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Are you tired of reading 500-page-plus 'epic' novels?
Even if the stories and the writing can't support the length, bigger has somehow become better.
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Review: 'Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir,' by Amy Tan
NONFICTION: Memoir reveals the seeds of writer's novels as she delves into her family's past.
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REVIEW: 'Smile,' by Roddy Doyle
FICTION: Roddy Doyle's 11th novel tells the story of a man who in midlife begins to relive his tormented youth.
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Review: 'Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon,' by Henry Marsh
NONFICTION: In this second memoir, Dr. Henry Marsh writes poignantly about regrets, retirement and what lies ahead.
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Review: 'James Wright: A Life in Poetry,' by Jonathan Blunk
NONFICTION: An empathetic and illuminating biography of James Wright, a tormented man whose poetry lives on.
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BOOKMARK: Readers recall finding books 'in the wild'
We asked if you had ever unexpectedly found a book and picked it up. Here's what you said.
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REVIEW: 'Going Into Town,' by Roz Chast
NONFICTION: New York through Roz Chast's eyes is a whole new perspective.
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REVIEW: 'Grant,' by Ron Chernow
NONFICTION: U.S. Grant, long dismissed as a brutish general and mediocre president, is convincingly rehabilitated by the biographer who made Hamilton sing.
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REVIEW: 'Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice,' by Roberta Walburn
NONFICTION: Roberta Walburn's look at Miles Lord's controversial career as a federal judge is a legal page-turner and an inside history of liberal politics in Minnesota.
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REVIEW: 'Logical Family' by Armistead Maupin
NONFICTION: At 72, "Tales of the City" writer Armistead Maupin takes up his own life.
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REVIEW: 'Never Coming Back,' by Alison McGhee
FICTION: In Alison McGhee's new novel, a writer seeks answers to lingering questions.
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Review: 'We Were Eight Years in Power,' by Ta-Nehisi Coates
NONFICTION: Eight previously published essays showcase his talent and evolution.
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Mass. school librarian rejects first lady's donation of Seuss books as 'racist propaganda'
A school librarian in Cambridge, Mass., has turned down a Dr. Seuss book donation from First Lady Melania Trump, saying that the beloved children's author's books are filled with "racist propaganda."
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