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    Dec 04, 2024
    Dec 04, 2024:
    In this issue of The BookBrowse Review, we feature reviews and "beyond the book" articles for all Top 20 Books of the Year chosen by our subscribers, and announce our Award Winners. We also bring you ...

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    Nov 20, 2024
    Nov 20, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, Roman Year by André Aciman, and But the Girl by ...

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    Nov 06, 2024
    Nov 06, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Book of George by Kate Greathead, and Absolution by ...

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    Oct 16, 2024
    Oct 16, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout, Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery, and The Barn by ...

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    Oct 02, 2024
    Oct 02, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including significant fall fiction releases such as The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, Model Home by ...

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    Sep 18, 2024
    Sep 18, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner, Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell, and Yr Dead by Sam...

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    Sep 04, 2024
    Sep 04, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak, There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes ...

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    Aug 21, 2024
    Aug 21, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including Liars by Sarah Manguso, A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher, and A Passionate Mind ...

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    Jul 31, 2024
    Jul 31, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, and Masquerade by O.O...

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    Jul 17, 2024
    Jul 17, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 18 titles, including The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, The Coin by Yasmin Zaher, and Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru. We ...

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    Jun 19, 2024
    Jun 19, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon, We Refuse by Kellie Carter Jackson, and Another Word for ...

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    Jun 05, 2024
    Jun 05, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris, Exhibit by R.O. Kwon, and Henry Henry by ...

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    May 15, 2024
    May 15, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including Colm Tóibín's Long Island, Rachel Khong's Real Americans and Caoilinn Hughes' The...

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    May 01, 2024
    May 01, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez, The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson and ...

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    Apr 17, 2024
    Apr 17, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including James by Percival Everett, Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon and Says Who? by Anne Curzan. ...

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    Apr 03, 2024
    Apr 03, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Change by Édouard Louis, Table for Two by Amor Towles and Under This Red Rock by Mindy...

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    Mar 20, 2024
    Mar 20, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams and All Our ...

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    Mar 06, 2024
    Mar 06, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including You Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi, Held by Anne Michaels and Snowglobe by Soyoung ...

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    Feb 21, 2024
    Feb 21, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including One Hour of Fervor by Muriel Barbery, The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller and ...

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    Feb 07, 2024
    Feb 07, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Prima Facie by Suzie Miller, Prophet Song by Paul Lynch and The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years...

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    Jan 24, 2024
    Jan 24, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy, Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar and Dazzling...

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    Jan 10, 2024
    Jan 10, 2024:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 18 titles, including Absolution by Alice McDermott, Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux and Julia by Sandra Newman. ...

    • 2023

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    Dec 06, 2023
    Dec 06, 2023:
    Welcome to our last issue of 2023, where we bring you the Top 20 Books of the Year as selected by our subscribers, along with our Award Winners across four categories.

    Plus, unwind and test your ...

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    Nov 15, 2023
    Nov 15, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 12 titles, including A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma, One Puzzling Afternoon by Emily Critchley and ...

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    Nov 01, 2023
    Nov 01, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson, Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri and The Coming Wave by ...

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    Oct 18, 2023
    Oct 18, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Chenneville by Paulette Jiles, Flee North by Scott Shane and Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward....

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    Oct 04, 2023
    Oct 04, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias and Happiness Falls by ...

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    Sep 20, 2023
    Sep 20, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Zadie Smith's The Fraud, David Diop's Beyond the Door of No Return and Move Like Water by ...

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    Sep 06, 2023
    Sep 06, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 books, including Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed, Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle and The Heaven & Earth ...

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    Aug 23, 2023
    Aug 23, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 books, including The History of a Difficult Child by Mihret Sibhat, Banyan Moon by Thao Thai and Promise by ...

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    Aug 02, 2023
    Aug 02, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review includes reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 books, such as Loot by Tania James, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray and Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki. We also ...

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    Jul 12, 2023
    Jul 12, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 books, including King of the Armadillos by Wendy Chin-Tanner, The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence ...

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    Jun 21, 2023
    Jun 21, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 18 books, including Panther Gap by James A. McLaughlin, The Wager by David Grann and Better Living Through ...

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    Jun 07, 2023
    Jun 07, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 books, including Jess Row's The New Earth, Monica Potts' The Forgotten Girls and Nicole Cuffy's Dances. You ...

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    May 17, 2023
    May 17, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 16 titles, including Ann Napolitano's novel Hello Beautiful, Naoíse Mac Sweeney's nonfiction exploration of...

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    May 03, 2023
    May 03, 2023:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and accompanying Beyond the Book articles for 14 titles, including the novels In Memoriam by Alice Winn, Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati and We Are...

