Echoes of ‘The Great Gatsby’ resound in ‘The Midcoast,’ Adam White’s debut novel.
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Bedside table: A happy-making book
Book recommendations from readers.
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Samanta Schweblin’s ‘Seven Empty Houses’ will keep readers guessing
The collection, a finalist for the National Book Award for translated literature, is spectacular and strange.
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Jennifer Finney Boylan’s new novel with Jodi Picoult is literally a dream come true
The Maine-based writer and LGBTQ activist had never met Picoult before they decided to co-write ‘Mad Honey,’ a murder mystery novel that went on sale Oct. 4.
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Furies,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Bloody good: Stephen King-themed cookbook blends delicious, dreary into fearsome froth
In ‘Castle Rock Kitchen,’ released this month by Ten Speed Press, a cookbook author from New Brunswick and a Maine photographer let their creative juices splatter.
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John Jay Osborn Jr., author of ‘The Paper Chase,’ dies at 77
The 1973 novel and subsequent film about a Harvard Law School student was praised for its unvarnished portrait of intellectual life.
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Elsie who? At one time, millions read Elsie Robinson’s columns
‘Listen, World!’ illuminates the life and work of a pioneering journalist who overcame many hurdles to become the most popular columnist of her time.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Fairy Tale,’ ‘The Coast of Maine’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books in South Portland.
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Bedside table: True crime fans, this one is for you
Book recommendations from readers.