Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Books: Independent Bookstore Day: 10 bookstores that inspire and unite

Independent bookstores are more than places to buy books. They're community hubs and we're celebrating them for Independent Bookstore Day. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Books

Wed Apr 24 2024

 
The Last Chapter Book Shop is an all-romance bookstore in Chicago.

Independent bookstores are more than places to buy books. They're community hubs and we're celebrating them for Independent Bookstore Day.

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USA TODAY booklist returns
 

USA TODAY Best-selling Booklist

The top-selling titles each week provides book lovers with the most accurate snapshot of what people are reading.

The cover of Emily Henry's "Funny Story," on bookshelves April 23, 2024.
 

Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' satisfies without tripping over tropes

The reigning queen of millennial summer reads Emily Henry has another book that balances the good parts of romance with all the bad in "Funny Story."

Actress Kieu Chinh and Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr., star and co-executive producer of the HBO miniseries
 

'Legend of Vietnamese cinema' relives the past in 'The Sympathizer'

Five decades after Kieu Chinh became a Vietnam War refugee, she now co-stars in the HBO miniseries 'The Sympathizer' and reliving the fall of Saigon.

Blacksburg Books is an independent bookstore that sells new and used books, locally-made drinks, snacks and crafts in Virginia.
 

Blacksburg Books inspires its Virginia community to shop local

Blacksburg Books opened in 2021, in a town that hadn't had a general interest bookstore in ages. The community was thrilled!

Maulik Pancholy attends the South Asians at the Oscars pre-Oscars party at Paramount Studios on March 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.
 

'30 Rock' actor talks 'empathy' after school board cancels his visit

Author and actor Maulik Pancholy, who is gay, addressed a Pennsylvania school board canceling his author visit over his "lifestyle."

USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page's
 

'The Rulebreaker'

A USA TODAY reporter's new book about the life of Barbara Walters.

The cover for Taylor Swift's new album, "The Tortured Poets Department"
 

Taylor Swift-themed poetry prompts to celebrate her new poetic album

Taylor Swift's 11th album, "The Tortured Poets Department" is here. Learn how to write a poem and use these 11 poetry prompts to share your voice.

Police stand outside the east entrance of Columbine High School as bomb squads and SWAT teams secure students on April 20, 1999, in Littleton, Colo., after two masked teens on a "suicide mission" stormed the school and blasted fellow students with guns and explosives before turning the weapons on themselves.
 

25 years after Columbine, mass shooting trauma still 'seared into us'

The trauma of the massacre at Columbine High School still haunts survivors, witnesses nationwide and students who weren't alive when it happened.

Lily Gladstone stars in the new highly-anticipated true crime series "Under the Bridge," now streaming on Hulu.
 

Is 'Under the Bridge' a true story? What happened to Reena Virk

The Hulu series explores the story behind a real 1990's murder.

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