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Looking for your next great read? Ask a bookseller! Join us to check in with independent bookstores across the U.S. to find out what books they’re excited about right now.
One book, two minutes, every week.
From the long-running series on MPR News, hosted by Emily Bright. Whether you read to escape, feel connected, seek self-improvement, or just discover something new, there is a book here for you.
One book, two minutes, every week.
From the long-running series on MPR News, hosted by Emily Bright. Whether you read to escape, feel connected, seek self-improvement, or just discover something new, there is a book here for you.
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Ask a Bookseller: ’Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees’ by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Let Us Descend’ by Jesmyn Ward
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Modern Poetry’ by Diane Seuss
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘No Two Persons’ by Erica Bauermeister
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘North Woods’ by Daniel Mason
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Just Us’ by Minnesota author Molly Beth Griffin
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Smothermoss’ by debut author Alisa Alering
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Colored Television’ by Danzy Senna
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Scrap’ by Calla Henkel
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Spellshop’ by Sarah Beth Durst
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Penance' by Eliza Clark
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Everything We Never Had’ by Randy Ribay
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Attack of the Black Rectangles’ by Amy Sarig King
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Tree. Table. Book.‘ by Lois Lowry
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Minnesota booksellers talk recommendations, BookTok and how Gen Z is saving bookstores
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ’Dahlia’s Make a Difference Day’ by Jackie Brown
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Bitch: On the Female of the Species’ by Lucy Cooke
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Wedding People’ by Alison Espach
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘For the Night’ by Rae Lyse
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Sweet Blue Distance’ and ‘The Frozen River’
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Women of Good Fortune’ by Sophie Wan
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Hula’ by Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Star Bringer’ by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘All the Colors of the Dark’ by Chris Whitaker
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘We Mostly Come Out at Night’ edited by Rob Costello
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Ministry of Time’ by Kaliane Bradley
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Pest’ by Michael Cisco
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May 25, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Aednan: An Epic’ by Linnea Axelsson
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May 18, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea’ by Rebecca Thorne
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May 11, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Devil’s Element’ by Dan Egan
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May 04, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Martyr!’
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Honey’ by Victor Lodato
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Art and Fear’
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Three Little Tardigrades: A Slightly Scientific Fairy Tale’
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension’
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Ask A Bookseller: ‘The Bullet Swallower’
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Is God Is’
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Violin Conspiracy’
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Yours Truly’
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Ask A Bookseller: ‘The September House’
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Black Queen’
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Eyes and the Impossible'
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Boys in the Boat’
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Best Barbarian’
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Half-White Album'
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days'
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Twelve Hours of Christmas'
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Maniac’
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'What the River Knows'
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Truth about Horses' explores the nature of healing
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Women’s House of Detention’
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Babel’
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Ask A Bookseller: 'A Rake of His Own'
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood'
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Night of the Living Rez'
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store'
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Blue Bear'
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Saints of the Household'
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Bathe the Cat'
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Dear Mothman'
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Wild Guide to Starting School'
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Fox and I'
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Horse'
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Kala' is a rip-roaring thriller
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Less'
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Chain-Gang All-Stars'
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'For Her Consideration'
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'On the Savage Side'
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Racism of People Who Love You'
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'They're Going to Love You'
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The English Understand Wool'
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Wandering Souls'
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May 27, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club'
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May 12, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Blood Debts' combines family secrets, political intrigue and magic
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May 01, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The God of Endings'
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Poetics of Wrongness'
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: David Copperfield reimagined in Appalachia
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A fast-paced thriller dives into Indigenous history, culture
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A picture book that makes busy moms feel seen
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Here Goes Nothing'
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A mother-daughter story of travel and art
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Measure'
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Ask A Bookseller: 'Upgrade' blends sci-fi and thriller genres
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Guest Lecture,' a late-night philosophical debate
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Laziness does not exist
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year' from April 2022
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Inheritance'
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Fathers, Sons and the Holy Ghosts of Baseball'
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: "Another Appalachia"
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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A YA thriller delves into the post-WWII history of Poland and Ukraine
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: "Found Audio" is a creepy fall read
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: An inventive novel maps our spectacular bodies
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: part memoir, part Ojibwe cultural toolbox
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Stay True
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: the poetry of desire
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A Spoonful of Frogs
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: an award-winning graphic novel, soon to be a series
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: a portal into a fantastical world
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Middle grades novel examines how history is written, and who gets left out
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Innovative novel explores one 'nuclear' family
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Dorothy Hughes’ classic noir fiction
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Nettle and Bone' is a twisted fairy tale with horror and humor
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Book Lovers'
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Little Rabbit is a steamy debut
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Lying Life of Adults'
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Overnight Guest' is a suspenseful ride
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A summer thriller debut by a Twin Cities author
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: a sci-fi romance that steers clear of gender
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Groundhog’s Day meets freshman year of college
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May 23, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: "Brown Girls" is a poetic chorus of voices
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May 14, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Vigil Harbor'
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May 07, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Ogress and the Orphans' leaves you filled with hope
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May 01, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Verifiers'
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Lessons in Chemistry'
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Island Queen' celebrates an ambitious Black woman entrepreneur from history
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'American War,' set in the future, reflects aspects of today
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'One for the Blackbird and One for the Crow'
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek'
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Civilizations' imagines a Europe colonized by Incas and Aztecs
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Unfamiliar Fishes' is delightful and informative
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 2020 captured in words and images
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'See Me in the Wonder' is an affirmation of life after loss
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A new exploration of America's last slave ship and its legacy
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Loved the movie? Try reading 'Dune'
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: What does it mean to leave a mark on the world?
