novel

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The novel partnership between students and police to break open a decades-old murder case, with a love triangle at its center, was irresistible fodder for the media’s true-crime boom.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The movie, the latest adaptation of a novel by Colleen Hoover, stars Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Don Blyly, owner of Uncle Hugo’s Science Fiction Bookstore in Minneapolis, said the novel has “really taken off” since the movie opening, including with book clubs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“The Corrections” limited series comes 25 years after Franzen published his National Book Award-winning novel, which he famously blindfolded himself to finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

This is quite possible—Bruno does similar things in his published texts and, as we have seen, the concept of plagiarism was a novel one.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton