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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

The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past DLC includes a nod to CD Projekt Red's original 2007 RPG and its source books as Geralt wields a new silver chain

Tonight's big Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 showcase provided us with a neat glimpse of many , many exciting new games underway – and, perhaps best of all, The Witcher 3's own big Songs of the Past DLC. Yep, we actually have finally seen Geralt front and center in the DLC, and

What Happens to Dolly Parton’s Pup, Who Inspired the Singer’s Series of Children’s Books?

Parton wrote three books following her French bulldog Billy as he pursued doggy dreams of country music stardom

10 Perfectly Written High Fantasy Books for Fans of Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones

Enjoy tales of wizards, assassins, and magical beasts in these imaginative stories

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.

The Best Star Trek Books Ever Should Have Been Adapted Into A TV Series

The world of Star Trek has been expanded in many mediums, and the best series of books would have made for a great TV series.

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

The Best Books For Summerween 2026

From slashers to TikTok hits, here are our favorite horror books to read this Summer - if you dare.

'I still go Nando's' - Itauma on fame, books & The Odyssey

Moses Itauma and comedian Rob Beckett play a round of golf whilst discussing Itauma's fame, what he does to relax and his biggest challenge in the upcoming fight for the IBF heavyweight world title against Filip Hrgovic on Saturday night at the O2 arena.

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.

September books preview: Emily St. John Mandel and dystopian YA are back

September's new titles include a fictional account of Marcus Agrippa, trad wife horror, and James Islington's sci-fi debut.

What Audible Learned About 7,000 Listeners From Its NYC Bookless Bookstore: ‘How Do We Take Something Invisible and Make It Tangible?’

More than half of Americans aged 18 and older, an estimated 157 million people, have listened to an audiobook, according to the Audio Publishers Association.

NFL signs new deals with trio of sportsbooks

The NFL has reached multiyear partnerships with DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics for those sportsbooks to be official betting operators of the league.

‘Harry Potter’ Back to Hogwarts Initiative to Donate Over 200,000 Books to Schools and Hospitals (EXCLUSIVE)

With Back to Hogwarts Day – the annual Sept.

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.

5 Best Non-Sci-Fi Books To Read If You Like Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary

These non-sci-fi books have more in common with Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary than you might realize at a passing glance.

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

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

The ‘Odyssey’ Scholar Emily Wilson, a Critic of the Movie, Is Redoing Her Translation

Wilson, who was the first woman to translate the Homeric tale into English, caused a firestorm when she criticized Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film.

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.”

Meet Pierre “Peter” Ortiz, Undercover Spy, Marine and Resistance Fighter

I’ve heard my grandfather’s voice just once. It was on a 1949 episode of the NBC radio show This Is Your Life, recounting his escape from occupied France after a German night fighter shot down the plane he was flying

What Does Beatlemania Have to Teach Us About Pop Culture Today?

This conversation between two authors who happen to share the same name: BBC and Channel 4 broadcaster Samira Ahmed, whose A Hard Day’s Night in Bloomsbury’s BFI Film Classics series just released this month in the US/Canada, and Little, Brown’s bestselling author

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

Helen Mirren is playing Patricia Highsmith?! Watch the trailer for A Talent for Murder.

This morning, fans of both Patricia Highsmith and Dame Helen Mirren have cause to rejoice. The trailer for Anton Corbijn’s new Ripley-adjacent film, A Talent for Murder, is out now. The film stars Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke, and an almost

Long Before Toy Story, It-Narratives Imagined the Inner Lives of Objects

It’s nighttime in the playroom and the toys have gathered for a conference. For modern audiences, this scene likely evokes the imaginative world of Toy Story, the long-running film franchise about the secret lives of children’s toys, which launched to

As a Storyteller, Tim Curry Had the Gift

He was a blast to watch, whether playing a mad scientist in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a butler in “Clue” or a singing King Arthur in “Spamalot.”

Rupert Grint Will Join ‘Harry Potter’ Again, This Time on Broadway

The British actor, who played Ron Weasley in all eight films, will play the same character, this time as an adult, in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”

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

Six Novels That Try to Keep Up With Elizabeth Taylor

I first saw Elizabeth Taylor in The VIPs, when I was a moony and impressionable teenager. There were nuances I surely missed, but the movie’s larger premise came through loud and clear: life could be fabulous, dramatic, and shaped—perhaps even

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

All The Songs In Prime Video’s ‘The Last Sunrise’: Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Sombr & More

The Last Sunrise, based on Anna Todd’s bestselling romance novel, is the latest romance film in the YA genre and book adaptation Venn diagram to arrive on Prime Video as the streamer rides the wave of obsession. In the film, Maia Reficco portrays Oriah ‘Ry’ Pera, a young dancer f

Anna Todd’s Post-‘After’ Era: Inside Her Next Chapter With ‘The Last Sunrise’ Romance

The author, along with stars Maia Reficcio and Fernando Lindez, on the personal meaning behind the bestseller, honoring Mallorca and exploring romance through the lens of limited time.

Hugh Howey's Silo Book Series Was Nearly Adapted By A Legendary Director

Before being adapted into a hit Apple TV show, Hugh Howey's Silo books were nearly turned into a movie by a legendary sci-fi filmmaker.

‘The Love Hypothesis’ Trailer: Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman Embark on Fake Dating Scheme in STEM Romance

Adapted from Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel, Reinhart and Bateman star as a Ph.D. candidate and the school’s intimidating professor pretending to be in a relationship.

S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Prize winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Mike chats with S. Shakthidharan (or Shakthi) about Hilda Rosner’s translation of Siddhart

‘The Dog Stars’ Review: Jacob Elordi and Margaret Qualley in Ridley Scott’s Subdued but Pleasingly Soulful Dystopian Western

Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce, Allison Janney and Benedict Wong also star in this adaptation of Peter Heller’s novel about survivors trying to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future.

Netflix Addresses Reports Of October Filming For “The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call” Season 2

Netflix has responded to reports that “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” Season 2 will begin filming in October. On August 24, Lee Nak Joon, author of the original web novel on which “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” is based, appeared on KBS2’s “Malja Show” (literal translation).

Tulpa the Unseen Lover is a psychological visual novel about a depressed manga artist manifesting a cute, ominous anime girl made by former Spider-Verse animato

It's very rare that I'm not thinking about the works of Satoshi Kon (pop on Tokyo Godfathers this Christmas, you won't regret it), but the one that I always come back to is Opus. It's a manga the director made in the mid '90s that he ultimately never finished before his death, fo

Sony Wins Rights To John August’s Graphic Novel ‘Wolf’s Belly’; Alfonso Cuarón To Produce

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is excited for screenwriter John August’s graphic-novel retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood,” Wolf’s Belly, and beat several studios for the IP including Amazon, we understand. August will adapt his work for the big screen, with four-time Oscar winner Al

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.