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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Ask a Student: Book series elementary school kids love
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: What does it mean to be a monster?
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Tiny Americans' follows one family over 40 years
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness’
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A unique murder mystery
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A climate-change driven YA sci-fi
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Sep 18, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Crime-solving, ghost-hunting pet capers
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A picture book for when it’s hard to get the words out
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller re-sings the tales of Ovid from the women’s points of view
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Hola Papi' offers comical memoir in essays
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Skunk and Badger'
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' is a feel-good read
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Netanyahus'
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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Ask a bookseller: 'Honey Girl,' a charming story about finding the love you deserve
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Bubblegum' offers a 'wonderous slog'
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A novel celebrating everyday beauty
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May 22, 2021 |
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Ask a bookseller recommends very short stories — all about ghosts
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May 15, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Read this 'totally gripping' novel set in Nazi-occupied Norway
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May 08, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Solutions and Other Problems’
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May 01, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A mystery without the procedure in 'Picnic in the Ruins'
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Witches Steeped in Gold' is a Jamaican-inspired YA fantasy
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Copenhagen Trilogy' introduces Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen to English readers
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Part memoir, part home redecorating saga
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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Ask a bookseller: A picture book about recognizing value where others don’t
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Milk Fed,' a novel about self-discovery — and frozen yogurt
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Saint X' is not your typical thriller
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A northern Minn. author explores the aftermath of a shooting
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Ask a bookseller: 'The Magical Language of Others' gives a compassionate look at mother-daughter relationships
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: A master class on writing, reading — and life
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Gods of the Upper Air'
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Let’s talk about money
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Fresh Water for Flowers'
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Dec 12, 2020 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Mercy Falls'
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Dec 05, 2020 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Most Spectacular Mistake'
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'A heaping helping of joy'
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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Ask a Bookseller: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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Ask a bookseller, Halloween edition: An apocalyptic read keeps you asking 'what else could happen?'
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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'Piranesi,' a perfect fall read leading up to Halloween
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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A bookseller recommends 'The City in the Middle of the Night'
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Ask a Bookseller: 'Sharks in the Time of Saviors'
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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'Vote for Our Future' answers kids' questions about elections
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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A book that gives you 'Some Kind of Happiness' on lonely, blue days
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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A West African fantasy with enveloping world-building
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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A bookseller recommends 'I Am Every Good Thing' for back to school
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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A new translation reimagines Beowulf, spotlighting female 'warrior'
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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'Empire of Wild' interweaves mystery and love
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Aug 22, 2020 |
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Exploring lives of whales in a time of climate change
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Aug 08, 2020 |
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A visit to a magical small town that you don't want to end
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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For fantasy fans looking for their next book series
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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The latest entry in a new wave of memoirs
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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'A Burning' has booksellers talking
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May 23, 2020 |
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Stock up on hot chocolate before reading this book
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May 09, 2020 |
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A story of how far people will go for love
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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'Woman on the Edge of Time' still captivates
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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The history of Wisconsin's love affair with beer
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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A hilarious and razor-sharp debut
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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The book that just keeps selling
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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'A different way of understanding the story'
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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A 'beautifully told' family drama
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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The stunning memoir that could make Hemingway jealous
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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Your perfect Halloween read
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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A story of the kidnapped children of Spain
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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'An incredible depiction of small town life'
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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A dangerous search for a dozen eggs
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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The wisdom of Anthony Bourdain
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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Meet 'the greatest American novelist you’ve never heard of'
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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A gateway to Greek mythology
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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If you love Octavia Butler, Colson Whitehead and Toni Morrison
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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The intricacies of female friendship
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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A very different dragon tale
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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An 'excruciatingly beautiful' novel from a celebrated poet
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Colson Whitehead's new novel 'is the work of a master'
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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Constantinople; Michelangelo; Elephants
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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The absurd, hilarious classic you shouldn't skip
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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'Beautiful' essays that address race, family, religion and more
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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'Great writing, great style, a nice long page turner'
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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An 'absolutely wonderful' novel of hidden identities
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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'Hands down, it's the best book I've ever read'
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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The power of an unforgettable character
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May 31, 2019 |
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It begins with a letter in a cemetery
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May 24, 2019 |
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Where myth, magical realism and women's bodies mix
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May 17, 2019 |
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An assassin walks into a library
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May 03, 2019 |
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A family road trip story unlike any you've read
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Escaping death -- seven or eight times
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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From Broadway to your bookshelf
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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'Grace and power' on full display in this new story collection
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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A space opera with a side of Byzantine history? Let's do this
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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A myth-like novel that's 'original in its approach to magic'
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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A man looks back on those he lost
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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What does a father mean when you've never had one?
