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Review: 'The Hero of This Book,' by Elizabeth McCracken
FICTION: The narrator explores London and remembers her remarkable mother in this witty and wise mashup of fiction and memoir.
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Review: 'The Whalebone Theatre,' by Joanna Quinn
FICTION: This captivating debut charts a memorable heroine's unconventional childhood in England and her undercover exploits in wartime France.
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Review: 'Compass,' by Murray Lee
FICTION: Murray Lee draws on his experiences in the Arctic to tell a critically comedic story about a bumbling would-be adventurer trapped on a drifting ice floe.
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Review: 'Our Missing Hearts' by Celeste Ng
FICTION: Celeste Ng contrasts the dangers of a fearful, violent, censorious society with the beauty of untrammeled storytelling.
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Yuen: A memoir of rural America 'where the gay kid stays alive'
Author Taylor Brorby says stories are gateways that can show us another way to live.
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Tuesday read: 'Killers of a Certain Age,' by Deanna Raybourn
FICTION: In Deanna Raybourn's "Killers of a Certain Age" four assassins on the brink of retirement get a chance to show their stuff one more time.
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Review: 'Natural History,' by Andrea Barrett
FICTION: A 19th-century teacher and amateur scientist studies the mysteries of the natural world — and the human heart.
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Review: 'Bliss Montage,' by Ling Ma
FICTION: Ling Ma's story collection brings the fantastic down to Earth.
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Review: 'Shrines of Gaiety,' by Kate Atkinson
FICTION: Set in post-World War I London, Atkinson's latest follows a nightclub owner and her nefarious enterprises.
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Review: 'The Furrows,' by Namwali Serpell
FICTION: Namwali Serpell's luminous new novel about a missing child bends and blends genre in a searching exploration of grief.
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Review: 'Mother Tongue,' by Joyce Kornblatt
FICTION: A deathbed confession sends a woman on a search for the truth about her identity — and about the very nature of identity.
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Over time, McEwan just gets better
Bookmark: The Booker Prize-winning novelist is an explorer at heart.
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Review: 'Less Is Lost,' by Andrew Sean Greer
FICTION: Andrew Sean Greer's accomplished sequel to "Less" maps a cross-country odyssey filled with hijinks.
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