The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Jane Austen’s favorite writers finally get their due
In ‘Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,’ rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney discovers overlooked women authors who inspired the famous novelist.
‘Youthjuice’ gives the skincare industry a macabre makeover
E.K. Sathue’s latest, a body horror spectacle, captures the dark side of the skincare and wellness industry.
Bestsellers: ‘Onyx Storm,’ ‘The Let Them Theory’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
A life nearly wrecked — and then rescued — by books
In ‘Bibliophobia,’ Sarah Chihaya combines criticism and memoir to write about reading’s role in a life’s highs and lows.
Maine writer and civil rights pioneer team up on new kids’ book
Phillip Hoose collaborated on ‘Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!’ about Colvin’s refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.
In a new memoir, Jennifer Finney Boylan reflects on gender differences
‘Cleavage,’ a follow-up to the transgender writer’s earlier memoir, tackles important questions with charm and humor.
What if you could mold the man of your dreams out of a blob?
In Maggie Su’s novel ‘Blob,’ a young woman transforms a gelatinous splotch into an object of affection, with mixed results.
Bestsellers: ‘Onyx Storm,’ ‘Wintering’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Nostalgia proves to be double-edged in this painstakingly etched novel
In Elise Juska’s ‘Reunion,’ three friends harboring secrets attend their COVID-postponed 25th college reunion in fictional Sewall, Maine.