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    Apr 19, 2023
    Apr 19, 2023:
    In this issue, we feature reviews and accompanying Beyond the Book articles for 14 books, including the novels Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash and Weyward by Emilia Hart, as well as Philip ...

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    Apr 05, 2023
    Apr 05, 2023:
    This issue features reviews of 16 books, including This Other Eden by Paul Harding, Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton and A Country You Can Leave by Asale Angel-Ajani, along with accompanying Beyond the ...

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    Mar 15, 2023
    Mar 15, 2023:
    In this issue, we review the novels Daughter in Exile by Bisi Adjapon, Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks and Exiles, the third and final installment of Jane Harper's mystery series featuring...

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    Mar 01, 2023
    Mar 01, 2023:
    In the latest issue of the BookBrowse Review, we review 16 books, including Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble's Stealing, plus the debut novels The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff and Wade in the...

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    Feb 15, 2023
    Feb 15, 2023:
    This issue features reviews of 14 books, including the novels The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon and Ghost Season by Fatin Abbas, as well as Greta Thunberg's handbook for taking ...

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    Feb 01, 2023
    Feb 01, 2023:
    In this issue, we cover 14 books, including Eleanor Shearer's debut historical novel River Sing Me Home, Kate Alice Marshall's thriller What Lies in the Woods and Franny Choi's poetry collection The ...

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    Jan 18, 2023
    Jan 18, 2023:
    In this issue, we review a dozen books, including the nonfiction works The Grimkes by Kerri K. Greenidge and The Nazi Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, plus the debut novel We Deserve ...

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    Jan 04, 2023
    Jan 04, 2023:
    In this issue, we bring you reviews of 12 books, including Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor, Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli and We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman. We also preview more ...

    • 2022

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    Dec 07, 2022
    Dec 07, 2022:
    In this issue, our last of 2022, we highlight the Top 20 Best Books of the Year as chosen by our subscribers, and among them our Award Winners. In addition to reviews of our Top 20 and accompanying ...

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    Nov 16, 2022
    Nov 16, 2022:
    In this issue, we review 12 books, including the new novels Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and Dr. No by Percival Everett, plus the American release of the international bestselling novella ...

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    Nov 02, 2022
    Nov 02, 2022:
    This issue of The BookBrowse Review features reviews of 14 books, including the nonfiction works Portable Magic by Emma Smith and Half American by Matthew Delmont, as well as Lessons, the latest novel...

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    Oct 19, 2022
    Oct 19, 2022:
    This issue features 14 reviews, covering the novels Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng and The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, as well as the National Book Award Fiction finalist The Birdcatcher ...

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    Oct 05, 2022
    Oct 05, 2022:
    This issue contains 16 reviews and Beyond the Book articles. The books we cover include Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins' Properties of Thirst, Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety and Freya ...

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    Sep 21, 2022
    Sep 21, 2022:
    This issue features 16 reviews and Beyond the Book articles. The books we cover include Jerome Charyn's Big Red, Yiyun Li's The Book of Goose and Jonathan Escoffery's I Will Survive You, which made ...

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    Sep 07, 2022
    Sep 07, 2022:
    This issue features 14 book reviews and Beyond the Book articles, covering Afterlives by Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott, and The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy, among others...

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    Aug 24, 2022
    Aug 24, 2022:
    We have 16 reviews and Beyond the Book articles in this issue, including Winter Work by Dan Fesperman and Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra, among others. We also bring you a new blog post ...

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    Aug 03, 2022
    Aug 03, 2022:
    This issue features 16 reviews, a new Wordplay, a link to our latest blog post on book club names and much more. Among other new releases, we cover Louis Bayard's historical novel about the Kennedys, ...

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    Jul 13, 2022
    Jul 13, 2022:
    This issue's sixteen featured books include Sloane Crosley's Cult Classic, a novel about relationships, romance and a secret society set in New York City, as well as the story collections You Have a ...

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    Jun 22, 2022
    Jun 22, 2022:
    We review 18 books in this issue, including Keri Blakinger's memoir Corrections in Ink, Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong and Nghi Vo's debut novel set in a fantastical version of Golden Age Hollywood, ...

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    Jun 08, 2022
    Jun 08, 2022:
    The 18 books reviewed in this issue include His Name Is George Floyd by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times by Meron Hadero and We Had to Remove This Post ...

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    May 18, 2022
    May 18, 2022:
    This issue features 16 reviews and Beyond the Book articles, plus a new Wordplay, previews, recommendations for book clubs and more. We cover Elif Batuman's Either/Or, Michelle Hart's We Do What We Do...

