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Review: Joe Pickett returns in 'Breaking Point'

"Breaking Point: A Joe Pickett Novel" (Putnam), by C.J. Box

Review: 'Dark Tide' is chilling thriller

"Dark Tide" (Harper Paperbacks), by Elizabeth Haynes

Sheehy, Solomon honored for inspiring readers

NEW YORK (AP) — Gail Sheehy and Andrew Solomon have been honored for books that inspire readers to lead better lives.

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'

NEW YORK (AP) — For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" — part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide — has got a lot of people talking.

Picoult's 'Storyteller' is structural failure

"The Storyteller" (Atria), by Jodi Picoult

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'

NEW YORK (AP) — For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" — part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide — has got a lot of people talking.

Former justice pens history book about the Court

"Out of Order: Stories From the History of the Supreme Court" (Random House), by Sandra Day O'Connor

Record 4.6M comics ordered for Free Comic Book day

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Organizers say the number of orders by shops that will give out free comics for the annual Free Comic Book Day event has topped more than 4.6 million this

Watergate novel nominated for fiction prize

NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Mallon's novel about the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction.

Review: Readers old and new will enjoy 'Good Cop'

"The Good Cop" (Minotaur), by Brad Parks

Review: 'The Romanov Cross' is a gripping read

"The Romanov Cross" (Bantam), by Robert Masello

Review: 'The Striker' is great action thriller

"The Striker: an Isaac Bell Adventure" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

Review: Conclusion of 'The Boyfriend' disappoints

"The Boyfriend" (Mysterious Press), by Thomas Perry

Review: Doc Ford returns in 'Night Moves' thriller

"Night Moves: a Doc Ford Novel" (Putnam), by Randy Wayne White

Purdue U. teacher wins $100,000 poetry prize

CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Marianne Boruch, a Purdue University creative writing teacher, has won this year's $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a California university announced

Brad Meltzer writing books for kids

NEW YORK (AP) — Best-selling suspense novelist Brad Meltzer is working on a children's series.

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