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![Summer is the season for blockbuster movies, but autumn is when the publishing world unleashes one title after another from some of the biggest, and biggest selling, authors. Summer is the season for blockbuster movies, but autumn is when the publishing world unleashes one title after another from some of the biggest, and biggest selling, authors.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BOOK-5BOOKS-MCT-16x9-1.jpg?w=140)
Review: These 5 must-read books drop in September
Summer is the season for blockbuster movies, but autumn is when the publishing world unleashes...
![The Ripped Bodice's Leah Koch returns with advice for Southern California readers looking for books with heart. The Ripped Bodice's Leah Koch returns with advice for Southern California readers looking for books with heart.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-43.jpg?w=114)
15 must-read romance novels to love as summer ends
The Ripped Bodice's Leah Koch returns with advice for Southern California readers looking for books...
![In the months before her arrest in May 2023, the Utah mother of three self-published the children's book "Are You with Me?" about a father with angel wings watching over his young son after passing away.
In the months before her arrest in May 2023, the Utah mother of three self-published the children's book "Are You with Me?" about a father with angel wings watching over his young son after passing away.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sjm-hildren-s-Book_203879060.jpg?w=132)
Author of grief book to stand trial in her husband’s death
In the months before her arrest in May 2023, the Utah mother of three self-published...
![The book cover of "Group Living and Other Recipes" The book cover of "Group Living and Other Recipes"](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BOOKS-BOOK-GROUP-LIV-16x9-1.jpg?w=140)
People live communally throughout the world; book wonders why we don’t in the US
Lola Milholland’s unusual memoir-with-recipes is a delight to read, her descriptions full of flavor and...
![Laurene Powell Jobs will lead discussion with the speaker emerita Laurene Powell Jobs will lead discussion with the speaker emerita](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/020823-Nancy-Pelosi-REUTERS-CM-01.webp?w=132)
Pelosi brings book tour to San Jose tonight
Laurene Powell Jobs will lead discussion with the speaker emerita
![Everything you need to make weeknight dinners a delight -- Mark Bittman recipes, 15-minute preps, utterly delicious dishes -- is here in this trio of new cookbooks. Everything you need to make weeknight dinners a delight -- Mark Bittman recipes, 15-minute preps, utterly delicious dishes -- is here in this trio of new cookbooks.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJM-L-EASYMEALS-0901-03.jpg?w=110)
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3 new cookbooks — by Mark Bittman, Caroline Chambers and more — tackle the busy weeknight conundrum
Everything you need to make weeknight dinners a delight -- Mark Bittman recipes, 15-minute preps,...
![The program is open to all children under five in San Mateo County. The program is open to all children under five in San Mateo County.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cnn-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9sZWRlLTZlNWI5OTY1YjQ0ZWNkZTYwY2MwNDZkN2RmYWZmNjJk-L19wYWdlcy9oXzZkY2U5OGRmZDc4MDFjNTkzZTM1MTY2N2I3ODk1OTM4.jpg?w=140)
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library launches in San Mateo County
The program is open to all children under five in San Mateo County.
![Event set for Aug. 24-25 to help fund library acquisitions, programs. Event set for Aug. 24-25 to help fund library acquisitions, programs.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mpo-l-booksale-0929-1.jpg?w=132)
Friends of the Milpitas Library hold mini book sale
Event set for Aug. 24-25 to help fund library acquisitions, programs.
![“We're all adjusting to the sudden imposed change on our life," the bookstore's owner said, pledging to support staff through the crisis. “We're all adjusting to the sudden imposed change on our life," the bookstore's owner said, pledging to support staff through the crisis.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-BOOKFIRE-0731-6.jpg?w=132)
‘Encouraging, inspiring and motivating’: Community rallies around East Bay bookstore after devastating fire
“We're all adjusting to the sudden imposed change on our life," the bookstore's owner said,...
![Cal State Fullerton professor Elise Wang is one of 28 scholars across the country selected for the prestigious 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program. Cal State Fullerton professor Elise Wang is one of 28 scholars across the country selected for the prestigious 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OCR-L-CARNEGIE-0805-06mr.jpg?w=125)
What can medieval literature tell us about modern conspiracy theories? Quite a lot, California professor says
Cal State Fullerton professor Elise Wang is one of 28 scholars across the country selected...