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NEW YORK (AP) — The good news on Robert A. Caro's long-awaited next book is that he knows the final words. The bad news is that he's known them for years and remains far from concluding his Lyndon B. Johnson series.

“The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest 1800-1900” by Jon K. Lauck (The University of Oklahoma Press) Dismissed as Flyover Country. Romanticized as the Heartland. Now, historian Jon K.

Though her knitwear patterns had previously been published in books and magazines, Reagan Davis was ready to spin a different kind of yarn.

NEW YORK (AP) — The archives of Thomas Pynchon, including correspondence, handwritten notes and the typescripts for such classic novels as “Gravity's Rainbow” and “V.”, have been acquired by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. Tom Clancy Red Winter by Marc Cameron - 9780593422762 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.

NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today's weekly chart of top-selling books is on indefinite hiatus after the newspaper's parent company, Gannett, laid off the editor in charge of compiling the list that's closely followed in the publishing industry.

“A Dangerous Business” by Jane Smiley (Alfred A.

“Terra Nova” by Henriette Lazaridis (Pegasus Books) Hunger takes many forms.

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world's largest trade publisher, is stepping down.

Penguin Random House Canada said it will "reflect" on its procedures after a subject of Leah McLaren's memoir, who alleges she was sexually assaulted, says the writer mischaracterized the sexual encounter as consensual.