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    May 04, 2022
    May 04, 2022:
    This issue features 16 reviews and Beyond the Book articles, a new Wordplay, blog post, and much more. Among other new releases, we cover Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart, The Colony by Audrey Magee and ...

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    Apr 20, 2022
    Apr 20, 2022:
    This issue features 16 reviews and Beyond the Book articles. We cover Lee Cole's Groundskeeping, Jennifer Egan's The Candy House, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson and many more. Plus, we have a new ...

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    Apr 06, 2022
    Apr 06, 2022:
    We review two new books by Native authors, Red Paint by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe and Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson, along with Emily St. John Mandel's Sea of Tranquility and The ...

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    Mar 16, 2022
    Mar 16, 2022:
    In this issue, we review Karen Joy Fowler's Booth, Ruta Sepetys's I Must Betray You and Karen Cheung's debut memoir The Impossible City, plus 13 other books. We also have a new Wordplay, a giveaway of...

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    Mar 02, 2022
    Mar 02, 2022:
    We review Antoinette's Sister and The Last Grand Duchess, two novels featuring real-life historical figures, along with the latest releases from Gish Jen and Julie Otsuka. We also have a new Wordplay,...

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    Feb 16, 2022
    Feb 16, 2022:
    We review books that show us significant moments in history, including David Wright Faladé's novel Black Cloud Rising and Lea Ypi's memoir Free. This issue also contains a new Wordplay, almost 50...

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    Feb 02, 2022
    Feb 02, 2022:
    Two books in this issue — Tides and Skin of the Sea — feature water as a thematic element, which our reviewers explore thoughtfully in their perceptive Beyond the Book articles. We also ...

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    Jan 19, 2022
    Jan 19, 2022:
    In this issue, we cover multiple books that offer insight into the culture and sociopolitical situation in China in the 20th and 21st centuries, including The Wedding Party by Liu Xinwu and 1000 Years...

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    Jan 05, 2022
    Jan 05, 2022:
    Happy New Year! We hope you're ready to read some fantastic new books in 2022. In this issue, we cover two new releases set in Korea at different times, Juhea Kim's Beasts of a Little Land and Sang ...

    • 2021

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    Dec 08, 2021
    Dec 08, 2021:
    In this final 2021 issue of The BookBrowse Review, we profile all the Top 20 books of the year including our four Award Winners. The list features books from some well-known favorites, like Kazuo ...

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    Nov 17, 2021
    Nov 17, 2021:
    We have some great Beyond the Book articles for book lovers in this issue. We review Alison MacLeod's Tenderness and explore the tempestuous publication history of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. ...

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    Nov 03, 2021
    Nov 03, 2021:
    In this issue, we look at books that consider fate and determinism: the memoir Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner and the novel The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. We also review The Book of Hope...

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    Oct 20, 2021
    Oct 20, 2021:
    In this issue, we highlight three powerful debuts, each of which offers a blistering take on racism: Assembly by Natasha Brown, My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson and Chasing Me to My Grave by ...

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    Oct 06, 2021
    Oct 06, 2021:
    In this issue, we review some highly anticipated new releases by very popular authors, all of which feature a historical angle along with some exceptionally memorable characters. These include Anthony...

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    Sep 22, 2021
    Sep 22, 2021:
    In this issue, we review multiple books with an environmental focus, including Richard Powers' Booker Prize-shortlisted Bewilderment and Charlotte McConaghy's Once There Were Wolves. We also cover ...

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    Sep 08, 2021
    Sep 08, 2021:
    In this issue, we have some great "beyond the book" articles for literature lovers. Accompanying the review for Sally Rooney's much-anticipated Beautiful World, Where Are You, we take you on a tour ...

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    Aug 18, 2021
    Aug 18, 2021:
    Sometimes, a work of fiction's setting can be just as important as its characters and major themes. In this issue, we review several books with a vivid sense of place, including Anthony Veasna So's ...

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    Aug 04, 2021
    Aug 04, 2021:
    In this issue, we cover two captivating nonfiction books about racial injustice. The readers in our First Impressions program were fascinated by Caseen Gaines' account of the first major all-Black ...

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    Jul 14, 2021
    Jul 14, 2021:
    In this issue, we bring you multiple reviews and Beyond the Book articles that feature women pushing back against the societal strictures that tried to contain them. Samantha Silva's Love and Fury is ...

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    Jun 23, 2021
    Jun 23, 2021:
    In this issue, we review historian Scott Ellsworth's The Ground Breaking, a deeply informative and often moving exploration of the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre. We also review new releases ...

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    Jun 09, 2021
    Jun 09, 2021:
    In this issue, we have five-star reviews for the latest novels by two award-winning authors — Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri and Monkey Boy by Francisco Goldman. We also have multiple debut novels...

