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Biblioracle: British satirist David Lodge dies at 89. His work will inform our world for years to come.

January 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

David Lodge, British author of perhaps the greatest works of campus satire of all-time, died on Jan. 1, 2025, at age 89, surrounded by his family at his home in...

Secret World Books is a new bookstore at 1774 2nd St. in Highland Park. (John Warner)

Biblioracle: My New Year’s reading resolution is to visit more independent bookstores

January 4, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

My quest to visit these stores isn’t just about supporting small businesses, but is instead a desire to join in a community of shared values.

"Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); "Godwin" by Joseph O'Neill (Pantheon); "The Book of George" by Kate Greathead (Henry Holt and Co.).

Biblioracle: Concluding my 2024 Biblioracle Book Awards for fiction

December 28, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Among my favorite works of fiction in the past year were books by Sally Rooney, Joseph O'Neill and Kate Greathead. Did you read any of my picks?

“The Wedding People” by Alison Espach (Henry Holt); “Assassins Anonymous” by Rob Hart (G.P. Putnam’s Sons); Garth Greenwell’s book “Small Rain” (Farrar Straus and Giroux).

Biblioracle: My 2024 Biblioracle Book Awards for fiction, the first half

December 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

A round-up of the best fiction from 2024 that the Biblioracle has previously covered.

“Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture” by Kyle Chayka (Doubleday), "When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s" by John Ganz (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and "We Loved It All: A Memory of Life" by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton & Company).

Biblioracle: The 2024 nonfiction Biblioracle Book Awards

December 14, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The first installment of the Biblioracle Book Awards looks at nonfiction, with six standouts that will help you make sense of the world.

Author Mark Leyner at his home in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Feb. 29, 2016. (Ramsay de Give / for the baiduhai)

Biblioracle: Rediscovering Mark Leyner through ‘A Shimmering, Serrated Monster’

December 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

He is the author of numerous short stories and novels and perhaps best known for “My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist.”

Author Weike Wang speaks during the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards on Feb. 28, 2022, in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

Biblioracle: Weike Wang’s ‘Rental House’ is a sweet and sometimes sad portrait of a marriage

November 30, 2024 at 7:07 a.m.

Weike Wang delivers sharp, funny, sneakily emotional stories that you will read compulsively until completion.

"Trajectory: Stories" by Richard Russo; "The Lottery and Other Stories" by Shirley Jackson; "Jesus' Son" by Denis Johnson. (Knopf / Picador)

Biblioracle: Don’t like short stories? Give these collections a shot.

November 23, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

A great short story cannot be topped. Here are seven recommendations to tempt even dedicated non-short story readers.

Dorothy Allison in 1999 in France. The author of “Bastard Out of Carolina" has died at age 75. (Louis Monier/Getty)

Biblioracle: Dorothy Allison has died at 75. ‘Bastard Out of Carolina’ is a testament to the resiliency of spirit.

November 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

It is deeply pleasing to know that Dorothy Allison lived a happy and fulfilled adult life. Her work will endure long after her death.

Michael Stipe and R.E.M bandmembers perform at the United Center on June 6, 2008. (Alex Garcia/baiduhai)

Biblioracle: ‘The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.’ opens the book on a band that never wanted to become too big

November 9, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

“The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.” is told from the point of view of the people who loved the band, a book for fans with the voices of fans.

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