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How Dolly Parton helped the world - from children's books to supporting Covid vaccine - BBC
How Dolly Parton helped the world - from children's books to supporting Covid vaccine BBC Dolly Parton Was a Trailblazer in Business, Too The New York Times Dolly Parton Died After a ‘Brief Battle with Cancer,’ Her Team Confirms People.com Dolly Parton left one final song for fan
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Anjet Daanje’s The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Joby Warrick’s The Jackal, and Dorthe Nors’ Range all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * Fiction 1. The Song of Stork and
How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’
With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet.
Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times
Adult Mystery Books for Fans of Detectives and Spies
The best-selling thriller writer Tess Gerritsen likes older detectives who bring a lifetime of experience to their cases.
Martin Amis’s Best Books: A Guide
The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.
Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry… and 25 more books out in paperback this September.
September is here, and with it comes a bevy of new books. Below, you’ll find twenty-five delightful reads to consider, each in a fresh paperback edition, including debuts, sophomore releases, rich translations, and new works from established authors. You’ll find
Chatbooks Promo Code: Save up to 40% on Photo Books in September 2026
Keep your memories alive without breaking the bank by using these top Chatbooks coupon codes and saving strategies.
21 New Books to Read in September: John Green, R.F. Kuang, Marlon James and More
Novels by Marlon James, Emma Cline, Hernan Diaz and John Green; nonfiction by Emily Wilson and Robert Kolker; and more.
Iceland’s Murder Rate Is Off the Charts (in Its Books, at Least)
The Nordic nation has almost no homicides, yet crime fiction is its favorite literary genre. That means writers face a challenge: making murder feel believable.
Long Live Dolly Parton, Giver of Books
I signed my first baby up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library when she was one week old, at the advice of her pediatrician. It was May 2020, and the pandemic was just beginning to close its fist around the world.
Beyond Harry Potter: five books you can enjoy together as a whole family
Parents might default to books they loved when they were younger. But this means families may be missing out on some great stories published more recently.
Book Week quiz: How well do you know Aussie kids' books?
The Best Books to Read on American Identity
Four authors grapple with the fight over American identity, from the colonial era to the modern day.
How Dolly Parton helped the world - from children's books to supporting Covid vaccine
The late singer-songwriter's charity causes were as eclectic as her music, but she had a personal connection to each one.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library says it will keep sending free books to kids. Here’s how to sign up
The Imagination Library will continue sending books to eligible children in Parton's absence, a spokesperson for the Dollywood Company confirmed.
The Month’s Best New Mystery Books
Our columnist on four of the month’s best releases.
Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!
We’ve all been reading about it for months, and now finally it’s time to read the thing itself: Life of M by Rachel Cusk is available today! And that’s not all: a long awaited sequel to Big Little Lies hits
Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969.
The Mechanics’ Institute, one of the oldest cultural institutions on the West Coast, is now home to a thrilling archive of LGBTQ+ children’s literature. The Tarpey–Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Special Collection features more than 200 queer-friendly kids’ books published
Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their livelihoods. That seems illegal, right?
My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes
Article URL: https://bookdna.com/best-books/nonfiction-about-cults-scams-and-schemes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408858 Points: 48 # Comments: 13
Bengaluru: Man books 108 ambulance with fake murder call
During the conversation, the man allegedly abused the staff nurse and ambulance driver, accusing them of not reaching the location he had provided and not performing their duties.
Feeling Lonely? These 8 Books Might Help.
Psychologists, therapists and other experts share the works they recommend to people who are struggling to connect.
Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Back-to-School Picture Books by Amy Schwartz, Sophie Blackall, Oliver Jeffers and Chris Priestley
Works by Amy Schwartz, Sophie Blackall, Oliver Jeffers and Chris Priestley show little ones what they might miss if they stay home.
This Oregon library ditched Dewey Decimal and got people excited about books again
American libraries have evolved in recent decades as their role as centers for learning and community expand.
Mysteries of the deep and AI friendship: Books in brief
Nature, Published online: 28 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02725-9 Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
Lamborghini’s Big Books of Bulls
The suits in Sant’Agata Bolognese turn to these bullfighting books when it comes time to name a new Lamborghini.
Russian strikes destroy 12 million books ahead of Ukraine's first week back at school
Ukraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches.
DIY archivists push budget Nikons to 902,000 clicks to save 1,800 rare books — team trains neural net on Photoshop edits to process 526,000 scans
Around 2015, a trio of Pakistani friends took it upon themselves to digitize a large number of out-of-print books in Urdu, many of them lithographs — they call it the Ibteda Digital Library .
