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Review: 'The Weekend,' by Charlotte Wood
FICTION: Three women in their 70s gather and find that their friendship has not aged well.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Here are some ways to shut the world out and help you focus.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Review: 'Must I Go,' by Yiyun Li
FICTION: In a stunning novel, an elderly woman looks back on the daughter she lost to suicide.
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Review: 'The Beauty of Living: E.E. Cummings in the Great War,' by J. Alison Rosenblitt
NONFICTION: Biography chronicles E.E. Cummings' months as a WWI prisoner.
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REVIEW: 'Far Out Man,' by Eric Utne
NONFICTION: A charming, openhearted memoir by the founder of the Utne Reader.
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Review: 'Valentine,' by Elizabeth Wetmore
FICTION: The rape of a 14-year-old girl casts a long shadow over the rough-edged town of Odessa.
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Hot town, summer in the city: 10 sizzling books to read right now
These 10 books set in hot weather or steamy locations just might help you cool down.
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