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Wed Sep 4 2024

Want more 'Harry Potter'? These 10 books also bring the magic

The "Harry Potter" books by J.K. Rowling have made our lives magic since 1997. If you want even more, try these comparable fantasy series and books.

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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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People sunbathe in Central Park in the Manhattan borough of New York city during Memorial Day weekend on May 26, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

The New Yorker cover highlights nannies, sparks online reaction

This week's cover of The New Yorker sparked a flurry of online debate and praise as it highlights the child caretakers of New York and their lives.

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An aerial view of the Reisinger family farm in Sauk County, Wisconsin.

America's farmers face mental health challenges. They need our help.

Mental health problems and their most terrifying form – hurting oneself or others – know no boundaries.

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Bluestockings Cooperative began as a women's bookstore in 1999 in the Lower East Side of New York City and quickly developed into a niche of queer radical bookselling.

Meet Bluestockings Cooperative, a 'niche of queer radical bookselling'

The carefully curated shelves of Bluestockings Cooperative in New York have brought many icons of queer and activist communities inside.

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The Cosmere Roleplaying Game is based off of Brandon Sanderson's fantasy books, including "The Stormlight Archive" series.

Brandon Sanderson's role-playing game sets Kickstarter record

The Kickstarter for the Cosmere role-playing game based on the fantasy books of Brandon Sanderson raised more than $13 million.

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Why Brandon Sanderson is rapidly becoming the face of modern fantasy

For anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy fiction, the works of Brandon Sanderson essentially amount to required reading.

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What is cozy fantasy? Explore the perfect genre for comfort-seekers

The word "cozy" in a beloved book genre adds a feel-good, comfort element. Here's why readers describe "cozy fantasy" books as a "soft place to land."

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Plaid Elephant Books is an independent children's bookstore in Danville, Kentucky.

Inside the fun and fanciful Plaid Elephant Books in Kentucky

From kid-sized chairs to a middle-grade reader room, Plaid Elephant Books in Kentucky is a bookstore that celebrates kids.

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Polaris Dawn mission specialist Anna Menon answers questions Monday, Aug. 19 at a media briefing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Menon, a SpaceX lead space operations engineer, has written a children's book, "Kisses from Space," which was inspired by her experience preparing for the Polaris Dawn mission and her desire to share her spaceflight experience with her two young children. She plans to read it from space during the mission.

Polaris Dawn crew member pens book for children to read from space

Anna Menon wrote "Kisses from Space" while training for Polaris Dawn, which is now scheduled to launch Tuesday. She'll read it to her kids while in orbit.

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