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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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Inside the ever-expanding wizarding world: Harry Potter at 20

Inside the ever-expanding wizarding world: Harry Potter at 20

It's hard to remember a world before Harry Potter. But it's been 20 years since readers in the U.S. were first introduced to the boy wizard, whose story has captivated audiences ever since.
by Barrie Hardymon

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Author, playwright Ntozake Shange of 'for colored girls' fame dies at age 70

Author, playwright Ntozake Shange of 'for colored girls' fame dies at age 70

Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," died Saturday, according to her daughter. She was 70.
by Associated Press

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A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters

A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters

In a world scarred by war and sickness, the bartering economy has returned and the unnamed narrator of "Scribe" makes a living writing letters for people. Then a man arrives who asks her to take down his confessions.
by Tracy Mumford

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Twitter star Jonny Sun draws 'positive, hopeful things' into being

Twitter star Jonny Sun draws 'positive, hopeful things' into being

The comedian and illustrator joined forces with Lin-Manuel Miranda for 'Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You.' Sun says he filled the book's 100+ drawings with peace and quiet optimism.
by Andrea Y. Henderson

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Here are the winners of the 2018 Kirkus Prizes

Here are the winners of the 2018 Kirkus Prizes

Ling Ma's debut, 'Severance,' won for fiction. 'Crown' earned Derrick Barnes and Gordon James the young readers' prize. And Rebecca Solnit's essays, 'Call Them by Their True Names,' won nonfiction laurels.
by Colin Dwyer

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'Mockingbird' chosen as America's best-loved novel in vote

'Mockingbird' chosen as America's best-loved novel in vote

The other top-five finishers in order of votes were Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series about a time-spanning love; J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" boy wizard tales; Jane Austen's romance "Pride and Prejudice"; and J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" fantasy saga.
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