10 notable books of 2025: A posthumous memoir about Epstein, 'Hunger Games' and reliving 2024
Read full article: 10 notable books of 2025: A posthumous memoir about Epstein, 'Hunger Games' and reliving 2024The publishing world's notable releases this year included a new “Hunger Games” novel and a book by Thomas Pynchon.
National Book Award finalists announced: Alameddine, Majumdar, Li and Russell are among the nominees
Read full article: National Book Award finalists announced: Alameddine, Majumdar, Li and Russell are among the nomineesFiction by Rabih Alameddine, Megha Majumdar, and Karen Russell, along with a memoir by Yiyun Li, are among this year's National Book Award finalists.
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Anthony Veasna So, acclaimed fiction writer, dead at age 28
Read full article: Anthony Veasna So, acclaimed fiction writer, dead at age 28This combination photo shows the cover of "Afterparties," left, and a portrait of author Anthony Veasna So. The author of the highly anticipated debut story collection to be published in August, has died. (Chris Sackes, right, and Ecco via AP)NEW YORK – The author of a highly anticipated debut story collection has died. Anthony Veasna So was 28. “The mind-frying hilarity of Anthony Veasna So’s first book of fiction settles him as the genius of social satire our age needs now more than ever," Karr wrote in a blurb for the book.
