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4 inspiring reads to take your book club back to nature

By BookPage | Julie Hale | 4/2/2025 1:00 AM

From ancient fossils to sea turtles to backyard wildlife, immerse yourself in the natural world on Earth Day—and every day. ... Read full Story

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Go to Italy, fall back in love—try not to get assassinated

By BookPage | Christie Ridgway | 4/2/2025 1:00 AM

Carlie Walker’s action-packed new rom-com is utterly delicious, plus the latest from Katee Robert and Suzanne Enoch in this month’s romance column. ... Read full Story

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Where the Axe Is Buried

By BookPage | Laura Hubbard | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

An engrossing exploration of consciousness, autocracy and global politics, Where the Axe Is Buried is a cybernetically enhanced thriller with the pacing of a literary novel. ... Read full Story

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Celebrate Poetry Month with 4 new books for spring 2025

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

New books by acclaimed poets Maggie Nelson, Martín Espada, Tiana Clark and Didi Jackson speak to the moment. ... Read full Story

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Ray Nayler knows that “total, knowledgeable engagement” is the only way forward

By BookPage | Laura Hubbard | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

Where the Axe Is Buried takes place in a world of AI prime ministers, body-hopping tyrants and the resistance that bravely fights against them both. ... Read full Story

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Valley of Forgetting

By BookPage | Stephen Elliott | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

The deeply personal and deeply technical Valley of Forgetting creates a memorable portrait of the families afflicted with a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease, and the researchers trying to cure it. ... Read full Story

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Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

By BookPage | Jamie Orsini | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

Jesse Q. Sutanto’s second Vera Wong mystery is an exceptional cozy, full of humor and heart. ... Read full Story

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When We Were Real

By BookPage | Jessica Peng | 4/1/2025 1:00 AM

Daryl Gregory renders a high concept (“What if we all live in a simulation?”) believable, terrifying and emotionally resonant in When We Were Real. ... Read full Story

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What to read after ‘Onyx Storm’

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 3/31/2025 1:00 AM

Hot for Rebecca Yarros’ smash hit Empyrean series? These 5 read-alikes will keep the fire burning. ... Read full Story

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I Am the Swarm

By BookPage | Tami Orendain | 3/25/2025 1:01 AM

With a compelling, original depiction of inherited magic, I Am the Swarm is sure to resonate with those seeking thoughtful speculative fiction. ... Read full Story

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Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend

By BookPage | Nicole Brinkley | 3/25/2025 1:00 AM

Bob Shea understands the power of subversive humor and honest truth. Combining the two, Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend is a laugh-out-loud romp that won’t just have kids giggling: It will have them begging for a reread. ... Read full Story

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2 adorable and hilarious fake-dating rom-coms

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 3/25/2025 1:00 AM

In these romances, the PDA is paramount and the subterfuge is swoony. ... Read full Story

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Ron Currie’s sprawling, superlative crime thriller is Maine’s answer to ‘Fargo’

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 3/25/2025 1:00 AM

The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne could only have been set in the author’s home state. ... Read full Story

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The Ride

By BookPage | Deborah Hopkinson | 3/25/2025 1:00 AM

Kostya Kennedy brings his flair for play-by-play storytelling to unravel fact from fiction about the midnight ride of Paul Revere. ... Read full Story

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The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 3/25/2025 1:00 AM

With a top-notch blend of gritty mystery and bighearted drama, Ron Currie’s The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne is Dennis Lehane meets Ann Patchett. ... Read full Story

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There Is No Place for Us

By BookPage | Jessica Wakeman | 3/25/2025 1:00 AM

Twelve million Americans work multiple jobs and are still unhoused. Brian Goldstone reveals the complicated reality of homelessness in his incredible There Is No Place for Us. ... Read full Story

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11 books to turn to after the ‘Severance’ season 2 finale

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/24/2025 5:53 PM

Still stuck on the severed floor of Lumon Industries? These books about dystopias, cults and the elusive work-life balance will keep you speculating about the Apple TV+ hit. ... Read full Story

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Sea Legs

By BookPage | Emily Koch | 3/24/2025 1:00 AM

The valuable portrayal of a complicated friendship makes Jules Bakes and Niki Smith’s Sea Legs relatable to any landlocked reader. ... Read full Story

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Twist

By BookPage | Sarah McCraw Crow | 3/24/2025 1:00 AM

Like Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Twist comments on predatory colonialism in a story of an enigmatic engineer tasked with repairing the underwater fiber-optic cables that carry our internet. ... Read full Story

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Tilt

By BookPage | Freya Sachs | 3/24/2025 1:00 AM

Emma Pattee brings her expertise as a climate journalist to this fascinating, haunting debut about a pregnant woman’s journey across earthquake-ravaged Portland. ... Read full Story

