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Review: 'Caste,' by Isabel Wilkerson
NONFICTION: The Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "The Warmth of Other Suns" explores inequity in her sweeping, magisterial new work.
Review: 'Owls of the Eastern Ice,' by Jonathan C. Slaght
NONFICTION: A Minnesota biologist heads to the forests of Eastern Russia to track the world's largest owl.
Review: 'The Lost Pianos of Siberia,' by Sophy Roberts
NONFICTION: On a quest for pre-Soviet pianos, Sophy Roberts discovers a fascinating post-Soviet world.
Redemption
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 25, the end of the story
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 closes
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 continues
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 begins
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FICTION 1. The Order, by Daniel Silva. (Harper) The 20th book in the “Gabriel Allon” series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s…
Review: 'Blacktop Wasteland,' by S.A. Cosby
FICTION: A young father agrees to drive a getaway car and puts his whole family in danger.
Reviews: 'Rules of the Road,' by Ciara Geraghty
Rules of the RoadBy Ciara Geraghty. (Park Row Books, 384 pages, $17.99.)In a classic road novel, the protagonist sets out on a journey and at…
Quarantine read: 'Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse,' by Faith Sullivan
“Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse,” by Faith Sullivan Thank you, Faith Sullivan, for writing this touching, tender and transcendent saga of a single mom…
Review: 'The Weekend,' by Charlotte Wood
FICTION: Three women in their 70s gather and find that their friendship has not aged well.
Audiobooks: Great audiobooks to listen to now
“The Dragons, the Giant, the Women,” by Wayétu Moore. (Brilliance Audio, unabridged, 7¾ hours) Wayétu Moore’s artfully constructed memoir is one of the year’s…
Review: 'Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger,' by Lisa Donovan
NONFICTION: Pastry chef and culinary writer Lisa Donovan's memoir exposes the sexism baked into the dining industry.
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Mayo Clinic employee became main character in new James Patterson novel
A patient advocate at the Mayo Clinic winds up in James Patterson's latest novel.
Hulu options rights to Minneapolis writer's novel about Hillary Clinton
Curtis Sittenfeld hasn’t heard from Hillary, but she has heard from Hulu, and that might be even better. The Minneapolis writer is the…
Review: 'Memorial Drive,' by Natasha Trethewey
NONFICTION: In this concise and resonant memoir, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet explores the violent death of her mother.
REVIEW: 'Grown Ups,' by Marian Keyes
Grown Ups By Marian Keyes. (Doubleday, 560 pages, $24.) The first chapter of Marian Keyes’ delightfully entertaining “Grown Ups” brings all of her many…
How John Lewis's masterful illustrated memoir is a shining torch for the next generation
Five summers ago, at San Diego Comic-Con International, Rep. John Lewis donned the type of clothes and gear he was wearing a half-century earlier when…
Quarantine Read: 'Late Migrations,' by Margaret Renkl
“Late Migrations,” by Margaret Renkl As the COVID-19 virus has forced so many to work from home, often interspersed with taking walks, we might…
Review: 'Signs of Life: A Doctor's Journey Around the Edges of the World,' by Stephen Fabes
NONFICTION: A doctor's poignant, funny memoir about his six-year, round-the-world bike ride.