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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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Wild Rumpus named best bookstore of the year

Wild Rumpus named best bookstore of the year

The Minneapolis children's bookstore is stocked with more than 34,000 titles, as well as a chicken, three cats, one ferret, two doves, two chinchillas... The list goes on.
by Tracy Mumford

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'Hemingway didn't say that' (and neither did Twain or Kafka)

'Hemingway didn't say that' (and neither did Twain or Kafka)

There are tons of quotes from famous people out there -- and a lot of them are just plain wrong. Author Garson O'Toole has dedicated himself to setting the record straight.
by Robert Siegel and Connor Donevan

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'Foxlowe' is a delicious slice of darkness

'Foxlowe' is a delicious slice of darkness

Eleanor Wasserberg's debut novel is not for the faint of heart: This tale of a cultishly evil group called the Family who live in a mansion on the English moors is unrelentingly cruel and eerie.
by Jason Heller

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Mayte Garcia knew she would marry Prince, but could never have predicted how

Mayte Garcia knew she would marry Prince, but could never have predicted how

In her new book, "The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince," Garcia explains how an unlikely meeting at one of the pop icon's concerts sparked a relationship full of love, surprises and, ultimately, heartbreak.
by David Greene and Shannon Rhoades

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'Luna: Wolf Moon' is a howling good read

'Luna: Wolf Moon' is a howling good read

No one builds worlds like Ian McDonald. In 'Luna: Wolf Moon,' he gives us a lunar colony ruled by five brutal, powerful dynasties, orbiting an Earth wracked by scarcity wars and political squabbling.
by Jason Sheehan

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With this publisher, Native American superheroes fly high

With this publisher, Native American superheroes fly high

Native Realities Press exclusively publishes Native American-made comics, graphic novels and games -- including a reboot of "Tribal Force," widely considered the first all-Native superhero comic book.
by Megan Kamerick

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#ThanksForTyping spotlights unnamed women in literary acknowledgments

#ThanksForTyping spotlights unnamed women in literary acknowledgments

A professor shared book acknowledgment pages, where men thanked their wives for typing their manuscripts. #ThanksForTyping soon sparked a conversation on women and their uncredited roles in academia.
by Cecilia Mazanec

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