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    May 19, 2021
    May 19, 2021:
    A number of book reviews and articles in this issue relate to books and the craft of writing. One of these is The Plot, the latest slow-burn thriller from Jean Hanff Korelitz which centers around a ...

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    May 05, 2021
    May 05, 2021:
    Our reviews in this issue feature several interesting Beyond the Book articles revolving around mythology. In the article accompanying the powerhouse YA debut novel The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna, we...

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    Apr 21, 2021
    Apr 21, 2021:
    In this issue, we look at two books that offer valuable insight on preserving the environment - Rescuing the Planet by Tony Hiss and Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert. We also have reviews for 14...

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    Apr 07, 2021
    Apr 07, 2021:
    In this issue, we feature reviews of new releases from two very popular award-winning authors — Jeff VanderMeer's Hummingbird Salamander and Haruki Murakami's First Person Singular. We also ...

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    Mar 17, 2021
    Mar 17, 2021:
    The family depicted in Patricia Engel's Infinite Country fled Colombia seeking safety in the United States, only to find themselves separated by the cruelties of immigration law. It's a thrilling ...

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    Mar 03, 2021
    Mar 03, 2021:
    Two books in this issue examine political idealism from different genres and very different perspectives. In The Spymaster of Baghdad, a powerful work of investigative journalism, Margaret Coker ...

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    Feb 17, 2021
    Feb 17, 2021:
    In this issue, we feature a few books with subject matter that may be challenging for some readers, but that are nevertheless important and extremely worthwhile. In Amelia Pang's debut work of ...

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    Feb 03, 2021
    Feb 03, 2021:
    As seasoned readers of BookBrowse know, in addition to reviews of the best and most intriguing new releases, we like to expand minds and perhaps book club discussions with thought-provoking Beyond the...

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    Jan 20, 2021
    Jan 20, 2021:
    We're introducing you to some terrific historical fiction in this issue, including the critically acclaimed debut of author Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets. We also look at Stories from Suffragette ...

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    Jan 06, 2021
    Jan 06, 2021:
    Happy New Year! In this issue, we review a dozen noteworthy titles from the end of 2020, seven of which are debuts, including Butter Honey Pig Bread by Nigerian Canadian author Francesca Ekwuyasi, ...

    • 2020

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    Dec 09, 2020
    Dec 09, 2020:
    It's been a long and stressful year for many of us. One thing we can probably all agree on is that books can have a therapeutic effect when times are tough — they distract us from our troubles, ...

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    Nov 18, 2020
    Nov 18, 2020:
    In this issue, we take a look at two important works of nonfiction about personal loss in the context of civil upheaval. Somewhere in the Unknown World is a series of stories collected by author Kao ...

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    Nov 04, 2020
    Nov 04, 2020:
    Fictional detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot are usually very popular with readers, but we tend to pay less attention to the detective's assistant quietly working in the background to ...

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    Oct 21, 2020
    Oct 21, 2020:
    You might have heard some of the buzz about Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — it shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list and made the National Book Award's...

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    Oct 07, 2020
    Oct 07, 2020:
    We have more than the usual number of highly anticipated releases in this issue — the season of great fall books is upon us. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is the latest from fantasy author V...

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    Sep 16, 2020
    Sep 16, 2020:
    In this issue, we cover two books by Ghana-born authors. In Yaa Gyasi's second novel, Transcendent Kingdom (after the award-winning Homegoing), a young woman from Huntsville, Alabama reckons with her ...

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    Sep 02, 2020
    Sep 02, 2020:
    I have heard from many people that they are finding it difficult to focus on books they would normally enjoy amid the ongoing pandemic and political and social upheaval in the United States. You're ...

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    Aug 19, 2020
    Aug 19, 2020:
    In this issue, we cover two new works of fiction set in Appalachia which explore the struggles and conflicts endemic to the region, both past and present. In the family drama thriller When These ...

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    Aug 05, 2020
    Aug 05, 2020:
    One theme that emerges across multiple novels we review in this issue is an evocative sense of place. In Some Go Home, a military veteran grapples with a return to civilian life in her hometown of ...

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    Jul 15, 2020
    Jul 15, 2020:
    It's always our goal to bring you thoughtful and candid reviews of some of the best and most notable new books, but we also hope to impart some context and knowledge via our Beyond the Book articles. ...

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    Jun 24, 2020
    Jun 24, 2020:
    In this issue, we cover two books published in 2019 that have recently surged to the top of the bestseller lists in response to protests and calls for change surrounding racism and police brutality. ...

