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What does your car say about you? ‘The Driving Machine’ knows.

Nonfiction: An eminent architecture writer brings his singular eye to a dazzling history of car design.
October 4, 2024
drawing of automobile from "The Driving Machine"
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Review: You might think a history of tax havens would be dull but ‘The Hidden Globe’ is ‘luminous’

Nonfiction: A brilliant expose of international tax havens reveals how the ruling class shapes our world.
October 4, 2024
photo of author Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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Expect this history of trail-blazing Black communities to be in the hunt for big prizes

NONFICTION: “The Black Utopians” weaves dazzling memoir with little-known political history.
September 25, 2024
photo of author Aaron Robertson
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A collection of horror stories takes on Argentina and its (horrifying) history

FICTION: There may be a Nobel Prize in the future for its author, Mariana Enriquez.
September 10, 2024
photo of author Mariana Enriquez, against a black backdrop
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A serial killer worms his way into many lives in ‘scalp-tingling’ novel ‘Highway Thirteen’

FICTION: Fiona McFarlane’s collection of linked stories probes lives devastated by an Australian serial killer.
August 19, 2024
photo of author Fiona McFarlane
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Animals make lots of noise; book argues they may be trying to tell us something

NONFICTION: Was Dr. Dolittle onto something? A superb new science study makes the case.
August 1, 2024
Minnesota Zoo hosting seven bottlenose dolphins
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New book looks back at 1982, when "E.T.," "Blade Runner" and "The Thing" revolutionized how we see movies.

NONFICTION: Chris Nashawaty’s paean to 1982′s sci-fi films is “the perfect nonfiction beach read.”
July 24, 2024
Gertie (Drew Barrymore) says goodbye to E.T. in "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial."
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A mysterious death and an urgent quest power this novel’s troubled protagonist

FICTION: Dinaw Mengestu’s wise “Someone Like Us” illuminates the immigrant experience and the legacy of addiction.
July 24, 2024
photo of author Dinaw Mengestu
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A serial killer worms his way into many lives in ‘scalp-tingling’ novel ‘Highway Thirteen’

FICTION: Fiona McFarlane’s collection of linked stories probes lives devastated by an Australian serial killer.
August 19, 2024
photo of author Fiona McFarlane
Books

Animals make lots of noise; book argues they may be trying to tell us something

NONFICTION: Was Dr. Dolittle onto something? A superb new science study makes the case.
August 1, 2024
Minnesota Zoo hosting seven bottlenose dolphins
Books

New book looks back at 1982, when "E.T.," "Blade Runner" and "The Thing" revolutionized how we see movies.

NONFICTION: Chris Nashawaty’s paean to 1982′s sci-fi films is “the perfect nonfiction beach read.”
July 24, 2024
Gertie (Drew Barrymore) says goodbye to E.T. in "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial."
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A mysterious death and an urgent quest power this novel’s troubled protagonist

FICTION: Dinaw Mengestu’s wise “Someone Like Us” illuminates the immigrant experience and the legacy of addiction.
July 24, 2024
photo of author Dinaw Mengestu
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