Entertainment Weekly: Book Coverage

• Review: 'The One Hundred Nights of Hero': EW Review

  

  What starts off as an homage to Scheherazade and her 1001 nights of storytelling quickly turns takes on a life (and story) of its own in Isabel Greenberg’s The One Hundred Nights of Hero. For her second graphic novel, the Eisner Awar…
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• Review: 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' script: EW Review

  

  A published screenplay is a different beast – though one no less fantastical – than full-length novel. Instead of inspiring readers’ imaginations about the worlds they’re meant to be depicting, a pu…
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• Review: 'Beyond the Truth' by Anne Holt: EW Review

  

  When you think of Scandinavian noir, names like Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and Camilla Läckberg probably come to mind, not Anne Holt. That may be about to change. Holt—dubbed “the godmother of modern Norwegian crime…
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• Review: 'Talking as Fast as I Can' by Lauren Graham: EW Review

  

  Through a handful of essays, Graham shares stories from her early days as a struggling actress as well as behind-the-scenes tidbits from her seven seasons (and now the Nov. 25 Netflix revival) as beloved, quick-witted Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls…
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• Review: 'The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History': EW review

  

  Jon Stewart left the Daily Show 15 months ago and the country hasn’t been the same since. Perhaps not since the golden age of Johnny Carson had one man so ruled the nexus of entertainment and current events, and Stewart’s re…
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• Review: 'The Princess Diarist' by Carrie Fisher: EW Review

  

  Star Wars fans are likely to have as curious and strained a relationship with Carrie Fisher’s The Princess Diarist as the actress has with the films: a hope for something deeper, disappointment in its glibness, and ultimately a respect a…
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• Review: 'Pretend I'm Your Friend' by MB Caschetta: EW Review

  

  At first the stories in MB Caschetta’s linked collection (following her first novel, Miracle Girls, which came out in 2014) seem like loosely plotted vignettes, windows peering into characters’ lives for a brief moment befor…
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• Review: 'Moonglow' by Michael Chabon: EW Review

  

  Love and war, sex and madness, long-buried secrets and rockets to the moon: Hardly a shade of human intrigue—or a pivotal moment in 20th-century history—goes unexplored in Chabon’s vibrant, sprawling latest. Ins…
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• Review: 'The Fate of the Tearling' by Erika Johansen: EW Review

  

  In the final book of Erika Johansen’s excellent Tearling trilogy, Queen Kelsea Glynn is struggling to save her besieged kingdom from a physical foe, the Red Queen, as well as from a strange supernatural force that has begun gaining…
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• Review: 'Settle for More' by Megyn Kelly: EW Review

  

  Let’s get it out of the way at the very beginning: The Roger Ailes stories in lawyer–turned–Fox News host Megyn Kelly’s book are every bit as lurid and appalling as you might imagine, with the forme…
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Financial Times: Books

• newCultural appropriation: the risks of writing someone else’s story
  Authors have a right to operate outside their own experience — but not to escape criticisms
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• Uncharted: How to Map the Future Together — a plea for fresh thinking
  Margaret Heffernan’s secular sermon calls on us to respond differently to predictions about the future
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• How to heal our planet
  Four new books on climate change offer answers to one of the 21st century’s most pressing dilemmas
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• Unspeakable, by John Bercow
  An instant history of the Brexit saga
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• Ian McEwan: ‘I write to find where I’m going’
  On a hike in the Cotswolds, the novelist talks about the ethics of AI, his Brexit obsession — and the ‘profound refreshment’ he finds in walking
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• Best books of the week
  The prophet of cyberspace, calculating contagion, Anne Enright’s latest and the US Supreme Court
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• The Sphinx — the woman who dreamt of becoming a duchess
  Hugo Vickers’ biography of Gladys Deacon, wife of the Duke of Marlborough, is rich in anecdote
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• The Colour of the Sky After Rain — the art of doing business in China
  Tessa Keswick’s mix of memoir and travelogue goes behind the scenes of China’s highest echelons
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• Actress by Anne Enright — of motherhood and stardom
  The daughter of a once-lauded actress recounts a story of gender, power and fame
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• More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy
  Philip Coggan’s wide-ranging history of the global economy reveals an amazing, if complex, journey
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Huffington Post: US Books Blog