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    Jun 03, 2020
    Jun 03, 2020:
    Jane Austen is experiencing something of a revival in fiction at the moment (though she has never strayed far from the literary imagination). In this issue, we review the latest addition to the canon,...

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    May 20, 2020
    May 20, 2020:
    Several of the books in this issue focus on a particular, evocative setting as a lens through which to explore significant sociopolitical issues. In some cases, these are communities in crisis. In ...

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    May 06, 2020
    May 06, 2020:
    In this issue, we cover two very different books about DNA. In Some Assembly Required, biologist Neil Shubin breaks down the history of evolutionary science in riveting prose designed for the ...

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    Apr 22, 2020
    Apr 22, 2020:
    Many of the books in this issue share the common theme of examining the experiences and hardships of women—real and fictional, past and present. They feature admirable women, relatable women, ...

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    Apr 08, 2020
    Apr 08, 2020:
    In the midst of uncertainty, it can be therapeutic to turn off the news for a while and lose yourself in someone else's world. It's also a good idea to stick to your usual routines as much as possible...

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    Mar 18, 2020
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    We have exceptionally strong selections in this issue, including a couple of very highly-anticipated new releases. Critics and...

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    Mar 04, 2020
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    Feb 19, 2020
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    The literary world is awash in dialogue about immigration stories at the moment; maybe you're even taking part in our current Book Club discussion about American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. In this issue...

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    Feb 05, 2020
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    Do you like a good mystery? You're not alone. True crime books have been all the rage in recent years, and one of the latest and most acclaimed releases in this genre is Emma Copley Eisenberg's ...

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    Jan 22, 2020
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    Books are fantastic tools for building empathy; they can take us to places we've never been before and show us the hearts and minds of people very different from ourselves, while also revealing ...

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    Jan 08, 2020
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    Happy New Year! Did you make a resolution to learn something new? To read more non-fiction? Or would you like to do so without the crushing weight of obligation a resolution brings with it? You're in ...

    • 2019

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    Dec 04, 2019
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    It's been a great year for books, and if you haven't had as much time to read as you might have liked, hopefully you can take the opportunity over the holidays to rest, read, and refuel. If you don't ...

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    Nov 13, 2019
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    We love highlighting the work of debut authors, especially when we can enthusiastically recommend them. This issue features 5-star reviews of three excellent debuts, including JP Gritton's first novel...

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    Oct 30, 2019
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    A good biography can give you a candid glimpse into someone else's mind and motivations, transport you to another era, perhaps even show you another side to a famous figure you thought you knew all ...

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    Oct 16, 2019
    Oct 16, 2019:
    Congratulations to Olga Tokarczuk, retrospective winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature! We reviewed her latest novel, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, back in August and are ...

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    Oct 02, 2019
    Oct 02, 2019:
    We're reviewing some highly-anticipated titles in this issue, and none has been more breathlessly awaited than Margaret Atwood's follow-up to The Handmaid's Tale (almost 35 years later), The ...

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    Sep 18, 2019
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    Books can be an invaluable resource when it comes to making sense of hot-button political debates of the day, and few issues are more relevant at the present moment than migration. While the plight of...

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    Sep 04, 2019
    Sep 04, 2019:
    We've got a little something for everybody in this issue, from historical fiction to YA to sociological study. Representing the latter category is journalist Emily Guendelsberger's On the Clock, an ...

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    Aug 21, 2019
    Aug 21, 2019:
    We're traversing the globe in this issue! Marjan Kamali's The Stationery Shop spirits readers away to Tehran in 1953 for a gripping, against-the-odds love story, while many of the pieces in Ayse ...

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    Jul 31, 2019
    Jul 31, 2019:
    We've got some interesting non-fiction works in the mix for you this issue, with The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather, a riveting story of a heroic Polish soldier's journey into Auschwitz, and back out ...

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    Jul 10, 2019
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    I hope your summer is going well. If you don't have a vacation planned (or even if you do), you can always revel in the escapism of a good book. We've got some interesting thematic pairs in this issue...

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    Jun 19, 2019
    Jun 19, 2019:
    Great literature allows us to become tourists visiting realms far outside our ordinary setting, whether that be a bustling metropolis across the country, or an alien planet in a distant galaxy. A good...

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    May 29, 2019
    May 29, 2019:
    Among the sixteen featured books in the just published issue of The BookBrowse Review are novels featuring layered, complicated female characters questioning what it means to be strong versus ...

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    May 15, 2019
    May 15, 2019:
    This issue is full of unique and innovative structures.

    Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a compilation of nine short stories and novellas that are the stuff of science fiction, but not your usual ...

