The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Books
Bedside table: ‘Small Mercies’ by Dennis Lehane
Book recommendations from readers.
‘Fire Weather’ is a gripping narrative and a loud wake-up call
John Vaillant’s new book recounts a Canadian wildfire in 2016 that was nicknamed “the beast.”
Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
Gottlieb had one of the greatest runs of any editor after World War II and helped shape the modern publishing canon.
Cormac McCarthy, spare and haunting novelist, dies at 89
His novels were poetic and spare, poignant yet unsentimental. He won a Pulitzer for ‘The Road’ and was also known for his savage western ‘Blood Meridian.’
Bedside table: ‘The Deluge’ by Stephen Markely
“About once a decade I stumble across a book that so captures the imagination and upends my perspective, I can’t help but recommend it everywhere. Stephen Markely’s ‘The Deluge’ explores a realistic near future of increasing climate disruption with all the natural, political and economic upheaval. Markley’s writing breathes life into the disparate interlocking narratives […]
Best-Sellers: ‘The Society of Shame,’ ‘The Creative Act’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
In ‘Red Hands,’ a close-up tale of life under Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. It’s not pretty
Ceausescu and his wife wrecked the lives of their countrymen – and their own family. For a spell, their daughter-in-law and grandson laid low in Old Orchard Beach.
‘Hedge’ puts a new spin on the midlife crisis novel
The strange, lingering power of Jane Delury’s eerie new novel.
David Sedaris’ 1st children’s book will be published in February
The collaboration with Ian Falconer finished shortly before the ‘Olivia’ creator died in March.
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