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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois lawmakers greenlighted a bill Wednesday that says libraries in the state must adopt an anti-book banning policy to receive state funding, in a vote that fissured along party lines.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Simply Lies by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 3. Breakneck by Marc Cameron (Kensington Books) 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — The long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, “The Covenant of Water,” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick.

NEW YORK (AP) — The next novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham, his first in a decade, is a family saga set in New York City before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Random House announced Monday that “Day” will be published in January.

“Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism,” by Jeffrey Toobin (Simon & Schuster) In the nearly three decades that have passed since the Oklahoma City bombing, one of the most chilling aspects of the attack is how Timothy Mc

“Tell Me Everything” by Minka Kelly (Henry Holt and Company) To most of us, Minka Kelly is cheerleader Lyla Garrity from the much-loved high school football series “Friday Night Lights.

“Honeybees and Distant Thunder” by Riku Onda (Pegasus Books) The Yoshigae music competition will never be the same after this year’s pianists push the boundaries of the art form, leaving judges to wonder if a particular contestant is a gift from the

“Don’t Call Me Home,” by Alexandra Auder (Viking) It takes guts and a sense of humor to kick off your debut memoir with an insult from Andy Warhol. “Seeing Alexandra was sad — a big rug-rat hanging off Viva — she’ll probably turn out a mess.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's governor replaced a Cabinet member who oversaw the state's award-winning prekindergarten program because of a teacher training book with language about inclusion and combatting structural racism, she said Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Call him the Cedric the Novelist. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that it will publish a novel in September by Cedric the Entertainer.