Snuggle In and Read
Pull up the easy chair. Light the fire. Pour yourself a relaxing beverage of choice and settle in for a good night’s read. No easy … Continue reading
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A Final Chapter
A Eugene writer makes life beautiful in the face of fatal illness
When Eugene novelist Cai Emmons was diagnosed last winter with bulbar-onset ALS, a fatal condition with no known cure, she and her partner, Paul Calandrino, … Continue reading
The Sweetness of Success
University of Oregon alum’s debut book chosen by Oprah for book club, became a New York Times bestseller
The hives came shortly after Nathan Harris’ editor told him there was big news about his debut book, The Sweetness of Water. His mind went … Continue reading
Escaping the Future
Eugene sci-fi author touches on climate change, corrupt governments and the coming apocalypse in the second book in his four-part series
The Foreseeable Future, the second book in the SEEDER series from Eugene-based sci-fi author Howard Libes, is a gripping and well-paced expansion of the universe … Continue reading
Winter Reading Bookstore Recommendations
Eugene's bookstores share what's hot this year
Looking for a good book but want to hear from the pros? Eugene Weekly reached out to Eugene’s bookstores to hear what our favorite bookworms are … Continue reading
Nerdy Nonfiction
Win At All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception by Matt Hart. HarperCollins, $29.99. Even the most noble athletes don’t train naturally, … Continue reading
Travel
Pacific Crest Trail: From the California Border to Canada by Jordan Summers. Wilderness Press, $29.95. For anyone who has ever remotely thought about hiking the … Continue reading
Winter Reading 2019
Completing the Triangle Real Comedy Eugene In 1970 Children’s Book Round Up Eclectic Cookbooks Winter Reading Top Ten Lists Winter Reading – Fiction Winter Reading … Continue reading
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Literary Fiction
Jack by Marilynne Robinson. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27. This is the fourth in a series that began with Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set … Continue reading
Graphic Novels
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred, Steve Horton and Laura Allred. Insight Comics, $39.99. David Bowie’s life was a colorful one, and … Continue reading
Teen Fiction
By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons by Amanda Sellet. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $ 17.99. I was a geek as a child and … Continue reading
Illustrated Inspiration
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. HarperOne, $22.99. Although this was published in 2019, we want to include it … Continue reading
Science Fiction
Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis. St. Martin’s Press, $27.95. Hugo Award finalist Lindsay Ellis is one of the sharpest media critics working today. Her YouTube … Continue reading
Not Trump
A Promised Land by Barack Obama. Crown Publishing, $45. A Promised Land reads like Barack Obama is speaking to you — in that unique way the … Continue reading