Monday, April 7th 2025

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Books

Here is a look at some of the books that will be published in Spring 2025. (Covers courtesy of the publishers)

34 new books in our spring 2025 preview to add to your TBR pile

By Michael Schaub

April 6, 2025 at 8:43 a.m.

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more are coming in the next three months.

A collage showing a book jacket and a photo of the author.

Readers and writers: Haunting tale set in Lake Superior lighthouse is must-read

By Mary Ann Grossmann

April 6, 2025 at 11:56 p.m.

In his luminous new novel, Peter Geye gives us love and lust, God and science,...

A bookshelf lined with books.

Literary calendar for week of April 6

By Mary Ann Grossmann

April 6, 2025 at 5:54 a.m.

SELINA LI BI: Filipino-American discusses her debut young adult novel "Sunlight Playing Over a Mountain,"...

The 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is celebrated with a free reading of the novel at the Minnesota History Center and a birthday bash at Brother Justus Whiskey Co. in Minneapolis, hosted by Magers & Quinn Booksellers, both on April 10, 2025. (Courtesy of Magers & Quinn Booksellers)

Literary picks for week of April 6: ‘Great Gatsby’ readings

By Mary Ann Grossmann

April 6, 2025 at 5:54 a.m.

Thursday is unofficially "The Great Gatsby" day in the Twin Cities, when the iconic novel...

St. Paul native and writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, shown in a 1920s-era portrait. (Associated Press)

Live reading of ‘Great Gatsby’ kicks off events marking 100th anniversary

By Nick Woltman

April 5, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

Scheduled to run from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the live reading is one of...

F. Scott, Zelda and Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald.

The truth About F. Scott Fitzgerald’s drunken brawl in Rome

By Elisabetta Povoledo

April 2, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

One ill-fated night in December 1924, F. Scott Fitzgerald got into a drunken brawl that...

A bookshelf lined with books.

Literary calendar for week of March 30

By Mary Ann Grossmann

March 30, 2025 at 5:51 a.m.

ALAFAIR BURKE: Author of psychological thrillers and police procedurals that draw on her professional background...

A collage of romance novels by Twin Cities author Abby Jimenez.

Abby Jimenez’s romance novels, ranked

By Julio Ojeda-Zapata

March 29, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

Her fans hate to pick a favorite. But Julio Ojeda-Zapata tries.

Books by Abby Jimenez on a table as people gather around

For Twin Cities romance novelist Abby Jimenez, it’s one happy ending after another

By Julio Ojeda-Zapata

March 30, 2025 at 2:40 p.m.

Over 18 years, Abby Jimenez has gone from unemployed mother to bake-shop entrepreneur to New...

A man stands next to a woman in a wheelchair and shows her a library card. In the background is a small bus with a colorful mural painted on it.

‘Marion the Librarian’: 97-year-old St. Paul woman gets her first Minnesota library card

By Imani Cruzen

March 30, 2025 at 9:07 p.m.

Marion McCarthy, still an avid reader at 97 years old, was excited Friday when she...