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Harris Blames Biden's 2024 Run on His 'Ego'

Memoir reveals White House rivalry, her own reservations on speaking out

(Newser) - In her upcoming memoir, Kamala Harris reveals she questioned the wisdom of letting Joe Biden and his wife decide alone whether he should seek reelection, calling the move reckless, according to an excerpt published by the Atlantic . Harris sees it as a collective misstep, writing in 107 Days, "...

Elizabeth Gilbert Returns, and Oprah Loves It

Eat, Pray, Love author's new memoir is the latest in Winfrey's book club

(Newser) - Elizabeth Gilbert has returned with her memoir, All the Way to the River, which has already stirred up an online conversation, and no other than Oprah is taking notice, making it her new book club pick, reports the AP . In Gilbert's book, published this week, the author writes of...

Cormac McCarthy Had a Massive Collection of Books

Scholars uncover secrets of 20K-book library; he also amassed bargain kitchen items, tweed jackets

(Newser) - Just a little over two years after Cormac McCarthy's death , a rare glimpse inside the late novelist's home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, reveals more about the man behind the myth than any interview ever could. The notoriously secretive McCarthy left behind a cluttered adobe packed with...

Memoir of Late Epstein Accuser Is Getting a New Edit

Publisher Knopf agrees to tweak draft of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous book at family's request

(Newser) - The publisher of a posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre says it has agreed on a final draft with family members after they publicly raised questions about the book's release. Surviving relatives of Giuffre had worried that Nobody's Girl presented an outdated, unduly positive portrait of...

He'll Teach You to Draw a 'Really Good Portrait' of Trump

Illustrator John Hutton's book shows you how to accurately draw presidents and first ladies

(Newser) - John Hutton starts every White House portrait with an egg-shaped frame. He adds a nose, mouth, eyes and eyebrows, then outlines the face, guided by a series of horizontal and vertical lines through the oval. Hair comes next, followed by the neck and shoulders to add definition and make his...

Edward and Bella Are Headed Back to the Big Screen

All 5 Twilight movies are being rereleased this fall to celebrate original book's 20th anniversary

(Newser) - If you've missed getting your Edward/Bella/Jacob love triangle fix, prepare those vampire veins. All five of the movies in the Twilight franchise are headed back to theaters this fall, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the hit book by Stephenie Meyer that started it all, reports Variety . Lionsgate...

There's Been a Huge Slump in Reading for Fun
Reading for Fun
Is Apparently
Not Too Popular
NEW STUDY
Aug 21, 2025 8:11 AM CDT

Reading for Fun Is Apparently Not Too Popular

Number of Americans who read daily has dropped 40% over the last 2 decades

(Newser) - Americans are putting down books in record numbers, with a new study revealing that daily reading for pleasure has dropped by 40% over the past two decades. As technology vies for attention, only 16% of Americans now make time for leisure reading each day (including magazines and newspapers), down...

Sally Rooney Could Be Arrested Over Her Donations

Popular author says she won't stop donating to Palestine Action

(Newser) - Irish novelist Sally Rooney faces possible arrest under the UK's Terrorism Act after pledging to donate her book royalties to Palestine Action, a group recently listed as a terrorist organization in the country. Rooney, known for bestsellers like Normal People, said she will continue to support the organization...

Rare Manuscripts Swapped for Fakes at UCLA Library

Suspect allegedly used aliases when accessing the texts

(Newser) - A library patron is accused of pulling off a rare-books switcheroo at UCLA, according to the Justice Department. Authorities say Jeffrey Ying, 38, used a number of aliases while accessing valuable Chinese manuscripts—some more than six centuries old—then swapped them out for fakes. The real texts, reportedly...

James Patterson Turns His Pen to Luigi Mangione

Best-selling author is teaming up with reporter Vicky Ward to tackle UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder

(Newser) - After teaming up on a bestseller about the murder of four University of Idaho students, James Patterson and Vicky Ward are collaborating on a book about the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the hunt for his alleged killer, Luigi Mangione. Little, Brown and Company announced the book,...

