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Sarah Jessica Parker to judge 2025 Booker Prize: 'Very daunting'

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Sarah Jessica Parker to judge 2025 Booker Prize: 'Very daunting'

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 09: Sarah Jessica Parker attends the New York City Ballet 2024 Fall Fashion Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on October 09, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776219363 ORIG FILE ID: 2177678450

Even Carrie Bradshaw is a booklover. Now, Sarah Jessica Parker will take her passion for books to judge the 2025 Booker Prize alongside four authors.

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USA TODAY Best-selling Booklist

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

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Brian Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. near the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, multiple news outlets reported, citing police sources. Thompson was named CEO for UnitedHealthcare in April 2021.

4 Stars for the Unabomber: Luigi Mangione reviewed killer's manifesto

"It's simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out," Mangione wrote of the Unabomber Manifesto.

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Check out these 10 holiday and Christmas books this winter.

Want a festive read? Curl up by the fire with these holiday books

It's the most wonderful time of the year – for reading, that is. Grab your blankets and snuggle in with these Christmas romance and holiday books.

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Cindy Hohl is the president of the American Library Association. She's also director of policy analysis and operational support at Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library.

Librarians stand firm amid growing book bans and post-election concerns

As activists seek to curb access to books and even hold them criminally liable, librarians ask people to listen, read and engage with them.

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Wolfe & Kron Books is an independent bookstore in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Inside Wolfe & Kron Books, a feminist bookstore in New Jersey

Wolfe & Kron Books is a queer-woman owned feminist bookstore specializing in LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC stories.

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Books line a shelf in the third classroom of Sarah Wiehe and Meghan Bauknecht on the first day of classes of the 2022-2023 school year at the Winton Woods South Campus. The co-teachers have 56 students.

Ohio teacher suspended for having LGBTQ books is suing district

An Ohio elementary teacher is suing her school district after she was disciplined for having books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library.

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Will there be more 'Stormlight Archive' books? What we know so far

Now that the first arc of Brandon Sanderson's "The Stormlight Archive" has concluded, the fantasy author plans to turn his attention to other projects.

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These are the books USA TODAY editors and reporters love to give friends and family.

Why these 12 books make the perfect gift this holiday season

Searching for the perfect book to gift? From celebrity biographies and self-help to fantasy and children's books, here are USA TODAY's favorite reads.

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