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Review: 'Clark and Division,' by Naomi Hirahara
FICTION: Naomi Hirahara writes of rich history and a shocking crime.
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Review: 'Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women,' by Annabel Abbs
NONFICTION: A writer follows in the footsteps — literally — of eight hiking women of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Review: 'A Slow Fire Burning,' by Paula Hawkins
FICTION: A third compulsively readable whodunit from the author of "The Girl on the Train."
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Review: 'Three Rooms,' by Jo Hamya
FICTION: A simple desire to call a space her own creates conflict in the life of a woman in modern London.
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Review: 'Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket,' by Hilma Wolitzer
FICTION: Hilma Wolitzer's collection brims with humor, insight and sorrow.
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Review: 'Velvet Was the Night,' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
FICTION: A wonderfully entertaining, slyly feminist novel that takes place in Mexico in the 1970s.
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Review: 'Breathe,' by Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates captures the wobbly reality of widowhood in "Breathe."
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Review: 'The Women of Troy,' by Pat Barker
FICTION: A masterful retelling of a classical myth featuring a memorable heroine.
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Review: 'Dirty Work,' by Eyal Press
NONFICTION: Looking at jobs that are outwardly condemned by a privileged class that subtly encourages the work.
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Review: 'The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,' by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
FICTION: Shining a light on race, family and education.
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Review: 'The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters,' by Julie Klam
NONFICTION: A funny, poignant memoir about four feisty, chain-smoking sisters who lived together.
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Review: 'Lightning Strike,' by William Kent Krueger
FICTION: William Kent Krueger goes back in time to recount Cork O'Connor's first mystery — when Cork was a teen.
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