There is something for everyone this week, from difficult, essential history to fiction set in the 18th century to several new books for young readers.
GOOD NIGHT, PLANET
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In this tender, funny tale for early readers from internationally renowned cartoonist Liniers, a...
children
Tumble & Blue
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Circus Mirandus comes the magic-infused story of a...
children science fiction fantasy
Stars Beneath Our Feet
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A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother's death...
children
After the Fall
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After the fall, Humpty Dumpty is a broken egg. Life is tough: he's so afraid of heights, he can't...
children comedy
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa
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'Absolutely essential reading, period' Alexandra Fuller, bestselling author of Don't Lets Go to the...
history social issues culture
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Politics plays the leading role in this week’s list of recommendations, starting with Joe Biden’s memoir about his son Beau’s death from brain cancer in 2015:
Catapult: Stories
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"Fridlund writes of families, marriage, and childhood as if our received wisdom--what we thought we...
fiction
The Last Ballad
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The author of the celebrated bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns with this eagerly awaited...
Historical fiction
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
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This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to...
The Shadow District
Arnaldur Indridason and Victoria Cribb
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OLD CRIMES, NEW CONSEQUENCES THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled...
mystery crime
President McKinley: Architect of the American Century
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"A deft character study of a president."--The New York Times Book Review "A valuable education on...
biography history
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You’ll find a pair of satirical Chinese novellas, a symphonic look at Germany’s fraught history and, in Leni Zumas’s “Red Clocks,” a dystopian vision of American patriarchy in this week's selection.
Gorilla and the Bird
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The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who...
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America
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The remarkable untold story of Thomas Jefferson's three daughters--two white and free, one black and...
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
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In 2015, Noah Strycker, a young American birder, became the first person to see more than half of...
The Years, Months, Days
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A terrible drought hits the population of a small mountain village and they flee to better climes....
Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
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As the President of the United States, Donald Trump continually voices admiration for brutal...
politics
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From clean living, to living with a clean mind, The New York Times has compiled their pick of the crop of health books in the past year.
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
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For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether...
10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse: Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 10 Days!
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The New York Times bestselling 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse will jump-start your weight loss,...
health food
Zero Sugar Diet
David Zinczenko and Stephen Perrine
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lose up to a pound a day and curb your craving for sweets with...
Health food
Green Smoothies for Life
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A brand-new meal plan that will assist readers with incorporating green smoothies into their...
Health food
Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods
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The highly anticipated new release from the groundbreaking, New York Times best-selling author of...
Health food
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