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    May 01, 2019
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    Apr 17, 2019
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    Apr 03, 2019
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    Mar 20, 2019
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    Mar 06, 2019
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    Feb 20, 2019
    Feb 20, 2019:
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    Feb 06, 2019
    Feb 06, 2019:
    The days are finally getting longer, and the light is lingering further into the evening. This ezine is filled with light too. Yūko Tsushima's Territory of Light is a slim novel that packs a big ...

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    Jan 23, 2019
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    Nov 14, 2018
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    Conscience is a man's compass, said Vincent Van Gogh. (And it is, of course, a woman's too!) Our book choices this month sit at all points on the compass. Beliefs, values, pathways and stories reach ...

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    Oct 31, 2018
    Oct 31, 2018:
    Chekhov famously gave this advice to writers: "If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off." What did he mean? ...

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    Oct 17, 2018
    Oct 17, 2018:
    Reading is a window into other people's lives. It's a chance to enter someone else's home and slip your feet into the shoes they leave by the door. Why is this? It's because literary fiction focuses ...

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    Oct 03, 2018
    Oct 03, 2018:
    If necessity is the mother of invention, what is the mother of reinvention? A number of the books we review in this issue explore this question. From Ben Fountain's Beautiful Country Burn Again, a ...

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    Sep 19, 2018
    Sep 19, 2018:
    George Bernard Shaw said: "The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time." In other words, stories that are deeply personal are also deeply...

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    Aug 29, 2018
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    Aug 15, 2018
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    In this issue we review books whose authors have unique storytelling techniques. Silas House uses rich and varied metaphor to tell his story of redemption in Southernmost, while M.J. Rose creates a ...

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    Aug 01, 2018
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    Jul 11, 2018
    Jul 11, 2018:
    Looking for a bit of armchair travel? You've come to the right place. The books in this issue will take you far and wide. Feel like trekking 3,000 miles all the way to Alaska? Then Tip of the ...

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    Jun 20, 2018
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    Summer's calling and we're ready with a bumper issue to start things off on the right foot. David Sedaris returns with what might be his best book ever in Calypso, while Michael Ondaatje ...

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    May 30, 2018
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    Soak in the spirit of Americana with the books in this issue, which highlight both the positive and dark sides of American history. Call Me American is a memoir that showcases the broad cultural ...

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    May 16, 2018
    May 16, 2018:
    Travel the world and even long for the stars with the many books in this issue. Set your sights on the sky with Miguel Torres in Gateway to the Moon or discover a new world of music in Aja Gabel's ...

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    May 02, 2018
    May 02, 2018:
    This issue celebrates young adult literature with three books featuring compelling protagonists: Grace King living with mental illness in The Place Between Breaths; senior Danny Cheng grappling with ...

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    Apr 18, 2018
    Apr 18, 2018:
    Celebrate Earth Day with books that work nature into their themes, as in the majestic Overstory or through Circe, a compelling retelling of the Greek myths. Nature and friends are powerful sources of ...

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    Apr 04, 2018
    Apr 04, 2018:
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    Mar 21, 2018
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    Mar 07, 2018
    Mar 07, 2018:
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    Feb 21, 2018
    Feb 21, 2018:
    Celebrate Black History Month with the spectacular An American Marriage by Tayari Jones which spotlights the problem of Black incarceration. Stay up late in the night reading a great suspense novel ...

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    Feb 07, 2018
    Feb 07, 2018:
    Well, we've got another six weeks of winter left. And there's no better way to get through it than curled up with a good book! We love the intimacy of The Friend and the energy of Brass, If you're ...

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    Jan 24, 2018
    Jan 24, 2018:
    Because variety is the spice of life, we make sure that you'll always find it at BookBrowse--and in our ezines. Looking for mysteries and thrillers? Check out the gripping Grist Mill Road and the ...

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    Jan 03, 2018
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    Ring in the new year with a whole stash of wonderful new books including The Immortalists based on an unusual premise, and three novels from small presses: Wolf Season, The Mannequin Makers and The ...

    • 2017

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    Dec 06, 2017
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    Nov 15, 2017
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    Nov 01, 2017
    Nov 01, 2017:
    Tragic histories and secrets get aired in some of the engaging novels in this issue including in Isabel Allende's new book, In the Midst of Winter. Never Coming Back explores family secrets while ...

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    Oct 18, 2017
    Oct 18, 2017:
    Everyday heroes get their time in the sun with A Moonless, Starless Sky, a nonfiction account of African men and women fighting the rise of extremism on the subcontinent; and the paperback original, ...

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    Oct 04, 2017
    Oct 04, 2017:
    Two eloquent chroniclers of the African American experience, both National Book Award winners, return with brilliant works of fiction. Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing, is set in her native ...

