Cheryl Strayed’s Wildis apparently igniting fresh interest in hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. “She had relationship issues, and I was in the same boat,” one hiker and Strayed fan tells the New York Times.

A baby boy was born in a California Barnes & Noble. Mother and child are reportedly doing well.

“Novels are just a waste of fucking time,” says Noel Gallagher.

His remarks, declares the Guardian, are “a valuable contribution to the debate around books and literature’s role in modern society.”