Pattadar passbooks only solution to land problems: govt.
Dolly Parton’s music, books and theme park see spikes in interest following her death
Dolly Parton, musician, actor and literacy advocate, died on Tuesday at the age of 80.
Gemini Notebook's latest trick makes heavy books way less intimidating
Cliff Notes for the AI age
Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google's AI note-taking app, Gemini Notebook, can now pull information from the books you've purchased.
AI Engineer Notebooks – free, framework-free RAG/agents/evals on Colab
Article URL: https://github.com/calmrocks/ai-engineer-notebooks Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49471714 Points: 90 # Comments: 9
Required Reading: 10 Books That Changed 'Fruit Fly' Author Josh Silver’s Life
'Fruit Fly' is out Tuesday, August 25 from Simon & Schuster.
Google announces ‘Expert Intelligence’ to let you add Play Books in Gemini Notebook - 9to5Google
Google announces ‘Expert Intellig
New Romance Books
Our columnist on three of the month’s best releases.
Bookstores struggle to fill shelves after cyber attack on major publisher
Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage
Article URL: https://github.com/murerkinn/bookshelf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49427001 Points: 65 # Comments: 25
Just as the world appears to be losing its appetite for books, William T. Vollmann pens a 3,000-page novel
His latest – and possibly last – book tackles America’s foreign policy before and after 9/11. Could it also serve as an antidote to the fragmented attention and political duplicity of our current moment?
In ‘Fires in the Dark,’ Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers
In “Fires in the Dark,” Jamison, known for her expertise on manic depression, delves into the quest to heal. Her new book, she says, is a “love song to psychotherapy.”
Here are the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards.
The winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards—one of science fiction and fantasy’s most prestigious awards, decided by popular vote of all eligible WorldCon members—were presented this weekend at the 84th World Science Fiction Convention in sunny Los Angeles, CA. A
Leila and Kahled
The sunlight streaming through the arrival hall windows was a dirty gold the afternoon our flight from Paris landed. The airport’s walkways, draped in stock images of healthy, smiling families, submerged arriving passengers in advertisements recalling the sentimental beige hue
JAY-Z Announces Exclusive 30th Anniversary Pop-Up Experience at London's Camden Market
Summary JAY-Z and UMusic Shop are launching the official JAŸ-Z30 Pop-Up Experience at London’s Camden Market from August 27 to September 2The activation celebrates the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt with limited-edition London apparel vinyl releases Assouline books and Arma
Victor Niederhoffer, Trader Who Went Boom and Bust (Twice), Dies at 82
He pioneered a technique for using computers to predict short-term movements in stock prices, something that proved to be hugely lucrative — when it worked.
Mother tongue
“Daddy?” Theo curled against my side in bed. “Where do words go when they die?” I’d orchestrated the bedtime routine flawlessly: bath (taken), teeth (brushed), potty (tinkled), books (two), song (one, poorly sung), and snuggle (his chin on my second rib). Now was the moment when
Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech
When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.
Book Review: ‘Hometown,’ by Shaun Tan
As Shaun Tan reminds us with his stand-alone follow-up to “The Arrival,” some truths are so enormous, so beautiful, they can be told only through myth.
Book Club: Read ‘Etna,’ by Paul Yoon, With the Book Review
In September, the Book Review Book Club will read Paul Yoon’s latest, about a bomb-sniffing dog trying to make it home after a war.
Rachel Cusk Tried to Caricature Natalie Portman. She Only Caricatured Herself.
Her latest novel appears to savage a celebrity. But Cusk has, once again, managed to turn herself into the victim.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, First Latino Writer to Win PEN/Faulkner, Dies at 71
A former Catholic priest, he later became an acclaimed author, writing more than two dozen works about life in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands.
Book Review: ‘Under Story,’ by Chloe Benjamin
In “Under Story,” a grieving woman makes a discovery that could help her recover what she thought she had lost forever.
Book Review: ‘Defending the Music,’ by Michael Steinberg
“The eloquence and depth of his prose remain for me the gold standard,” John Adams writes of Michael Steinberg, who excelled at his craft in the 1960s and ’70s.
Book Review: ‘Agrippa,’ by Robert Harris
Robert Harris’s new novel, “Agrippa,” follows a statesman who witnesses the transformation of a republic into an empire.
Book Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James
Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.
He Warned That the End of History Could Be Rough. Maybe Now People Will Listen.
Francis Fukuyama’s famous take on the post-Cold War world was widely misunderstood. In a new memoir, he tries to set the record straight.
Book Review: ‘The Castle,’ by Jon Ronson
The journalist Jon Ronson finds metaphor and meaning in the story of one man’s baronial fantasia and others like him who are living unmoored from reality.
