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Long-distance athlete, filmmaker and actress Alexi Pappas says her perspective on mental health and healing came while recuperating from a post-Olympics depression. Pappas opened up to LX News about what she learned during the battles she details in her new book “Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas.”

Without the usual parties, celebrations and casual get-togethers, many of us have felt our friendships suffer over the past year. Laura Tremaine’s book, “Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First: 10 Questions to Take Your Friendships to the Next Level” is designed to give you the tools to get your friendships back in shape.

The “cozy mystery,” a gentler form of murder fiction, is helping some readers get through a dizzying period of pandemic and polarization

Books by Dr. Seuss have flooded Amazon’s U.S. bestseller list after it was announced six of the author’s publications were being pulled over racist imagery. 

Eat Just founder Josh Tetrick credits C. K. Prahalad’s “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” for inspiring his multibillion-dollar sustainable food business.

Ryan Serhant didn’t have a job, money or connections when he realized he was going to need “Big Money Energy” to get the success and security he wanted in life. That’s now the title of his new book. And Serhant says if he was able to change his life, you can do it too.

Hillary Clinton is teaming up with award-winning author Louise Penny to pen her first non-fiction book.

Ramunda and Derrick Young first created Mahogany Books with the goal of making books by Black authors available online to everyone — no matter where you live. Now they have a brick and mortar store in Washington, D.C. — as well as a fan in former President Barack Obama. The Youngs joined LX News to talk about the importance of...

From astronaut to author. Scott Kelly has published a children’s book, “Goodnight, Astronaut,” with the goal of inspiring kids to dream big about all the places they can sleep — from underwater to deep in space. Kelly joined LX News host Tabitha Lipkin to talk about the book, as well as his most surprising and humbling moments as an astronaut.

A pandemic. A social justice movement. A nationwide call for change. Small businesses in America are operating during unprecedented times – but they aren’t letting COVID-19 stop them. How are they doing it?

Cameran Eubanks is best known as a former star of the reality show “Southern Charm” but she is also a businesswoman, a mom and now an author. Eubanks joined LX News to talk about her new book, “One Day You’ll Thank Me,” in which she says she gives readers a look inside her marriage to Jason Wimberly, and explains why...

Ben Higgins may seem to have it all. He is a former star of “The Bachelor” and now planning a wedding and running a coffee company. But in his new book, “Alone in Plain Sight,” Higgins talks about feeling like an outsider in his own life. He joined LX News to talk about the new book and his goal to...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has not forgotten the young people she befriended during her 2020 presidential run. The Massachusetts Democrat has a picture book coming out this fall called “Pinkie Promises” in honor of a favorite campaign ritual. When meeting a girl supporter, Warren would introduce herself by saying, “My name is Elizabeth, and I’m running for president because that’s...

With Valentine’s Day upon us, what better way to be swept up in the spirit than cozying up with a book about love? The morning team at NECN, along with Meena Jain of the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, Massachusetts have suggested their favorite books to embrace the spirit of Valentine’s Day.  Here are the books recommended by Jain:...

Meena Jain of Cary Memorial Library joins Susan Tran to share her book reccomendations ahead of Valentine’s Day.

A new memoir by Hunter Biden will be published this spring, months after Joe Biden was sworn in as president.

Black History Month provides an excellent opportunity to either reacquaint yourself with a few books you’ve already read or experience some for the first time. From presidential memoirs to essential autobiographies by iconic Black authors, here’s a short list of must-reads.

After George Floyd was killed by police last year, “Sistas” star Devale Ellis sat down with his kids to explain why the Black Lives Matter movement was necessary. And now he’s written a children’s book — called “The Ellises and the Time Machine: Why Do We Have to Say Black Lives Matter?” — to help other parents have that same...

Meena Jain of Cary Memorial Library joins Susan Tran to share her predictions for the winners of some of the most prestigious honors in the book world.

Sports analyst and former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho’s video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” has helped to bridge the divide between the way white and Black people communicate about race and racism. Now Acho has a new book with the same title that’s taking those “uncomfortable conversations” to a new audience.