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Prose to the People

By BookPage | Laura Hutson Hunter | 4/15/2025 1:00 AM

Prose to the People overflows with photographs, oral histories, essays and interviews that document and celebrate Black bookstores. ... Read full Story

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Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn

By BookPage | Chika Gujarathi | 4/14/2025 1:00 AM

Renee Swindle’s novel Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn indeed does a spectacular and heartwarming job of showcasing how unexpected connections can be a salve for grief. ... Read full Story

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When the Harvest Comes

By BookPage | Laura Sackton | 4/14/2025 1:00 AM

Every time Denne Michele Norris’ characters Davis and Everett interact—whether they’re at a family dinner, at home, or even avoiding conversations they need to have—the depth of their love is the loudest thing on the page. ... Read full Story

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Another Word for Neighbor

By BookPage | Yi Jiang | 4/9/2025 1:00 AM

Another Word for Neighbor’s heartfelt depiction of grief and isolation has all the warmth of a steaming bowl of pho. ... Read full Story

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There’s Always Room at the Table

By BookPage | Becky Libourel Diamond | 4/9/2025 1:00 AM

Fourth-generation farmer Kaleb Wyse’s debut cookbook gets back to basics by resurrecting old comfort-food favorites that reflect his rural Midwestern roots. ... Read full Story

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Don’t Trust Fish

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 4/8/2025 1:00 AM

Don’t Trust Fish is an educational and highly entertaining delight, sure to inspire interest in oceanography and ichthyology—and lots of rereads. ... Read full Story

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Words with Wings and Magic Things

By BookPage | Callie Ann Starkey | 4/8/2025 1:00 AM

Words with Wings and Magic Things is sure to inspire readers to seek bold and courageous adventures. Many will likely even pick up a pen and create their own poetry. ... Read full Story

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Anatomy of an Andrea Long Chu takedown

By BookPage | Cat Acree | 4/7/2025 1:00 AM

The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic thinks of her blistering critiques as an “aggressive form of friendship.” ... Read full Story

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Home is a Wish

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 4/7/2025 1:00 AM

Home Is a Wish is a gorgeous book that allows readers to feel both the emotions of displacement and the comforts of home. ... Read full Story

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Midnight Motorbike

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 4/7/2025 1:00 AM

Maureen Shay Tajsar and Ishita Jain’s Midnight Motorbike is an exciting and ultimately comforting ode to adventure, observation and love. ... Read full Story

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Three sci-fi visions of alternate worlds

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 4/3/2025 1:00 AM

Our world but stranger, better or worse. ... Read full Story

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Go to Italy, fall back in love—try not to get assassinated

By BookPage | Christie Ridgway | 4/2/2025 1:00 AM

Carlie Walker’s action-packed new rom-com is utterly delicious, plus the latest from Katee Robert and Suzanne Enoch in this month’s romance column. ... Read full Story

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4 inspiring reads to take your book club back to nature

By BookPage | Julie Hale | 4/2/2025 1:00 AM

From ancient fossils to sea turtles to backyard wildlife, immerse yourself in the natural world on Earth Day—and every day. ... Read full Story

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Valley of Forgetting

By BookPage | Stephen Elliott | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

The deeply personal and deeply technical Valley of Forgetting creates a memorable portrait of the families afflicted with a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease, and the researchers trying to cure it. ... Read full Story

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Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

By BookPage | Jamie Orsini | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

Jesse Q. Sutanto’s second Vera Wong mystery is an exceptional cozy, full of humor and heart. ... Read full Story

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When We Were Real

By BookPage | Jessica Peng | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

Daryl Gregory renders a high concept (“What if we all live in a simulation?”) believable, terrifying and emotionally resonant in When We Were Real. ... Read full Story

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Where the Axe Is Buried

By BookPage | Laura Hubbard | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

An engrossing exploration of consciousness, autocracy and global politics, Where the Axe Is Buried is a cybernetically enhanced thriller with the pacing of a literary novel. ... Read full Story

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Celebrate Poetry Month with 4 new books for spring 2025

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

New books by acclaimed poets Maggie Nelson, Martín Espada, Tiana Clark and Didi Jackson speak to the moment. ... Read full Story

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Ray Nayler knows that “total, knowledgeable engagement” is the only way forward

By BookPage | Laura Hubbard | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

Where the Axe Is Buried takes place in a world of AI prime ministers, body-hopping tyrants and the resistance that bravely fights against them both. ... Read full Story

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What to read after ‘Onyx Storm’

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 3/31/2025 1:00 AM

Hot for Rebecca Yarros’ smash hit Empyrean series? These 5 read-alikes will keep the fire burning. ... Read full Story

The NYT Bestsellers

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Amazon Best Sellers

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art

Amiee Byrne’s Realistic Ceramic Sculptures Underscore the Charm of Discarded Goods

by Colossal | Apr 29 2025

basketball

How boldly taking the ball out of Nikola Jokić's hands in crunch time clinched Game 5 for the Nuggets

by CBS Interactive Inc | Apr 30 2025

connecticut

Who gets to decide how CT should spend opioid settlement funds?

