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A new kind of slavery traps Black women in futuristic (or not?) 'The Blueprint'
FICTION: Rae Giana Rashad's first novel recalls "The Handmaid's Tale" with its chilling depiction of injustice.
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'If You See Them' shows what happens if you don't look away from unhoused youth
NONFICTION: A tireless advocate explains how she has made a difference.
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How Calvin Trillin mastered 'The Lede' and other annoyingly brilliant writing things
NONFICTION: The craft of reporting is raised to an art in a collection from the New Yorker writer.
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Book shows how 'True Believer' Hubert Humphrey made deals, fought injustice, skinny-dipped with JFK
NONFICTION: James Traub delivers a big biography of an exuberant champion of liberal causes.
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In a world full of 'Plastic,' debut novel asks what we can believe in
FICTION: Envision Barbie. Then, envision a whole lot of Barbies.
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'Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here' is a momentous'look at immigration cruelties
NONFICTION: An indefatigable journalist maps the dark history of the border crisis in a major work.
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Warring siblings push a town to the edge in novel 'The Adversary'
FICTION: Michael Crummey's magnificent book reimagines the story of Cain and Abel in 19th century Newfoundland.
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'The Bishop and the Butterfly' brought New York City to its knees in the 1930s
NONFICTION: There's a murder, but expect to learn more about the end of a political machine.
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Funny and sweet, 'Float Up, Sing Down' is perfect for Elizabeth Strout fans
FICTION: Set in rural Indiana, the linked stories all take place on the same day.
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Keith Ellison, TD Mischke and Kate DiCamillo among Minnesota Book Award nominees
The trophies will be handed out in nine categories May 7.
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Kristin Hannah's novel asks us to honor 'The Women' who served in Vietnam
FICTION: With cinematic detail, she dramatizes the life of an Army nurse before, during and after the war.
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'Nightwatching' is a 'nerve-shredding' novel in which a family hides from danger
FICTION: Riveting psychological thriller finds a woman pushed to the brink by an intruder.
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'Hard by a Great Forest' is a 'spellbinding' novel about a separated family
FICTION: The break-up of the Soviet Union parts them in this debut from Leo Vardiashvili.
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'Gunflint Falling,' a gripping book about the BWCA blowdown, highlights mysteries of nature
Cary J. Griffith checks in with dozens of campers, rangers and others who grappled with the 1999 storm.
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Book reveals where art history happened, with 7 queer artists as guides
NONFICTION: Traveling through time and space to capture "unrecorded history" in "Nothing Ever Just Disappears."
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Scared of bald men and love, this novel's protagonist savors 'Interesting Facts About Space'
FICTION: Emily Austin has created a vivid, relatable character in "Space Agency" employee Enid.
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Novelist gets the little stuff right but not the big stuff in 'Come and Get It'
FICTION: Kiley Reid follows up "Such a Fun Age" with another comic novel about race and privilege.
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Emmy and Tony Award winner Jodie Comer tackles an audiobook
She narrates "Prima Facie," based on material she performed on Broadway.
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Full of likably flawed characters, 'Road from Belhaven' is a book to cherish
FICTION: Margot Livesey's latest, set in 19th-century Scotland, features a girl with a supernatural gift.
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New owners keep tiny door of beloved children's bookstore, Wild Rumpus, open in Minneapolis
Don't worry, the famed menagerie is staying put.
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