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In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World
Two of this week’s selections confront the drastic changes in the world of climate change, with quite different takes on folding the issues...
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Personal Histories
There are six extraordinary novels this week from seasoned writers, two who are switching genres in their fiction. This week you can experience...
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A Bright New Season
Be prepared—September 2021 has some of the most extraordinary writers publishing new books of fiction, poetry, and essays
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Summer's End
This week’s recommendations encompass several genres: historical fiction, thriller, short stories, horror, and a memoir I couldn’t resist
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Brave Women, Bold Nature
The recommendations this week naturally fell into two categories that often overlap: women and nature. We have a feminist retelling of ancient...
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So, What Else Is New?
What seems appealing to read in the middle of these dog days of summer? How about some writing advice for that novel you’ve been contemplating...
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Hauntings
This week highlights two mysteries: an impressive contemporary debut that seems as though it was written in another era and one from a tried and...
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Eureka!
These five books could not be more different from one another, but they undeniably confirm why California is such a fertile setting for fiction
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The View Inside
A paen to W.E.B. Du Bois and a rediscovered gem of Black fiction; a frenetic memoir by an actor whose infectious energy will take you on an exhilarating...
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Apart and Together
This week features mad housewives, animal behavior, distanced families, solitude, and some much-needed poetry. Many of these books star an isolated...