• new26 Easy Ways To Encourage Your Kids To Read More
  Bookstagram influencers share their tried-and-true tips for parents to use with their children.
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• Author Mary Higgins Clark, 'Queen of Suspense,' Dead At 92
  Her tales of women triumphing over danger made her one of the world’s most popular writers.
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• Journalist Who Uncovered Harvey Weinstein Allegations: ‘We Were Committed To The Truth’
  "The more Harvey Weinstein intimidated us, the more we wanted to publish the truth," New York Times reporter Megan Twohey told HuffPost Brazil.
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• 'Uncanny Valley' Reveals What It's Really Like To Work In Tech
  "The industry is its own best satire in a lot of ways," says startup vet Anna Wiener.
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• Publisher Of Controversial ‘American Dirt’ Cancels Author Tour Amid Security Concerns
  The latest Oprah's Book Club pick by Jeanine Cummins, a white woman, has been widely criticized for stereotypical depictions of Mexicans and migration.
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• Stephen King Clarifies Remarks On Oscars' Lack Of Diversity After Backlash
  The horror author said he believes "judgments of creative excellence should be blind" but that the Hollywood game is still "rigged in favor of the white folks.”
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• What It’s Like To Live Undocumented
  An interview with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, author of “Children of the Land.”
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• Brazilian Writer Deletes Children's Book Co-Written By Kobe Bryant
  Novelist Paulo Coelho told AP he's deleting the draft of the book he wrote with Bryant "because it didn’t make any sense to publish without him" and it “wouldn’t add anything relevant to him or his family."
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• Jessica Simpson Erased John Mayer's Number After He Called Her 'Sexual Napalm'
  The singer said she was “was floored and embarrassed" after Mayer's 2010 comments to Playboy: "He made it easy for me to walk away."
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• This Is The Controversy Behind Oprah's Latest Book Club Pick, 'American Dirt'
  Jeanine Cummins' book has been lauded by Stephen King and Lauren Groff, but also lambasted as "problematic," "harmful" and "brownfacing."
  - 30 days ago, 21 Jan 20, 6:31pm -

L.A. Times: Books

• newCharles Yu knows the world isn't black and white
  Steph Cha shares a meal and some notes on performing identity with the "Interior Chinatown" author.
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• newReview: True crime on the reservation, starring an unlikely amateur sleuth
  Sierra Crane Murdoch's account of a murder case is about so much more
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• newRonan Farrow, Emily Bazelon and Colson Whitehead among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
  The 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honor crime novelist Walter Mosley for lifetime achievement.
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• Appreciation: Why little-known author Charles Portis was so much more than 'True Grit'
  Little-known author of "True Grit," Charles Portis penned inventive stories of con men, losers and seekers of truth. He died Monday at 86.
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• Luis J. Rodriguez on changing lives through poetry
  Luis J. Rodriguez shared his new book, 'From Our Land to Our Land,' with the Los Angeles Times Book Club
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• Review: Anna Burns' second novel on the Irish Troubles ... and our own
  A pitch-dark comedy on the wages of violence from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of "Milkman"
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• Cults, climate change, dystopia, and also poetry and community, all this coming week
  Five book events in Los Angeles feature Luis J. Rodriguez, Jenny Offill, Gish Jen and more.
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• Review: William Vollmann returns to the Tenderloin with another uncut gem
  "The Lucky Star" is a seedy, overlong and glorious ode to community
  - 6 days ago, 14 Feb 20, 10:00am -
• Five authors of Korean thrillers you should be reading, by Paula Woods
  Five authors of Korean thrillers you should be reading: You-Jeong Jeong, Un-Su Kim, Young-Ha Kim, J.M. Lee and Hye-Young Pyun
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• Review: 'The Only Child' arrives as Korean thrillers come of age
  Mi-Ae Seo's chilling homage to 'Silence of the Lambs' joins a burgeoning genre.
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London Evening Standard: Books

npr: Books

• newThe 'American Sherlock' Was A Pioneer Of Forensic Science

  

  NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kate Winkler Dawson, author of American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI. It's about Edward Oscar Heinrich, an early, great forensic scientist.
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• new'Dark Towers' Exposes Chaos And Corruption At The Bank That Holds Trump's Secrets

