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Several seismic events occurred in the past week including the release of a new John Green novel, “Turtles All the Way Down,” and the Ron Chernow biography, “Grant.”


Akata Warrior: Akata Witch Series

Akata Warrior: Akata Witch Series

Nnedi Okorafor

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A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, a 12-year-old American born girl raised mostly in Nigeria, was inducted...


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Complete Stories: Kurt Vonnegut

Complete Stories: Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

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Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the twentieth century's foremost...


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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919

Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919

Mike Wallace

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Published in 1998 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History, GOTHAM: A History of New York to 1898...


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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

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'A top sleep scientist argues that sleep is more important for our health than diet or exercise' The...


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The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World

The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World

Michael Ignatieff

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What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically,...


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Books about Russian history and current events round out our list this week, from biographies of Lenin and Stalin to Masha Gessen’s study of post-Soviet life, “The Future Is History.”


Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

Victor Sebestyen

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Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin--the first major biography in English...


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For Two Thousand Years

For Two Thousand Years

Mihail Sebastian and Philip O Ceallaigh

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'Nothing I have read is more affecting than Mihail Sebastian's magnificent, haunting 1934 novel, For...

The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

Cherise Wolas

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‘A stunning debut – because there is nothing debut about it’ A.M. Homes Aged 13, Joan Ashby...


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The Meaning of Belief: Religion From an Atheist’s Point of View

The Meaning of Belief: Religion From an Atheist’s Point of View

Tim Crane

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Current debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many...


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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

GOOD NIGHT, PLANET

Liniers

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In this tender, funny tale for early readers from internationally renowned cartoonist Liniers, a...


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Tumble & Blue

Tumble & Blue

Cassie Beasley

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Circus Mirandus comes the magic-infused story of a...


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Stars Beneath Our Feet

Stars Beneath Our Feet

David Barclay Moore

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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...


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After the Fall

After the Fall

Dan Santat

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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...


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A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa

A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa

Alexis Okeowo

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'Absolutely essential reading, period' Alexandra Fuller, bestselling author of Don't Lets Go to the...


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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

Catapult: Stories

Emily Fridlund

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"Fridlund writes of families, marriage, and childhood as if our received wisdom--what we thought we...


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The Last Ballad

The Last Ballad

Wiley Cash

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The author of the celebrated bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns with this eagerly awaited...


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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

Adam Rutherford

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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

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...


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President McKinley: Architect of the American Century

President McKinley: Architect of the American Century

Robert W. Merry

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"A deft character study of a president."--The New York Times Book Review "A valuable education on...


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To help you out, TIME magazine analysed Rotten Tomatoes reviews to come up with a list of the 100 top-scoring movies that ring in under two hours


Frankenstein (1931)

Frankenstein (1931)

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Dr. Henry Frankenstein, an obsessed scientist, wants to assemble a living being from parts of...


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Pinocchio (1940)

Pinocchio (1940)

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When the woodworker Geppetto (Christian Rub) sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just...

Modern Times (1936)

Modern Times (1936)

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This comedic masterpiece finds the iconic Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) employed at a...

The Gold Rush (1925)

The Gold Rush (1925)

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In this classic silent comedy, the Little Tramp (Charles Chaplin) heads north to join in the...

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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When a tornado sweeps through a farm in Kansas, Dorothy Gale finds herself in the magical land of...

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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

Gorilla and the Bird

Zachary McDermott

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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

Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

Catherine Kerrison

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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

Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World

Noah K Strycker

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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

The Years, Months, Days

Yan Lianke

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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

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

David Frum

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As the President of the United States, Donald Trump continually voices admiration for brutal...


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