have been less than half of what they…
St. Louis' oldest independent bookstore will reopen Thursday for limited, by-appointment shopping a few days a week.
Tom Hanks' voice makes a good book even better.
These 20 fiction and 20 nonfiction titles are among titles that are predicted to be the biggest books of 2020.
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Grandmas who make beer, an autistic man who believes he is a knight, and a seemingly organized wife who loses her cool and attacks her husband…
Curbside pickups, phone and web orders are still available.
Characters from these books have one thing in common: resilience — something many of us are clinging to right now.
Plenty of time off meant eight titles to enjoy.
Not only have titles been published for years, one lauded book came from St. Louis' own Patricia and Fredrick McKissack in 2003.
One of my three groups took May off but will meet again this month, hopefully safely distanced around an outdoor fire pit.
Looking ahead to August, the friends group of the St. Charles City-County Library has canceled its summer book fair.
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