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Five fall reads, from James to Biden

NEW YORK — Book lovers this fall can look forward to a wealth of fiction, biographies, memoirs, poetry collections and topical nonfiction. Here are five upcoming works you’ll likely be hearing about. “The Disappearers,” Marlon James Marlon James’ fantasy series “Dark Star” ...

Publisher’s Weekly US best sellers

Hardcover fiction 1. “The Knave and the Moon” by Rachel Gillig (Orbit) 2. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 3. “The Most Dangerous Games (deluxe ed.)” by Beast/Patterson (Morrow) 4. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 5. “Whistler” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 6. “Big Little Truths” by Liane Moriarty (Crown) 7. “The Disappearers” by Marlon James (Riverhead) 8. “Scion” by James Islington (Saga) 9. “The Altar of Pergamon” by Jonathan Cahn (Frontline) 10. “The Poison Daughter” by Sheila Masterson ...

Nittany Writers to meet Sept. 8

Poet and author Marjorie Maddox Hafer will speak at the Nittany Valley Writers’ Network meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the Schlow Library Community Room, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Doors open at 6 p.m. She will present “Poems, Prose & Prompts: A Reading with Ideas for Your Writing.” The reading will include prompts to get the group thinking and writing. Maddox Hafer is the host of Poetry Moment for WPSU-FM and a professor emerita of English and Creative Writing at Commonwealth University. She is the author of 17 collections of poetry, five children’s books, two ...

Fiction takes the spotlight this fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Midterm election news will fill the headlines this fall, but, among book buyers, fiction will likely have top billing. Former President Joe Biden’s “Promise Me, America” stands out not just as a White House memoir — presidential memoirs are events unto themselves ...

Publisher’s Weeky US best sellers — Aug. 22

Hardcover Fiction 1. “The Poison Daughter” by Sheila Masterson (Slowburn) 2. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 3. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 4. “Delusional” by Patterson/Born (Little, Brown) 5. “Whistler” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 6. “God’s Country” by William Kent Krueger (Atria) 7. “Mad Mabel” by Sally Hepworth (St. Martin’s) 8. “Book Lovers (deluxe ed.)” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 9. “The Unknown” by Riley Sager (Dutton) 10. “Once Written in Gilded Blood (deluxe ed.)” by K.M. Moronova ...

‘Pulitzer on the Road’ touring exhibit begins

NEW YORK — Barbara Kingsolver, Percival Everett and Daniel Kraus will be among the authors and other Pulitzer Prize-winning artists and journalists participating in a 20-city touring exhibition jointly organized by the Pulitzers and the American Library Association. “Pulitzer on the ...