  

  New York Times financial editor David Enrich details, in a new book, Deutsche Bank's quest to become the world's largest bank — and how its corporate culture led to countless scandals.
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• newIn 'Counterpoint' Bach Helps An Art Critic Mourn A Mother Whose Criticism Lingers

  

  The Washington Post's Philip Kennicott suffered his mother's harsh words and actions throughout childhood. His book is partly a need to acknowledge her "sadness and anger and unaccountable rages."
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• new5 Finalists Still Have A Chance At Aspen Words Literary Prize

  

  The annual award, doled out in partnership with NPR, honors fiction that doesn't shy from grappling with thorny social issues. Just one of the five books remaining will win $35,000 come April.
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• Remembering Ernest Hemingway Biographer A. E. Hotchner

  

  Hotchner, who died Feb. 15, met the famed novelist in '48, and went on to adapt several of his works for TV. Hotchner's memoir, Papa Hemingway, detailed their friendship. Originally broadcast in 1999.
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• 'Dark Towers' Chases Scandal-Ridden Deutsche Bank's Mysterious Ties To Donald Trump

  

  President Trump's relationship with Deutsche Bank is still under investigation, so David Enrich's story is necessarily incomplete. But he shows the bank's tale is complex — more than one gone rogue.
  - 2 days ago, 18 Feb 20, 11:52am -
• 'The Man In The Red Coat' Makes For A Fascinating Companion

  

  In his latest book, Julian Barnes dives into the glittering life of Samuel Jean Pozzi, a celebrated French gynecologist who palled around with some of the brightest stars of the Belle Epoque.
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• In New Book, Uber Whistleblower Takes On Silicon Valley

  

  David Greene talks to Susan Fowler about her new book Whistleblower, concerning her time at ride-hailing company Uber, and what led her to write publicly about what she experienced there.
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• Uber Whistleblower Takes On Silicon Valley, Armed With Stoic Philosophy

  

  In 2017, Susan Fowler published a blog post that revealed Uber's misogynistic corporate culture — and helped change the world. In her memoir, she urges readers not to see her as a victim.
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• 'Stable Genius' Authors Describe Trump Presidency As A 'Den Of Dysfunction'

  

  Wash. Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, authors of A Very Stable Genius, discuss troubling tendencies of the Trump presidency. Originally broadcast Jan. 22, 2020; updated Feb. 12, 2020.
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PopMatters: Read

• newOn 'Blueschild Baby', George Cain's Searing Novel of Addiction: An Interview

  

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• newIn 'Downhill', Getting Dark Just Means Getting Harsh

  

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• newWhim Examines Social Media Woes via "Oh Society" (premiere)

  

  "I was on tour in Ireland when I got snowed in while staying in my friend's apartment while she was out of town, so I had no one to talk to and nowhere to go," recalls the singer. "All I had was a piano and internet access. After seeing a friend's po…
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• newOn Top of the World: An Interview With Martha High

  

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• newBlack. Queer. Southern. Women.

  

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• newEDEN Creates an Achingly Beautiful Modern Pop Album with 'No Future'

  

  Album closer, "Untitled" rounds the album off in suitably stirring fashion. It's a sumptuous guitar ballad with Ng joined by a children's choir as they sing lines from the Jamaican folk song Linstead market. It's a hopeful, upbeat ending to an album…
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• new29 Black Music Documentaries for Black History Month 2020: #11. Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield

  

  For Black History Month 2020, we are showcasing films and videos featuring Black American artists. Enjoy them and learn about the origin of each Black music legend featured. This list is ordered by layering unknown artists around bigger names while m…
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• newScantron's 'Electric City' Is a Four-Song Blast of Engaging Garage Rock

  

  Opening track "Dreams" begins with the line "Some things never go away / Some situations just hold you in their sway" as the band's swagger seems to ape an almost psychedelic take on Britpop, complete with sneering vocals and Loss' vintage organ. The…
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• newGordon Grdina's Nomad Trio Create a Potent Mix on 'Nomad'

  

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• 'Sports Is Hell' Narrows the Field to Identity Politics

  