by CT Mirror | Apr 30 2025

entertainment

Celeb Colorist Bianca Hillier Says You Should Look to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for Summer Hair Inspo

by ET Online | Apr 28 2025

exercise

Office Chair Butt: Cleveland Clinic Experts on How To Prevent It

by thehealthy.com | Mar 31 2025

finance

Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz withdraw guidance as VW says it can’t quantify tariff hit

by MarketWatch.com | Apr 30 2025

football

“He’s a Great Kid” – Brian Daboll Excited to Get Started with #3 Overall Draft Pick Abdul Carter

by ESNY | Apr 24 2025

game

Nintendo Switch System Update Now Live, Adds Virtual Game Cards, Switch 2 Compatibility, And More

by GameSpot | Apr 29 2025

health

Ozempic May Cause Cosmetic Side Effects Like Sagging Skin, Wrinkly Feet

by Healthline.com | Apr 29 2025

knowledge

Here’s Why Bathroom Towels Have Those Woven Strips on Both Ends

by Reader's Digest | Apr 25 2025

metro

How living in the suburbs can increase your risk of developing a meat allergy

by New York Post | Apr 30 2025

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Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

by United Press International, Inc. | Apr 29 2025

politics

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

by Fox News | Apr 30 2025

retirement

Retirement planning: The differences between a traditional and Roth IRA

by Fox News | Mar 30 2025

world

Police reveal additional details about Vancouver car-ramming victims

by United Press International, Inc. | Apr 29 2025

Word of the Day

insouciance

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 30, 2025 is:

insouciance • \in-SOO-see-unss\ • noun

Insouciance is a formal word that refers to a feeling of carefree unconcern. It can also be understood as a word for the relaxed and calm state of a person who is not worried about anything.

// The young actor charmed interviewers with his easy smile and devil-may-care insouciance.

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Examples:

“Gladiator II is OK when Denzel’s off-screen, but sensational when he’s on it. ... What makes the performance great is its insouciance; it’s both precise and feather-light. And it’s what a great actor can do when he’s set free to have fun, to laugh at himself a little bit. ... Denzel’s Macrinus is gravitas and comic relief in one package.” — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2024

Did you know?

If you were alive and of whistling age in the late 1980s or early 1990s, chances are you whistled (and snapped your fingers, and tapped your toes) to a little ditty called “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, an a cappella reggae-jazz-pop tune that took the charts by surprise and by storm. An ode to cheerful insouciance if ever there was one, its lyrics are entirely concerned with being entirely unconcerned, remaining trouble-free in the face of life’s various stressors and calamities. Such carefree nonchalance is at the heart of insouciance, which arrived in English (along with the adjective insouciant), from French, in the 1800s. The French word comes from a combining of the negative prefix in- with the verb soucier, meaning “to trouble or disturb.” The easiness and breeziness of insouciance isn’t always considered beautiful, however. Insouciance may also be used when someone’s lack of concern for serious matters is seen as more careless than carefree.

Prose to the People

Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn

When the Harvest Comes

Another Word for Neighbor

There’s Always Room at the Table

Don’t Trust Fish

Words with Wings and Magic Things

Anatomy of an Andrea Long Chu takedown

Home is a Wish

Midnight Motorbike

Three sci-fi visions of alternate worlds

Go to Italy, fall back in love—try not to get assassinated

4 inspiring reads to take your book club back to nature

Valley of Forgetting

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

When We Were Real

Where the Axe Is Buried

Celebrate Poetry Month with 4 new books for spring 2025

Ray Nayler knows that “total, knowledgeable engagement” is the only way forward

What to read after ‘Onyx Storm’

The NYT Bestsellers

Amazon Best Sellers

Amiee Byrne’s Realistic Ceramic Sculptures Underscore the Charm of Discarded Goods

How boldly taking the ball out of Nikola Jokić's hands in crunch time clinched Game 5 for the Nuggets

Who gets to decide how CT should spend opioid settlement funds?

Celeb Colorist Bianca Hillier Says You Should Look to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for Summer Hair Inspo

Office Chair Butt: Cleveland Clinic Experts on How To Prevent It

Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz withdraw guidance as VW says it can’t quantify tariff hit

“He’s a Great Kid” – Brian Daboll Excited to Get Started with #3 Overall Draft Pick Abdul Carter

Nintendo Switch System Update Now Live, Adds Virtual Game Cards, Switch 2 Compatibility, And More

Ozempic May Cause Cosmetic Side Effects Like Sagging Skin, Wrinkly Feet

Here’s Why Bathroom Towels Have Those Woven Strips on Both Ends

How living in the suburbs can increase your risk of developing a meat allergy

Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

Retirement planning: The differences between a traditional and Roth IRA

Police reveal additional details about Vancouver car-ramming victims

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.New York Zoo Feeds Baby Vulture With Hand Puppet

2.Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

3.Owner of lost $5,000 cash thought calls from police were a scam

4.Watch: Iowa museum owner's spoon collection tallied at 38,162

5.Watch: Red-tailed boa rescued from Texas tree, adopted by animal control officer

6.Speedboat Flips Midair At 200 Mph And Still Wins Race On Arizona Lake

7.Student rescued from mountain twice in four days - after going back to find his phone

8.Mother horse, baby rescued from mud pit in Arizona

9.Man wins $6M lottery prize after more than 40 years of playing

10.Watch: Miniature dachshund found after 529 days in the wild on Kangaroo Island