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‘The Dream Hotel:’ a dystopian world in which people are detained for ...

The Lewiston Tribune 20 Mar 2025
That’s the question that Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami explores in her new novel “The Dream Hotel,” published this month ... Lalami’s bestselling 2019 novel “The Other Americans,” is about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant in the U.S.
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This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

Orange County Register 19 Mar 2025
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended March 16 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound ... HARDCOVER FICTION. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Laila Lalami.
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The week’s bestselling books, March 23

The Los Angeles Times 19 Mar 2025
1. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf. $32) The story of four women and their loves, longings and desires. 2. All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books ... 3. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday ... 5. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (Pantheon ... 6 ... 7 ... 9.
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How Laila Lalami’s scary realization about her phone inspired ‘The Dream Hotel’

The Keene Sentinel 15 Mar 2025
If you’re reading this article on your phone or computer, you might agree that modern technology is certainly handy, but in Laila Lalami’s latest novel, “The Dream Hotel,” that ease and efficiency gives way to a nightmarish new reality. “It’s ... .
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10 books by SXSW 2025 speakers on our wishlist

Culture Map 13 Mar 2025
Think Faster, Talk Smarter ... Hardback retails for $28.99 ... The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami ... Lalami's latest novel explores the life of Sara, a woman living in a surveillance society who is arrested based on "dream data" that says she will commit a crime.
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Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, March 13-20

LA Daily News 13 Mar 2025
Prior to the Los Angeles Marathon on March 16, the public may visit the “Health and Fitness Expo” on March 14-15 in Lot G at Dodger Stadium ... EVENTS ... lamarathon.com ... 7 ... Laila Lalami dicusses and signs “The Dream Hotel,” 7 p.m ... St ... .
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Laila Lalami Q&A: “Power is a dynamic. It doesn’t flow in just one direction”

New Statesman 12 Mar 2025
Laila Lalami was born in 1968 in Rabat, Morocco ... Lalami was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for The Moor’s Account. What’s your earliest memory?. I was maybe four or five ... No ... Laila Lalami’s “The Dream Hotel” is published by Bloomsbury Circus.
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Book Review: ‘The Dream Hotel’ is a dystopian world in which people are detained for dreams

The Morning Journal 11 Mar 2025
That’s the question that Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami explores in her new novel “The Dream Hotel,” published this month ... Lalami’s bestselling 2019 novel “The Other Americans,” is about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant in the U.S.
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The Indie Bestseller List for the week ending March 9, 2025

Daily Freeman 11 Mar 2025
Hardcover Fiction. 1. James. Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28. 2. Dream Count. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32. 3. Wild Dark Shore. Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99. 4. The God of the Woods ... 5 ... Red Tower Books, $29.99 ... Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29.
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How the Wizard of Oz and the Bible influenced Karen Russell’s ‘The Antidote’

Redlands Daily Facts 11 Mar 2025
But on the pages in between, the story focuses on the town locals ... SEE ALSO. Like books? Get our free Book Pages newsletter about bestsellers, authors and more ... Q ... Q ... Q ... Q ... ​How Laila Lalami’s scary realization about her phone inspired ‘The Dream Hotel’ ... .
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Why Jordan Harper’s San Bernardino novel ‘Last King of California’ was delayed in the U.S.A.

Press Telegram 11 Mar 2025
Jordan Harper’s latest book couldn’t be more American, but U.S. readers have had to wait years to dig into it ... in 2022 but only became available stateside late last year ... ​How Laila Lalami’s scary realization about her phone inspired ‘The Dream Hotel. .
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The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami: A Kafkaesque world of unknowable rules

The Irish Times 08 Mar 2025
Reading dystopian fiction in dystopian times may feel slightly masochistic, but Moroccan-American author Laila Lalami’s fifth novel, The Dream Hotel, longlisted this week for the Women’s Prize for ...
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What if Big Tech could read your dreams?

The Times/The Sunday Times 08 Mar 2025
The Moroccan-American writer Laila Lalami is one of those novelists who routinely appears on the shortlists for leading literary awards, but hasn’t yet become a household name.
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Book Review: ‘Air-borne’ transforms scientific history into detective story

LA Daily News 08 Mar 2025
By ANDREW DeMILLO. A history of aerobiology would normally be a book that would have little interest beyond the science community. But in “Air-Borne ... Related Articles ... ​How Laila Lalami’s scary realization about her phone inspired ‘The Dream Hotel’.
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