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The A.V. Club: AVBooks

• newLooks like Picard is trying to sneak into the Bad Place

  

  Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, February 20. All times are Eastern.Read more...
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• newHere's what's coming to Amazon Prime in March

  

  For the last several years, Amazon has had a sideline in peddling straight shots of pulpy mystery to those with a craving for it, distributing the near-annual installment of writer Sarah Phelps’ glossy, lurid, emotionally charged set of Agatha Chri…
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• newModern Family gets back on track with a moving clip show

  

  This final season of Modern Family has mostly done a bad job of dealing with the passage of time. For a show about to bow out, it’s failed to make anything feel significant or life-changing. It’s a strange thing; plenty of other recent sitcoms, l…
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• newNetflix buys movie about our oncoming doom from Jennifer Lawrence and Adam McKay

  

  Adam McKay doesn’t usually truck with metaphor. His recent run of political films—The Big Short and Vice most prominent among them—typically go for what The Simpsons dubbed the “superliminal” approach when it comes to getting relevant finan…
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• newColin Jost teases America with potential SNL departure

  

  In a turn that we can only imagine will lead Michael Che to launch a vitriol-filled Instagram Stories attack on reality itself, Colin Jost has suggested that he might soon step down from his 15-years-and-counting tenure atop the Saturday Night Live p…
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• newDoc Savage, your grandpa's favorite superhero, is getting his own TV show

  

  Clearly sick of all these modern-day superheroes, what with their psychological issues, personality flaws, and general inability to be a pure slab of prime, Grade-A man beef, Sony Pictures TV has announced that it’s putting a show about old-school…
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• newWatch a trailer for HBO's Beforeigners, a Norwegian series about time-traveling Vikings

  

  HBO has released a trailer for Beforeigners, a six-part sci-fi drama that debuted in Norway last year and is just now beginning a U.S. run. The high-concept tale, the first Norwegian-language series produced by HBO Europe, explores a world in which p…
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• newAlex Winter shares bodacious behind-the-scenes photos of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

  

  
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• newA Venn diagram to determine if you should watch Justin Bieber beatbox “Smelly Cat” from Friends

  

  Hello, and welcome to this article about how Justin Bieber beatboxed his way through one rousing chorus of “Smelly Cat,” a song that Lisa Kudrow’s Phoebe Buffay first sang in a second-season episode of Friends. We know that you have many choice…
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• newNetflix docuseries follows the trial of Gabriel Fernandez’s murderers—and of the system that failed him

  

  Netflix has quite a number of true crime documentaries, in both feature and series form, but even in that crowded field, The Trials Of Gabriel Fernandez is likely to stand out.Read more...
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The Guardian: Books + Reviews

• newWaiting for Anya review – soapy second world war melodrama
  Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp stars in a gorgeous-looking but unemotional adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novelThere is something melodramatic and soapy about this glossy adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s second world war novel for children, th…
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• newMy Hero Academia: Heroes Rising review – workies save the world
  Apprentice superheroes fight the forces of evil in an anime adventure overloaded with Japanese bizarro zealA second feature-length outing for the popular shonen (teenage boys) anime from Tokyo’s Bones studio, Heroes Rising milks the 21st-century su…
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• newWhen Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann review – an extraordinary Holocaust story
  The remarkable history of how a Jewish survivor hid in plain sight at the heart of the Third Reich is uncovered by his daughterGetting to know your parents can take a lifetime, especially if they are secretive about their past. That her father, Hans,…
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• newAntisocial by Andrew Marantz review – America's online extremists
  A compelling account of how far-right firestarters helped ‘the world’s most gifted media troll’ to become the US presidentAntisocial is, among other things, a tale of two Mikes. Mike Cernovich was a law student, nutrition blogger, self-help aut…
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• newIndependence Square by AD Miller review – thriller in post-Soviet Ukraine
  
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• newThe Crying Book by Heather Christle review – why do we weep?
  A personal examination of tears – what causes them, why we cry – which takes in biological science, relationship break-up, poetry and Donald Trump What makes you cry? Recently I cried when my eldest daughter won a medal in a gymnastics competitio…
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• Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 review – South Korean #MeToo bestseller
  This novel by Cho Nam-joo chronicles the life of a woman desperate to escape stifling gender rolesThis Korean bestseller chronicles the everyday struggle of women against endemic sexism. Its provocative power springs from the same source as its total…
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• Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty review – if inequality is illegitimate, why not reduce it?
  
