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Inside the Mind of Elon Musk: What We Learned From His Biography

Walter Isaacson's bio answers many questions about the tech mogul

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BET’s Sheila Johnson Discusses ‘Walk Through Fire’

She details her new memoir with AARP

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The Best 2023 TV Shows and Movies Based on Books

Don't miss 'Oppenheimer' and more

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Colson Whitehead on His New Novel ‘Crook Manifesto’

Learn about his new book

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9 Essentials for a Happier Life, According to Oprah Winfrey

Her new book ‘Build the Life You Want’ offers an action plan for ‘happierness’

from left to right book covers holly by stephen king then the exchange by john grisham then north woods by daniel mason

26 Fall Books to Snuggle Up with in Your Favorite Armchair

For your reading list: new novels from John Grisham, Stephen King and more

from left to right book covers wellness by nathan hill then scattershot by bernie taupin then build the life you want by arthur c brooks and oprah winfrey

What to Read in September and More Book News

New releases from Nathan Hill, Bernie Taupin and Oprah, plus an ode to baseball

from left to right audiobooks gentleman of jazz by ramsey lewis then harold and maude by colin higgins then farrel covington and the limits of style by paul rudnick then the librarianist by patrick dewitt then the honeymoon crashers by christina lauren then the white lady by jacqueline winspear then the wisdom of morrie by morrie shwartz then flags on the bayou by james lee burke

8 Absorbing New Audiobooks to Listen to Now

Great listens for long walks, road trips — or whatever floats your boat

left the book cover for bogie and bacall by william j mann right actor humphrey bogart and his wife actress lauren bacall on board their yacht in nineteen forty six

10 Things You Might Not Know About Bogie & Bacall's Romance

A new book explores Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and their love story

celebrity memoirs from left to right my name is barbra by barbra streisand then worthy by jada pinkett smith then being henry the fonz and beyond by henry winkler

Streisand and Other Celebs With Big Memoirs Out This Fall

Top Hollywood stars and music legends describe love, pain and dreams dashed

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Read Best-Selling Author James Patterson's Thriller 'The Trial'

AARP members can read the full novella online

author jane porter is pictured along with the cover of her newest book flirting with fire

Romances for People in Their 50s? Jane Porter Says, ‘Why Not?’

The author, 59, of ‘Flirting With Fifty’ wants to encourage women to ‘live big, juicy lives’

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