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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

The Thread from MPR News

The Thread® is your source for book recommendations and other literary news.

Ask a Bookseller

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.

Big Books and Bold Ideas

Big Books and Bold Ideas is a weekly series hosted by Kerri Miller every Friday at 11 a.m., featuring conversations about books and other literary ideas. Listen to Big Books and Bold Ideas here.

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Sign up for The Thread newsletter to get reading recommendations from Kerri Miller and other bookworms around the MPR newsroom. Find reviews for new releases, as well as hidden gems you may have missed.

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.

Crime writer S.A. Cosby loves the South — and is haunted by it

Crime writer S.A. Cosby loves the South — and is haunted by it

Cosby's novel “All the Sinners Bleed” centers on a Black sheriff in a small Southeast Virginia county. The novel was inspired by his own experiences growing up in the shadow of the Confederacy.
by Sam Briger

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In 'Shy,' a troubled teenage boy gets a last chance

In 'Shy,' a troubled teenage boy gets a last chance

Readers made Max Porter’s novel “Grief is the Thing with Feathers” a huge best-seller. His latest book, equally magical, tells the story of one wild night in the life of a disaffected boy who tries to escape from the Last Chance School.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Dive in: 'Do Tell' and 'The Stolen Coast' are perfect summer escapes

Dive in: 'Do Tell' and 'The Stolen Coast' are perfect summer escapes

Lindsay Lynch's luscious debut, Do Tell, is set in Hollywood's Golden Age. Dwyer Murphy's The Stolen Coast is a moody tale of a lawyer who makes his money ferrying people on the run into new lives.
by Maureen Corrigan

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In 'Silver Nitrate,' a cursed film propels 2 childhood friends to the edges of reality

In 'Silver Nitrate,' a cursed film propels 2 childhood friends to the edges of reality

Set in Mexico City in 1993, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's latest novel is steeped in cinematic history and lore, as well an eerie well of myth that recalls H.P. Lovecraft, albeit in a more progressive form.
by Jason Heller

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75 years ago, Hubert H. Humphrey called for Dems to 'walk into the bright sunshine of human rights'

75 years ago, Hubert H. Humphrey called for Dems to 'walk into the bright sunshine of human rights'

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with author Samuel Freedman about his new book, “Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights.”
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission

Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission

Nora Roberts, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Michael Chabon and Margaret Atwood are among those signing an Authors Guild letter asking artificial intelligence companies to get permission or offer compensation.
by Chloe Veltman

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