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animal

‘Woolly mice’ were just a start. De-extinction still faces many hurdles

by Science News | Mar 28 2025

book

4 inspiring reads to take your book club back to nature

by BookPage | Apr 02 2025

FFNEWS

Shippers opt for lower-cost, slower services

by FreightWaves | Apr 01 2025

health

Compounded GLP-1s Helped Them Lose Weight, But New FDA Rule Could Block Access

by Healthline.com | Apr 02 2025

how_to

How to Run Windows From Your Mac

by CNET | Apr 02 2025

lifestyle

Why Brad Pitt cooked Denise Richards' teen daughter breakfast

by Hello! Magazine | Apr 02 2025

long_island

After a viral push to save Yankee Doodle Dandy’s, LI stores will close

by greaterlongisland.com | Apr 02 2025

new_jersey

Bump in near-term NJ tax revenues, fiscal experts forecast

by NJ Spotlight | Apr 02 2025

nutrition

I Ate Pineapple Every Day—Here’s What Happened

by thehealthy.com | Mar 31 2025

opinion

Meghan Markle’s jam and flower sprinkles are finally here — and so is her inauthenticity

by New York Post | Apr 02 2025

technology

Amazon-Starlink space race heats up as Kuiper gears up for first launch on April 9

by Interesting Engineering | Apr 02 2025

travel

A travel guide to Teshikaga, Japan

by Wanderlust | Apr 01 2025

upstate

Schenectady police probe deaths of two in welfare check

by NEWS10 ABC | Apr 02 2025

wellness

Spring Allergies Are Back…With a Vengeance. Here’s How to Deal

by Self.com | Apr 02 2025

world

United Airlines to offer service to Thailand, Vietnam in October

by United Press International, Inc. | Apr 02 2025

Word of the Day

effusive

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 2, 2025 is:

effusive • \ih-FYOO-siv\ • adjective

Someone or something described as effusive is expressing or showing a lot of emotion or enthusiasm.

// Jay positively glowed as effusive compliments on the meal echoed around the table.

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Examples:

"More recently, Billboard ranked Grande, who also writes and produces her own work, high on its list of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century. ... Rolling Stone has been similarly effusive, praising 'a whistle tone that rivals Mariah Carey’s in her prime.'" — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025

Did you know?

English speakers have used effusive to describe excessive outpourings since the 17th century. Its oldest and still most common sense relates to the expression of abundant emotion or enthusiasm, but in the 1800s, geologists adopted a specific sense characterizing flowing lava, or hardened rock formed from flowing lava. Effusive can be traced, via the Medieval Latin adjective effūsīvus ("generating profusely, lavish"), to the Latin verb effundere ("to pour out"), which itself comes from fundere ("to pour") plus a modification of the prefix ex- ("out"). Our verb effuse has the same Latin ancestors. A person effuses when speaking effusively. Liquids can effuse as well, as in "water effusing from a pipe."

4 inspiring reads to take your book club back to nature

Go to Italy, fall back in love—try not to get assassinated

Where the Axe Is Buried

Celebrate Poetry Month with 4 new books for spring 2025

Ray Nayler knows that “total, knowledgeable engagement” is the only way forward

Valley of Forgetting

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

When We Were Real

What to read after ‘Onyx Storm’

I Am the Swarm

Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend

2 adorable and hilarious fake-dating rom-coms

Ron Currie’s sprawling, superlative crime thriller is Maine’s answer to ‘Fargo’

The Ride

The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne

There Is No Place for Us

11 books to turn to after the ‘Severance’ season 2 finale

Sea Legs

Twist

Tilt

The NYT Bestsellers

Amazon Best Sellers

‘Woolly mice’ were just a start. De-extinction still faces many hurdles

4 inspiring reads to take your book club back to nature

Shippers opt for lower-cost, slower services

Compounded GLP-1s Helped Them Lose Weight, But New FDA Rule Could Block Access

How to Run Windows From Your Mac

Why Brad Pitt cooked Denise Richards' teen daughter breakfast

After a viral push to save Yankee Doodle Dandy’s, LI stores will close

Bump in near-term NJ tax revenues, fiscal experts forecast

I Ate Pineapple Every Day—Here’s What Happened

Meghan Markle’s jam and flower sprinkles are finally here — and so is her inauthenticity

Amazon-Starlink space race heats up as Kuiper gears up for first launch on April 9

A travel guide to Teshikaga, Japan

Schenectady police probe deaths of two in welfare check

Spring Allergies Are Back…With a Vengeance. Here’s How to Deal

United Airlines to offer service to Thailand, Vietnam in October

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Man does 10,001 pull-ups in 24 hours to reclaim world record

2.D.C. man's $1M lottery win was predicted by a dream

3.Look: Suspected serval captured wandering loose in Ohio

4.Look: One fugitive otter captured in Wisconsin, one still missing

5.Watch: Women have been exchanging the same birthday card for 81 years

6.Wild turkeys chase mail carrier out of Massachusetts neighborhood

7.Watch: $2.5M lottery ticket left in pocket of jacket donated to charity

8.April Fools' 2025: 'Silent' Crunch bar, ranch-flavored Olipop

9.Small dog plucked out of 'ruff waters' of New York's East River

10.Gas station trip earns Florida woman $5M lottery jackpot