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This is the last big week in the book world because next week is Black Friday. And most publishers want their big books of ...

Available now Alex Pavesi’s Ink Ribbon Red follows the same path of tricksy ingenuity in the crime genre that he carved out ...

Here are the best new book releases this week: November 5-11, 2024. Ok, there’s a nip in the air where I’m writing this. So Fall is most definitely Falling. Leaves are falling. Temperatures ...

If a book is not in a rank since the previous week, it will not have an arrow. The last few titles on the list known as the extended list, never have arrows. An asterisk indicates that a book's ...

I first fell in love with the art of paperback covers at school in the 1970s. I had always adored books and had been brought ... get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.