The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Books
Maine author probes 1996 murders of hiking couple in ‘Trailed’
Kathryn Miles’ book, coming out in May, is about the unsolved murders in Shenandoah National Park of two women, including a Unity College student.
‘Young Mungo’ reinforces the genius of Douglas Stuart
The celebrated author of “Shuggie Bain” pens another winner, also set amidst tough times in Glasgow.
Bedside table: The Pushcart anthology provides discoveries and lots to think about
Book recommendations from readers.
Portland author Chris Holm uses science background to forecast scary future in ‘Child Zero’
The novel, due out in May, is set in a time when antibiotics no longer work and draws on Holm’s scientific background as a molecular biologist and researcher.
Alison Hawthorne Deming weaves together a tale of fashion, fisheries and 5 generations of women
Set on Grand Manan, “A Woven World” is part memoir, part cultural history.
Best-Sellers: ‘The Paris Apartment,’ ‘Crying in H Mart’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
A vigorous examination of ‘Mr. NAACP,’ who passed as white
A. J. Baime recounts the extraordinary life of the NAACP’s Walter White who wrote late in life: “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.”
Bedside table: When real life feels like a sci-fi thriller…
Book recommendations from readers.
‘The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.’ turns Sylvia Plath’s life into captivating fiction
Plath continues to fascinate us, even in fictional form.