The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Books
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.
Bestsellers: ‘Small Things Like These,’ ‘The Let Them Theory’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
What reading about dead people tells us about life
The best obituaries, those that are most enjoyable to read, juxtapose obvious public accomplishments with the sheer strangeness of people’s lives.
‘Leonard Cohen’ is a departure for writer Jeffrey Lewis
Lewis’ latest work follows the life and travels of a musician named Leonard Cohen. But not THE Leonard Cohen, an inadequacy that the protagonist feels keenly.
For the audiobook Grammy, Barbra Streisand is no match for Dolly Parton
This year the nominees in the audiobook, narration and storytelling category include Jimmy Carter, George Clinton and the Beatles.
Bestsellers: ‘The God of the Woods,’ ‘Wintering’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
‘How to Sleep at Night’ comically captures the pain of running for office
The debut novel by Elizabeth Harris is a political book charming enough to appeal to readers burned out by politics.
At a fictional Maine college, a popular professor fights campus politics
Robert Klose’s entertaining satire ‘Trigger Warning’ pokes fun at academia.
Bestsellers: ‘James,’ ‘The Message’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.