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Nicole Kidman will star in a HBO series based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s 2014 novel, You Should Have Known. The series will be called “Big Little Lies.” From Deadline Hollywood: HBO is re-teaming with key auspices behind its breakout Big Little Lies,…
The longlist for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, has been announced. The 13 novel list represents translated fiction from around the world. “The longlist introduces a wealth of talent, a variety…
Of the new novel, Need to Know (Ballantine), thriller writer Lee Child said, “If you read chapter one, you’ll read chapter two. If you read chapter two, you’ll miss dinner, stay up far too late, and feel tired at work tomorrow.” As…
In Chloe Benjamin’s luminous new novel, The Immortalists (Putnam), four siblings, all children, seek out a woman who, they’ve heard, can tell each of them the day they will die. Not how, but when. A casual few words: a month, a day,…
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is not meant to be a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while…
Duncan Jones (Moon, Warcraft), award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter and son of music legend David Bowie, has formed a casual book club to get through the books the singer had listed as his favorites. “My dad was a beast of a reader,”…
At best, writing about books is subjective. My favorite book of the year could very well be the one you liked least. And, certainly, vice-versa. So why do we do it? Because people love lists and collections and personal connections. And…
“Margot met Robert on a Wednesday night toward the end of her fall semester. She was working behind the concession stand at the artsy movie theatre downtown when he came in and bought a large popcorn and a box of Red Vines.”…
There are a hundred thousand interests and there are millions of books, but here are a handful that might make those you love realize just how much you care.
It feels safe to say that Ken Follett’s Fall 2017 addition to his beloved Knightsbridge series was one of the most anticipated books of the year. Following on the success of 1989’s Pillars of the Earth and 2007’s World Without End, A…