Kamala Harris Is Out With a Book in September

107 Days will give a behind-the-scenes look at her very brief presidential run

(Newser) - Former Vice President Kamala Harris will have a memoir out in September on her historic presidential run. The book is called 107 Days, the length of her abbreviated campaign, and will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23. "Just over a year ago, I launched my campaign...

10 Most Frequently Taught Books in US Schools

Today's list is pretty similar to one from 1989

(Newser) - A survey of middle and high school instructors by the National Council of Teachers of English shows that the list of books most frequently taught in the classroom hasn't changed much since 1989. In all, six of the same books are on both lists. The modern top 10:
  1. Romeo
...

New Book Turns Sacagawea's Story on Its Head
New Book Upends
the Story of Sacagawea
longform
Jul 27, 2025 8:25 AM CDT

New Book Upends the Story of Sacagawea

Tribal historians say she lived to an old age and wasn't kidnapped as a child

(Newser) - A New York Times Magazine story on one of the most famous Native Americans in the history books raises a provocative question: "What if everything we know about Sacagawea was wrong?" reads the headline on the piece by Christopher Cox. For members of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara...

Beetles Are Chowing Down in Hungary's Oldest Library

About 100K books are pulled from shelves at Pannonhalma Archabbey due to beetle infestation

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of Hungary's 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey—a sprawling Benedictine monastery that's one of Hungary's oldest centers of learning and a UNESCO World Heritage Site—in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that...

Shohei Ohtani's New Children's Book Stars a Special Pal
Ohtani's Latest Hit
Is for the Kids
Jul 19, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

Ohtani's Latest Hit Is for the Kids

LA Dodgers star pens children's book Decoy Saves Opening Day , starring his own dog

(Newser) - Shohei Ohtani is adding author to his list of accomplishments. The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar has co-written a children's book starring his beloved dog, Decoy. Ohtani posted a photo on his Instagram on Thursday of Decoy, a Dutch Kooikerhondje, sitting next to the book, per the AP . The...

How Bruce Willis Finished His Final Movies
Bruce Willis Used a Trick
to Finish His Final Movies
in case you missed it
Jun 14, 2025 6:00 AM CDT

Bruce Willis Used a Trick to Finish His Final Movies

Battling dementia, he had lines delivered by ear piece, says his wife's memoir

(Newser) - Before sharing his dementia diagnosis with the world, Bruce Willis was eager to keep making movies—even if it meant using an ear piece. While working on Assassin (2023) and the Detective Knight series (2022-23), the Die Hard star had directors scale down his dialogue and had a friend feed...

Books on This Reading List Are Impossible to Find

Because an AI bot made them up, as the Chicago Sun-Times admits

(Newser) - Another entry in the annals of AI gaffes: A supplement in the Chicago Sun-Times recommended a list of 15 books to read over the summer. The problem? Ten of the books by big-name authors don't actually exist in the real world, reports Ars Technica . Instead, they are figments of...

Book: Biden's Team Covered Up His Startling Decline

Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson talk of a wheelchair, describe a cover-up to conceal the president's condition

(Newser) - Had former President Biden continued his 2024 run for the White House and won, as he believes he would've done , he may have been moving around the Oval Office in a wheelchair. According to a new book from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson, Biden's advisers...

7 Words Billy Joel Said to Christie Brinkley About Her Memoir
7 Words Billy Joel
Said to Christie
Brinkley About
Her Memoir
in case you missed it
May 4, 2025 11:35 AM CDT

7 Words Billy Joel Said to Christie Brinkley About Her Memoir

'Just say what you need to say,' singer told ex-supermodel of the unflinching Uptown Girl

(Newser) - Uptown Girl , Christie Brinkley's unflinching new memoir, dropped on Tuesday, and the former supermodel admits that writing about ex Billy Joel was the most difficult part of penning it, as she delved into his drinking and suspected affairs, among other topics. "The hardest thing to include was...

The Most-Challenged Books of 2024
The Most-Challenged
Books of 2024
Apr 7, 2025 1:05 PM CDT

The Most-Challenged Books of 2024

George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue saw the most pushback, per American Library Association

(Newser) - Removing books from library shelves is no longer simply a story of objections from a local community or a parent, the American Library Association says. In its "State of America's Libraries" report released Monday, the ALA found more than 70% of attempted bans come from organized groups and...

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