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It takes more than a little verve to write a story based on the iconic characters created by F. Scott Fitzgerald in perhaps the 20th century鈥檚 most famous American novel, but Claire Anderson-Wheeler has done just that with 鈥淭he Gatsby Gambit.

The modern fairy tale is a tricky thing, what with phones and cities and all the trappings of now that tend to suck the magic out of a story and make it impossible to suspend disbelief. But Natalia Theodoridou鈥檚 debut novel aces the assignment.

Istvan, the protagonist in David Szalay's new novel 鈥淔lesh,鈥� is a character who reveals little in his conversations with others. His clipped responses to questions are akin to the frustrating conversations adults have with teenagers.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. 鈥� Education officials in Newfoundland and Labrador recently ordered the destruction of thousands of textbooks because they contained inaccurate information about the province's Indigenous population.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The latest 鈥淗unger Games鈥� novel sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide during its first week, the biggest opening ever for Suzanne Collins' blockbuster series. 鈥淪unrise on the Reaping鈥� sold 1.2 million copies in the U.

An upcoming memoir by retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has a new title and release date. Kennedy's book also will come out as a single publication, not in two volumes, as once planned.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short stories coming out this fall, his first published fiction since being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized in 2022.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The Episcopal bishop who in January angered President Donald Trump has a deal for two books for young people. Both are based on the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde鈥檚 best-selling 鈥淗ow We Learn to Be Brave.

LONDON (AP) 鈥� A moving memoir by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry and the gripping story of a heart transplant by British doctor Rachel Clarke are among finalists for the Women鈥檚 Prize for Nonfiction , set up to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) 鈥� Iowa cannot, for now, continue to enforce part of its book ban law, a federal judge said Tuesday, giving major publishers that sued the state the second temporary reprieve they requested. The new decision from U.S.