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Cardinal found with phone during secret conclave to elect Pope Leo, book says

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. Vatican Media/Francesco Sforza/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

TBR (To Be Read)

How a 1,000-page Paul Auster novel converted me to ‘healing fiction’

Auster follows the life of voracious reader Archibald Isaac Ferguson, nee 1947, and splinters his life into four versions, every one just slightly different from the other.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Feb 28

4- and 5-star SingLit books worth your SG Culture Pass credits from March 1

From Mar 1, readers can use their $100 SG Culture Pass credits on eligible Singapore literature books at all of Popular’s outlets.

International Booker Prize nominees: 13 books to get you talking

Novels by Daniel Kehlmann, Olga Ravn and Gabriela Cabezon Camara are among the 13 titles nominated for International Booker Prize 2026.

California Governor Gavin Newsom publishes memoir as he weighs 2028 US presidential run

California Governor Gavin Newsom said the memoir, Young Man In A Hurry, is about the events that shaped him.

Book review

Haruo Yuki’s The Ark is a pop-culture-savvy, updated take on the locked-room murder mystery

The Ark by Haruo Yuki is a murder mystery with its fair share of gruesome deaths.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Feb 21

Book review

Nature misbehaves in Diana Rahim’s political short story collection We Saw Mountains

The eclectic clutch of nine stories are united by author Diana Rahim's unique worldview.

BookTalk

Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on finding focus and reflection through books in this digital age

Leo Varadkar notes he is “probably better at reading and writing things down”, adding that putting words on paper helps him refine his thinking.

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