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CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� Illinois lawmakers greenlighted a bill Wednesday that says libraries in the state must adopt an anti-book banning policy to receive state funding, in a vote that fissured along party lines.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Simply Lies by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 3. Breakneck by Marc Cameron (Kensington Books) 4.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, 鈥淭he Covenant of Water,鈥� is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The next novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham, his first in a decade, is a family saga set in New York City before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Random House announced Monday that 鈥淒ay鈥� will be published in January.

鈥淗omegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism,鈥� by Jeffrey Toobin (Simon & Schuster) In the nearly three decades that have passed since the Oklahoma City bombing, one of the most chilling aspects of the attack is how Timothy Mc

鈥淭ell Me Everything鈥� by Minka Kelly (Henry Holt and Company) To most of us, Minka Kelly is cheerleader Lyla Garrity from the much-loved high school football series 鈥淔riday Night Lights.

鈥淗oneybees and Distant Thunder鈥� by Riku Onda (Pegasus Books) The Yoshigae music competition will never be the same after this year鈥檚 pianists push the boundaries of the art form, leaving judges to wonder if a particular contestant is a gift from the

鈥淒on鈥檛 Call Me Home,鈥� by Alexandra Auder (Viking) It takes guts and a sense of humor to kick off your debut memoir with an insult from Andy Warhol. 鈥淪eeing Alexandra was sad 鈥� a big rug-rat hanging off Viva 鈥� she鈥檒l probably turn out a mess.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) 鈥� Alabama's governor replaced a Cabinet member who oversaw the state's award-winning prekindergarten program because of a teacher training book with language about inclusion and combatting structural racism, she said Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Call him the Cedric the Novelist. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that it will publish a novel in September by Cedric the Entertainer.