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    Sep 20, 2017
    Sep 20, 2017:
    What does humanity deem as worth preserving — and at what cost? These are a few of many questions expertly discussed in this issue. Savage Country visits a time in U.S. history when the buffalo ...

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    Sep 06, 2017
    Sep 06, 2017:
    Fall is in the air and it's time for reinvention. Arthur Less, the protagonist of the charming Less, is trying to reboot his life in the wake of his partner's marriage, while the Golden ...

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    Aug 23, 2017
    Aug 23, 2017:
    A large canvas can be a great backdrop for a powerful story as The Locals by Pulitzer-finalist Jonathan Dee illustrates. A similarly compelling case can be made for The Heart's Invisible Furies which ...

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    Aug 02, 2017
    Aug 02, 2017:
    The power of language — in both good ways and bad — is apparent in the books we feature in this issue. In The Confusion of Languages, Siobhan Fallon explores how it can complicate already ...

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    Jul 12, 2017
    Jul 12, 2017:
    Enjoy the dog days of summer with a few reading indulgences. We've got a riveting mystery set in California, Shadow Man, and a pulse-pounding procedural, The Force. We also feature Arundhati Roy's new...

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    Jun 21, 2017
    Jun 21, 2017:
    History hits home in various ways in this issue. World War II and Vietnam loom over Before We Sleep, while the paperback original, Kintu, traces Uganda's history over the course of many generations. ...

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    May 31, 2017
    May 31, 2017:
    Get the summer reading season into high gear with a delightful mixed bag of books from this issue. Add Proving Ground, a sweeping crime novel set in New York City, to your list, or dig into the ...

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    May 17, 2017
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    Heroes can come in all shapes and sizes and in this issue we have quite a few of them, including a couple of improbable ones. In the light-hearted young adult novel, Grendel's Guide to Love and War, ...

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    May 03, 2017
    May 03, 2017:
    We've assembled a bursting bouquet of books to kick-start your spring and summer reading. Four nonfiction books including Glass House and The Islamic Enlightenment complement a rich selection of ...

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    Apr 19, 2017
    Apr 19, 2017:
    That old saying about home being where the heart is might be trite but it's true. The protagonist in Vaddey Ratner's Music of the Ghosts certainly thinks so after returning to her native Cambodia as a...

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    Apr 05, 2017
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    Sail the high seas and go island-hopping. First stop: the Cuban capital with Mark Kurlansky's Havana. Then visit the U.S. territories around the globe in a history and travelogue mix, The Not-Quite ...

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    Mar 22, 2017
    Mar 22, 2017:
    Countries around the world frame many of the books in this packed issue. Travel to India with Ghachar Ghochar or to Mexico City with the collection of short stories, Mexico. The many tales in Foreign ...

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    Mar 08, 2017
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    Feb 15, 2017
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    Explore the glories of life and its larger questions with the fine books in this issue. In Lincoln in the Bardo, author George Saunders encourages us to savor every moment by taking us beyond our ...

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    Feb 01, 2017
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    Jan 18, 2017
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    Jan 04, 2017
    Jan 04, 2017:
    We have a welcome assortment of great new books to greet the new year. We begin with popular author T. C. Boyle's new novel, The Terranauts, which is set against the backdrop of a fascinating science ...

    • 2016

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    Dec 07, 2016
    Dec 07, 2016:
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    Nov 16, 2016
    Nov 16, 2016:
    Immigrants form the essential tapestry of the American experience and the great melting pot is impressively captured in City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York. Antoine Leiris ...

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    Nov 02, 2016
    Nov 02, 2016:
    Ups and downs are a part of life and yes, provide great material for stories. The Great Recession forms the backbone of the funny and impressive debut The Wangs vs. the World; while in The People of ...

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    Oct 19, 2016
    Oct 19, 2016:
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    Oct 05, 2016
    Oct 05, 2016:
    Relationships between adults and children can take on a variety of unpredictable paths as shown by some of the features in this issue. News of the World explores the heartwarming story of an old Civil...

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    Sep 21, 2016
    Sep 21, 2016:
    A great story offers fresh new insights and sometimes an unexpected perspective. Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow does just that, as does a new book about the Chinese American experience, The ...

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    Sep 07, 2016
    Sep 07, 2016:
    Looking for books that speak to humanity's strong resilience? Mischling, a story about twins who survived the depravity of the Holocaust, is one of our many features that qualify, as is Colson ...

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    Aug 24, 2016
    Aug 24, 2016:
    The human ability to transcend limitations, both physical and mental, is ably showcased by many books in this issue, including The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko, where the aftereffects of Chernobyl ...

