Books

Published
May 14, 2023

A World War I soldier sculpts masks to ‘repair’ the faces of fellow soldiers disfigured by war

Don J. Snyder's 'The Tin Nose Shop' is loosely based on a real life story.
Published
May 14, 2023

Bedside table: ‘The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram’ by Dean Snow

Book recommendations from readers.
Published
May 7, 2023

What did Shakespeare really look like? One writer’s quest to find out

In his lively new book 'Stalking Shakespeare,' Lee Durkee chronicles his adventure seeking answers about the Bard's identity.
Published
May 7, 2023

‘Hatchet Island’ is multilayered and gripping from the get-go

With missing people, murder victims, endangered puffins, racism and romance, Paul Doiron's 13th Mike Bowditch mystery is jampacked.
Published
May 7, 2023

Bedside table: ‘Spare’ by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

Book recommendations from readers.
Published
May 7, 2023

Best-Sellers: ‘Happy Place,’ ‘The Wager’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Published
April 30, 2023

Best-Sellers: ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,’ ‘Rough Sleepers’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Published
April 30, 2023

A woman struggles to hold her fragile family – and herself – together in ‘Lungfish’

Set on an unnamed island in Maine, Portland writer Meghan Gilliss' first novel is evocative and haunting.
Published
April 30, 2023

Michael Laudor was a Yale golden boy. Then a psychotic break led to tragedy.

'The Best Minds' details Jonathan Rosen's friendship with Michael Laudor, who, in the grip of psychosis, killed his pregnant fiancee.
Published
April 30, 2023

Bedside table: ‘The Ride of Her Life’

Book recommendations from readers.