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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 back for its 25th season. Join us at the Fitzgerald Theater for four special events with renowned authors, celebrating our anniversary with a special $25 ticket price for MPR members and Star Tribune subscribers. Buy tickets here.

Trying to understand 'What Made Maddy Run'

Trying to understand 'What Made Maddy Run'

Journalist Kate Fagan's new book digs into the life of a young woman whose suicide shocked the University of Pennsylvania, where she ran track. Madison Holleran's life seemed perfect, until it wasn't.
by Ailsa Chang

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James Comey has a book deal

James Comey has a book deal

The first book by former FBI director James Comey's is expected next spring, and is will include "yet-unheard anecdotes from his long and distinguished career," according to publisher Flatiron Books.

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Sen. Jeff Flake: 'As conservatives, our first obligation is to be honest'

Sen. Jeff Flake: 'As conservatives, our first obligation is to be honest'

A new book by the Republican from Arizona details where he thinks the GOP has gone wrong. Flake wrote the book in secret because he didn't want his advisers to try to talk him out of it.
by Steve Inskeep

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Corporate bungling and political scandal abound in Jesse Eisinger's new book

Corporate bungling and political scandal abound in Jesse Eisinger's new book

Why don't crooked corporate CEO's go to jail anymore? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger uncovers culture of cowardice, incompetence, and corruption in both government and finance.
by Jason Heller

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Michiko Kakutani, chief 'Times' book critic, steps down after nearly 4 decades

Michiko Kakutani, chief 'Times' book critic, steps down after nearly 4 decades

For 38 years the Pulitzer Prize winner was one of the most influential voices in the world of books. During her tenure, she lauded -- or lambasted -- just about all of this generation's great writers.
by Colin Dwyer

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New memoir unpacks the life and tragic death of 'The Hot One'

New memoir unpacks the life and tragic death of 'The Hot One'

Carolyn Murnick and Ashley Ellerin were childhood best friends -- but as sometimes happens, they grew older and drifted apart. Then, in 2001, Ellerin was brutally murdered in her Hollywood Hills home.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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Love and arson in rural Virginia

Love and arson in rural Virginia

True crime is bookseller Hans Weyandt's guilty pleasure during the summer. 'American Fire' tells the story of a dying relationship, in a dying place.
by Tracy Mumford

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