University of Minnesota professor V. V. Ganeshananthan won the $150,000 Carol Shields prize for her novel "Brotherless Night."
May 15
New books tackle seeing the monster in yourself, the joys of classic comics, apocalyptic anxieties and family secrets.
May 13
NONFICTION: The who's who covers 250 birds from across the state.
May 15
NONFICTION: Memoir "And Then? And Then? What Else?" finally reveals where that ridiculous pseudonym came from.
May 15
FICTION: A wickedly witty lesbian melodrama, set in Southern California.
May 13
FICTION: New collection from the horror master proves he still has it. And by "it," we mean the ability to terrify us.
May 8
The awards were handed out Tuesday in nine categories.
FICTION: Sweeping, autobiographical "This Strange Eventful History" is textured and revelatory.
NONFICTION: Speaking with fellow whistleblowers, bioethicist Carl Elliott learned about the loneliness and frustration of calling attention to wrongdoing.
NONFICTION: "Skies of Thunder" looks at military pilots, trying to get to China with supplies.
Five top authors are featured in the annual lecture series, which is both in-person and virtual.
FICTION: Midway through her life, the narrator takes a detour from the expected into an unbounded exploration of desire.
Nadia Cakes' Abby Jimenez has become a rom-com powerhouse and a booster for the state, setting modern tales in Lake Minnetonka, Ely and along the Root River.
FICTION: Four friends draw on decades of friendship to deal with a series of crises.
FICTION: Her latest is set in an English coastal town, at the end of World War I.
NONFICTION: In "The Book of Mothers," author Carrie Mullins explores "How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood."
FICTION: Elizabeth O'Connor's debut novel is set in Wales, but the main character begins to learn of life beyond her tiny town.
FICTION: When a missing person returns, that's just the start of the mystery.
FICTION: Simon Van Booy's book is a gentle charmer.
FICTION: Abir Mukherjee's superlative novel is "an adrenaline rush."
FICTION: Heroine Eilis still isn't sure if America or Ireland is her home.
Kao Kalia Yang, Edel Rodriguez and others cover subjects from immigration to fresh veggies to adventures at sea.
FICTION: Rachel Khong's novel, which dips into science fiction, explores the consequences of inequity.
"The Mighty Red," her first novel since 2021′s "The Sentence," is set in a North Dakota town on the Red River.
Anthony Ray Hinton spent nearly 30 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit: "The only way I knew that I could get my joy back is that I had to forgive them."
NONFICTION: He explores the years leading to the American Civil War and the shaky transfer of power from James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln.
The event, which gathers thousands, celebrates local bookstores, community and, of course, books.