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    Aug 03, 2016
    Aug 03, 2016:
    Life's experiences are often mirrored in literature as the many compelling books in this issue demonstrate. Popular author Arturo Perez-Reverte is back with What We Become, while a young woman returns...

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    Jul 13, 2016
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    Spice up your reading routine with the diverse treats in this issue. We offer narrative nonfiction with The Dragon Behind the Glass, historical fiction with A Certain Age, and an alternate history of ...

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    Jun 22, 2016
    Jun 22, 2016:
    As readers we delight both in the joy of reacquainting ourselves with our favorite authors, veterans who churn out one great book after the other, and in discovering new writers who show great promise...

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    Jun 01, 2016
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    May 04, 2016
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    Historical fiction is always a great transport to a time and place different from ours and popular author Chris Cleave's Everyone Brave Is Forgiven, brings us right in the middle of World War II ...

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    Apr 20, 2016
    Apr 20, 2016:
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    Apr 06, 2016
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    Let your imagination roam far and wide. First stop: An Unrestored Woman, with this terrific debut, you can travel to India in the aftermath of the country's violent partition from Pakistan; then on to...

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    Mar 16, 2016
    Mar 16, 2016:
    Poetry seeps into prose in some of books in this issue. Forty Rooms' protagonist dreams of becoming an accomplished poet, while established poet Charles Smith sets his languorous novel Ginny Gall in ...

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    Feb 17, 2016
    Feb 17, 2016:
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    Feb 03, 2016
    Feb 03, 2016:
    Books are a convenient medium through which to explore second acts, and the fine selections in this issue are proof of this including The Forgetting Time which shines a light on reincarnation and the ...

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    Jan 20, 2016
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    Jan 06, 2016
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    Have you made your new year's resolutions yet? If you're having trouble sticking to them, perhaps Soichi Sakamoto's story of perseverance against daunting odds, The Three-Year Swim Club, will give you...

    • 2015

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    Nov 18, 2015
    Nov 18, 2015:
    In this pre-Thanksgiving issue we turn to a delicious blend of comfort books, and ones that take you beyond to explore humanity's nuances. Happy Thanksgiving and happy reading!

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    Nov 04, 2015
    Nov 04, 2015:
    With searing images and lingering wounds, the landscape of war is perhaps ideally suited to literature as the short story collection, The Tsar of Love and Techno proves. Author Colum McCann also uses ...

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    Oct 21, 2015
    Oct 21, 2015:
    We get a new historical perspective with many of the books in this issue including the novel Mrs. Engels, a look at the behind-the-scenes players during one of history's pivotal moments; and the ...

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    Oct 07, 2015
    Oct 07, 2015:
    We celebrate families of all shapes and sizes with some fabulous books in this issue. When the Moon is Low chronicles one family's escape from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Also check out the newly ...

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    Sep 16, 2015
    Sep 16, 2015:
    If it's time to mix up your reading with some readable takes on philosophy and the self, we have some wonderful recommendations in this issue. For example, the novel Speak addresses the issue of human...

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    Sep 02, 2015
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    Jul 22, 2015:
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    Jul 08, 2015
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    Play some serious mind games this summer with the many winning books in this issue. You can pick from The Convictions of John Delahunt, a fascinating peek into the circumstances of a serial killer; ...

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    Jun 17, 2015
    Jun 17, 2015:
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    Jun 03, 2015
    Jun 03, 2015:
    Whatever your fancy this time of year, we have you covered. The Storm Murders is an engaging murder mystery sure to have you while away the hours in suspense, while This Is How It Really Sounds is a ...

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    May 13, 2015
    May 13, 2015:
    A diverse mix of books awaits you, some of which share a setting - the British Isles. Travel to late eighteenth-century London in The Fair Fight and to WWII England in Kate Atkinson's A God In Ruins. ...

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    Get ready for transportive May reading with a shower of insightful books including the non-fiction narrative Rain: A Natural and Cultural History. Per Petterson's soulful new novel, I Refuse, brings ...

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    Apr 15, 2015
    Apr 15, 2015:
    We decisively usher in the season of renewal with a slate of impressive debuts — including a young American-Armenian man's coming to terms with his family's past and an insightful exploration of ...

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    Apr 01, 2015
    Apr 01, 2015:
    Books are adventures waiting to be opened, some played out on a grand canvas such as The Strangler Vine set in nineteenth-century India, and others on a more personal scale as the past comes back to ...

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    Mar 18, 2015
    Mar 18, 2015:
    The many books in this issue capture the beauty in the everyday whether it's the nonfiction Ten Million Aliens that looks at the stunning variety of creatures around us or Hausfrau, which mines a ...

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