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Memoirs, cookery and must-read novels: the best books of 2022

Fiona Lensvelt has your guide to the best last-minute buys before Christmas — there’s something for everyone here...

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2022

Amy Bloom: ‘Nigella Lawson is God (if we’re lucky)’

The American author on finding comfort in cookbooks, the allure of Jane Austen, and how Octavia Butler opened her mind to science fiction

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022

The once-banned dystopian novel that has become Russia’s bestseller

‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ is the most popular fiction download of 2022 on Russia’s online book-selling platform

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

Writer recovers laptop containing half-finished novel after Shetland blizzard

Ann Cleeves, whose novels were turned into TV’s Shetland and Vera, said device had been run over but she had a copy of her work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

Schoolgirl finds best-selling Shetland author's lost laptop in winter snow

A SCOTTISH crime writer who lost her laptop and half of her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland has announced that the computer has been found –…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 15, 2022

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 10, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

'In a better world I should speak': Behrouz Boochani refused just watching parliament

Behrouz Boochani described it as "incredible" he made it to Canberra.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 15, 2022

‘Losing the plot’: Trump mocked after announcing superhero card collection

Cards cost ‘only $99 each’ and ‘would make a great Christmas gift’, says former president in ‘major announcement’ video

The Guardian - US · Dec 15, 2022

Prince Harry - When is the Duke’s memoir Spare released?

After an explosive six-part docuseries discusses the Sussexes’ departure from the Royal Family, what will Harry’s book contain?

Chronicle Live · Dec 15, 2022

Talk with the Authors: An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100+ Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know

Randy and I will chat about our new books on Friday at 3 ET, and there will be a drawing for a free autographed copy.

Reason · Dec 15, 2022