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• Poetry book of the month: Wing by Matthew Francis – review
  This shimmering new collection dissects the natural world with a wondering, meticulous eyeIt is becoming harder to find modern poetry that is unequivocally at the service of nature. I am not sure why the ability to observe in an unmediated way – wi…
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• Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann review – plague, war and practical jokes
  The talented Austro-German has created a dazzling, picaresque romp but he squanders the potential of his best characterTime and again, Daniel Kehlmann’s novels feature an artist whose success depends on leaving his wife and children. (His last book…
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The Independent: Books

USA Today: Books

• newBest books of 2020 so far: What USA TODAY's critics loved reading

  

  These are the great new books that got ★★★½ and ★★★★ reviews from USA TODAY critics in 2020.       
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• Review: Roman Dial documents his tragic search for missing child in 'The Adventurer's Son'

  

  Roman Dial's new book, "The Adventurer's Son," takes its place among modern accounts of tragic adventure with hard-won wisdom and grace.       
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• 5 books not to miss: 'Real Life' by Brandon Taylor, new Charles Finch mystery 'The Last Passenger'

  

  Brandon Taylor makes a powerful debut with "Real Life," and Charles Finch releases the third and final book in his Charles Lenox prequel series.       
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• 5 things we learned about caffeine from Michael Pollan's new Audible audiobook

  

  Michael Pollan explores the history and socio-political impact of everyone's favorite drug in his new Audible audiobook "Caffeine."       
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• Spoilers! The 5 biggest book-to-movie changes in 'To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'

  

  Netflix's new "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" movie keeps the spirit of the second book "P.S. I Still Love You," albeit with a few changes.       
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• Review: 'Franklin & Washington' an engaging history of the duo that launched America

  

  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward J. Larson's dual biography "Franklin and Washington" paints an engaging portrait of the Founding Fathers.       
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• Kirk Douglas, known for 'Spartacus' and other iconic film roles, was also prolific author

  

  Kirk Douglas, who died Wednesday at 103, published a dozen books, including fiction, nonfiction, children's books and memoirs, from 1988 to 2017.       
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• Top 10 romantic novels of all time, according to Goodreads

  

  This Valentine's Day, curl up with a well-loved literary romance. Goodreads compiled the 10 most popular romantic novels, according to its members.       
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• Review: Jenny Offill's brilliant, satirical 'Weather' takes temperature of current political moment

  

  Jenny Offill's brilliant "Weather" delivers a woman on the edge of our collective oblivion, both before and after 2016 election.       
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• Review: Matriarchy under siege in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's chilling 'The Mercies'

  

  In her chilling new novel "The Mercies," British writer Kiran Millwood Hargrave spins a hypnotic tale out of a real historical witchcraft trial.       
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WSJ: Books

• newHarry, Meghan and the Royal Brand
  The Queen shows there are limits to exploiting the monarchy.
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• newBanished in Beijing
  China expels three WSJ reporters to deflect from its coronavirus woes.
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• newAmerica's Disappearing Workers
  Blue-collar wages are rising but employers still can’t fill open jobs.
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• newWhy Trump Needs Bill Barr
  We’re one attorney-general resignation away from establishing moralized hysteria as a normal tool of U.S. politics.
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• newDemocrats Prepare for the Big Test
  Answers are coming soon from Nevada, South Carolina and Super Tuesday states.
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• newChina's Facade of Stability
  Recent stresses have exposed the lack of trust at the core of Beijing’s repressive model.
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• newDon't Apologize for Fighting Crime, Mayor Bloomberg
  He should be proud, not ashamed, of how he and the NYPD used stop, question and frisk.
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• newPipeline Foes Try to Shut Canada Down
  And Prime Minister Trudeau answers with weakness.
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• newWithout an Independent Watchdog, Who Will Audit the Auditors?
  Congress should refuse Trump’s request to abolish the oversight board Sarbanes-Oxley created.
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• newMini Mike or Iron Mike?
  Bloomberg can do a public service tonight in Las Vegas.
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