What Book Should You Read Next?
Finding a book you’ll love can be daunting. Let us help.
Book Review: ‘NB by J.C.,’ by James Campbell
“NB by J.C.” collects the variegated musings of James Campbell in the Times Literary Supplement.
Martin Amis: An Appreciation
Our critic assesses the achievement of Martin Amis, Britain’s most famous literary son.
The Best Romance Novels of 2024 (So Far)
Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2024’s sexiest, swooniest reads.
Book Review: ‘The Late Americans,’ by Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor’s novel circulates among Iowa City residents, some privileged, some not, but all aware that their possibilities are contracting.
Book Review: ‘Dom Casmurro,’ by Machado de Assis
“Dom Casmurro,” by Machado de Assis, teaches us to read — and reread — with precise detail and masterly obfuscation.
The Detective Novel ‘Whose Body?,’ by Dorothy L. Sayers, Turns 100
Dorothy L. Sayers dealt with emotional and financial instability by writing “Whose Body?,” the first of many to star the detective Lord Peter Wimsey.
Lit Hub Weekly: August 24 – 28, 2026
“Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.” Steven Thrasher on the killing Jason Arday. | Lit Hub Politics Long live Dolly Parton, American icon, giver of books. | Lit Hub Biography Why Hieronymus
Body Language
Nanette and Josie finished praying and walked toward the bus stop. Josie pulled out her phone. She wanted to show Nanette a group she’d found on Instagram: @NunsAgainstGuns. “This one is fire,” Josie said. Nanette looked at a photo of
On the Fact and Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut’s Dresden
Kurt Vonnegut describes the train arriving in Dresden at five o’clock that afternoon: “The boxcar doors were opened, and the doorways framed the loveliest city that most of the Americans had ever seen. The skyline was intricate and voluptuous and
Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity
It will be the Year of Perfect Skin, I told myself. I had arrived at my mid-forties, and the mirror suddenly gave me a face crosshatched with creases. I was Portrait of a Woman Aging. I was a cubist composition,
Marlon James on (Finally) Writing a Novel That Draws From His Life
Says a narrator in Marlon James’s freshly Booker-nominated The Disappearers, “I’ve made such a terrible mess out of being a homo.” The novel’s protagonists are all gay men in ‘80s and ‘90s Jamaica; each makes similar proclamations. “But the statement
Lit Hub Daily: August 31, 2026
“Terror wasn’t the only weapon the Nazis used against the American prisoners. Sometimes, they used propagandistic persuasion as well.” On the myths and facts of Dresden in Slaughterhouse-Five. | Lit Hub Biography Marlon James tells Eric Olson about (finally!) writing
August’s Best Reviewed Fiction
Chang-Rae Lee’s A Tender Age, Téa Obreht’s Sunrise, and Paul Yoon’s Etna all feature among the best reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. A Tender Age by Chang Rae-Lee
August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction
Claire Stapleton’s Don’t Be Evil, Kimon de Greef’s The Ego Trip, and Dave Ziren’s The People’s Historian all feature among the best reviewed nonfiction titles of the month. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. *
An Ode to the Gleeful Terror of Tim Curry’s Pennywise
Tim Curry, who died this week at 80, will probably always be best known for his performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and not unreasonably. With his snug corset and unsubtle make-up and minuscule shorts to
Eight Simple Rules for Dating Your Historical Fiction
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Consider these opening lines. Their source is far from obscure, so there’s a good chance you’ll recognize them right away. Take a moment over them anyway: “So now get up.”
Lit Hub Daily: August 28, 2026
“He wrote sad songs but didn’t want to make anyone sad. He had the kind of shy, exaggerated empathy of someone who’s always afraid of hurting people but never afraid of hurting himself.” On loving Elliott Smith. | Lit Hub
A Book Crawl in Picturesque Brooklyn
Jennifer Harlan, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, takes you to her favorite bookstores in Park Slope/Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. This tour offers readers a variety of genres, new books and used books.
The Best New Historical Fiction
Our columnist on the month’s best new books.
What It Means to Love Elliott Smith
One of the last videos taken of Elliott Smith shows him at the Fonda Theatre, in Los Angeles. He’s sitting in a metal stacking chair, wearing faded dark pants and a T‑shirt that says i <3 metal, a little slumped
Lit Hub Daily: August 27, 2026
What do you do when your writing group thinks your story’s hilarious (when it’s not supposed to be)? | Lit Hub Advice If you have a free afternoon, try reading one of these novellas from cover to cover. | Lit