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The Indie Bestseller List for the week ending Jan. 18, 2026
Hardcover Fiction 1. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans, Crown, $28. 2. Heart the Lover: Lily King, Grove Press, $28. 3. The First Time I Saw Him: Laura Dave, Scribner, $29. 4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32. 5. Wild Dark Shore:
This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the bestsellers for the week that
Books Our Editors Love This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. ...
The Mid-Hudson Library System’s most-requested ebooks for the week ending Jan. 18, 2025
The following is a list of the most-requested ebooks at your local libraries for the week ending Jan. 18. Most Requested eBooks – Adult Fiction 1. My Friends: A Novel, Fredrik Backman, Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2. The Wedding People: A Novel, Alison Espach,
Trump sues JPMorgan, CEO Jamie Dimon over debanking allegations
President Donald Trump has filed a $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase on accusations of debanking, according to a complaint posted on the CNBC website. Trump said JPMorgan violated its own policies by singling him out, in a bid to ride the
Soft Life, Dark Consequences
A chilling new novel is stirring conversation by
Oscar nominations 2026: the full list
All the nominees, from Sinners to One Battle After Another, for the 98th Academy Awards, which are due to take place on 15 March
‘MAD About DC’ Looks Like the Ultimate Superhero Parody Comic
The team-up between MAD Magazine and DC Comics is guest-edited by Chip Zdarsky and arrives (when else?) April 1. ...
Author Bettye ThomasGilkey Unveils Her Powerful Memoir The White Purse Wherein the Secret Lies
Bettye Thomas-Gilkey, M.A., author of , takes readers on a transformative journey of self-discovery, resilience, and faith. In this personal memoir, Bettye chronicles her struggle to find closure after discovering that she was adopted, a journey that spanned
Mysuru
<p>Mysuru: In an effort to empower women by transforming them into successful entrepreneurs in the food industry through sharing technical knowledge and skill development, the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru, has
Get through winter doldrums or long drives with these favorite audiobooks
Stuck in ski traffic on Interstate 70. On board a five-hour flight (with a layover) to a sunny destination. During a road trip to the Midwest to see family for the holidays. Heck, just toodling around the house doing laundry or washing dishes. Those are just
ED attaches fresh Rs 20 crore assets in Karnataka MUDA case
<p>New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has
Nothing arbitrary in conduct of SIR: EC tells Supreme Court
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Book review: Private detective mystery meets relevant history lesson in ‘The Red Scare Murders’
‘The Red Scare Murders’ by Con Lehane; Soho Crime; 400 pages; $29.95 Award-winning author Con Lehane melds a solid private detective novel with a satisfying historical look at the communist witch hunt during the McCarthy era of the early 1950s in “The Red
Books, after hours: France celebrates reading for pleasure
In this edition of Entre Nous we dive into reading! As France
Nirmala Lakshman recalls Periyar’s contribution to Vaikom Satyagraha
Ms. Lakshman, the author of The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community, said Periyar felt deeper issues needed to be addressed. ...
Two Odes by Ricardo Reis
42/I [1923–1924] Seated securely on the solid pillar Of
Childhood
I did die. Dying was a venetian blind, all parts
All That Glitters
The science of gemstones has always been intertwined with their value as luxury items. ...
Bang the Drumstick Slowly
About 26 billion chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is industrial farming. ...
Is the Constitution ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’?
The difficulty of amending the Constitution does not mean that it is a flawed and outdated relic of a distant past. ...
Bangladesh’s Stalled Student Revolution
The young radicals who ousted the country’s authoritarian prime minister have so far failed to implement the democratic reforms they promised. Will elections in February correct their course? ...
Wars of Religion
It is a problem of organization, angelsIn their
Rolling with the Economic Tides
Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel follows the lifespan of one barge, from bunkhouse to floating prison to barracks and back, as it traces the shadowy outer limits of the maritime economy. ...
The Undefined Gothic
At the turn of the twentieth century, a Gothic fever swept Europe as artists searched for meaning in a lost age. ...
Epic Ambitions
A new life of Gertrude Stein treats her as a philosopher of language to trust, not explain—and gathers force from archival discoveries and intriguing plots of her reception and reputation. ...
Trump’s Attack on Philanthropy
Universities, law firms, and news media have already been targeted by the administration. As the Justice Department pushes to investigate the Open Society Foundations, it seems that philanthropies that support critical voices may be next. ...
Teacher’s Pet
Jane DeLynn’s autobiographical novel In Thrall recounts a same-sex affair between a teenager and her closeted English teacher in the early 1960s, a time when exposure could be more traumatic than exploitation. ...
Whose Hemisphere?
The US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro reinforces the Trump administration’s capacity to invent any pretext to justify the use of armed force. ...