The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Scholar discovers stories, poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott
During the time of the ‘Little Women’ author, it was common for female writes to use pseudonyms.
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A beautiful, tricky novel questions the way we tell love stories
Cynthia Zarin’s first novel, ‘Inverno,’ finds the acclaimed poet zigzagging with a pair of ex-lovers through decades.
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Free reading by Ashley Bryan Fellows
Living Legacy: An Evening with the Ashley Bryan Fellows is Thursday at Mechanics’ Hall.
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A trio of debut children’s books celebrate global foods and cultures in very different ways
Taiwan-born X. Fang and Lebanese American George Jreije pay tasty homage to their respective backgrounds.
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Bedside Table: A Japanese bestseller merits fans in Maine
Book recommendations from readers.
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Bonnie Jo Campbell’s ‘The Waters’ is pure magic
The author’s first novel in a dozen years (her last was “Once Upon a River”) sprinkles pixie dust on a world of resilient women and hardscrabble farmers.
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‘When the Island Had Fish’ is a portrait of Vinalhaven through its most prominent industry
Writer Janna Malamud Smith draws from historical records and interviews with contemporary fishermen to depict the fishing community of Vinalhaven, from bounteous ocean to ‘fished out.’
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Maine bookstores’ 2023 bestsellers, by category
The top-selling titles, in genres from memoir to science fiction, at Maine bookstores.
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These crime novelists have been writing what they know
Recent novels by Jaime Lynn Hendricks, Jesse Q. Sutanto and Val McDermid feature crime writing in their plots.