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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What Shakespeare teaches us about tyrants
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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The totally fascinating history of ... milk?
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Laughs, loss and a spunky goat come together in a new road-trip novel
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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A story collection with characters so vivid 'you inhabit their bones'
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Capturing the 'Voices of Mississippi'
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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The personal, the political, the poetic
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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The love story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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'Definitely not for the squeamish, but endlessly fascinating'
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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This novel delivers a 'mix of horror and elegance'
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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'Woman World': Where the future is female
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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A book that proposes 'every living thing has two bodies'
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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A 'fresh, unpredictable' Western with a strong female lead
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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An almost-too-real portrait of modern Russia
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Brash, funny and tender: A new poetry collection for your reading list
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and the history of protest
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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'The Wedding Portrait' explains activism for a young audience
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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An immortal goddess gets her due
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Aug 18, 2018 |
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When you suddenly become 'internet famous'
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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A look at the history of Canada's residential schools
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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Take this book on your next picnic, and hope for rain
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Twist alert: Here's the 'perfect mystery for summer'
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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Historical fiction and magical realism meet in Alaska
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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This novel is 'a thinker's summer read'
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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'The writing is just electric': A bookseller on his favorite read of the year
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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A (cute) lesson in how 'you can be different -- and yet still be friends'
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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Recipes for a good story
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Murakami mesmerizes with his fiction, but his nonfiction is not to be missed
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May 25, 2018 |
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'A good, old-fashioned page turner' from Jennifer Egan
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May 18, 2018 |
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An 'elegant, accessible, transcendent, earthy' poetry collection
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May 04, 2018 |
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When Teddy Roosevelt went to the Amazon
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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If the Civil War ended with zombies
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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For Ferrante fans, another story of 'a very strong woman, very well told'
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Apr 14, 2018 |
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'You're rooting for the good guys, and you can just smell and breathe the bad guys'
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Apr 07, 2018 |
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Would you want to know the exact date of your death?
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Mar 31, 2018 |
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An author who starts where most others end
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Mar 24, 2018 |
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A powerful look at black girls' path through the education system
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Mar 17, 2018 |
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'Loaded': A look at the complex history of the Second Amendment
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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'Based on a True Story': A creepy, twisty page-turner
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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'Black Panther' fans, here's your next read
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Feb 24, 2018 |
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A novel on the power and pains of sisterhood
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Feb 10, 2018 |
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Where 'life is locked in an interlude of longing'
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Feb 03, 2018 |
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A perfect example of 'if these walls could talk'
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Jan 27, 2018 |
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What does it really take to be a writer?
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Jan 20, 2018 |
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In a time of wishes, two books for young readers
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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That time you fell in love with a mutant potato
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Dec 30, 2017 |
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A brutal crime and the beginning of the FBI
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Dec 23, 2017 |
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The best fantasy book ever published?
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Dec 16, 2017 |
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'Stephen Florida' is a study in obsession -- and college wrestling
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Dec 09, 2017 |
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A book about the "small acts that can turn friends into family"
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Nov 25, 2017 |
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Finding humanity in a computer lab
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Nov 18, 2017 |
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A road trip novel that dredges up the past
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Nov 11, 2017 |
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A cookbook made for tiny, unconventional kitchens
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Nov 04, 2017 |
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An 'inventive and engrossing' memoir, 10 years in the making
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Oct 28, 2017 |
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'Beautiful Darkness': A dark story, gorgeously illustrated
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Oct 21, 2017 |
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Strange occurrences in a rainy Irish valley are just the beginning
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Oct 14, 2017 |
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A 'hypnotic,' 'pointillistic' novel
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Oct 07, 2017 |
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Seven fantasy and sci-fi recommendations from a diehard reader
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Sep 30, 2017 |
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A 'completely hypnotic' book to spend the afternoon with
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Sep 23, 2017 |
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A look back at the Battle of Hue, in time for the 50th anniversary
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Sep 16, 2017 |
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For 'Jaws' fans, a look at what it's really like to hunt a shark
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Aug 26, 2017 |
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The case for short stories: 'How can you not be satisfied with this one perfect, delicious thing?'
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Aug 19, 2017 |
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Historical fiction and shades of 'Goosebumps': An escapist middle grade read
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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How to become a 'superforecaster'
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Aug 05, 2017 |
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Love and arson in rural Virginia
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Jul 29, 2017 |
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A new spy thriller that's 'very well-researched -- and very scary'
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Jul 22, 2017 |
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Dive into the twisted world of 18th century New York City
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Jul 15, 2017 |
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An island inhabited by nine -- and only nine -- orphans
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Jul 08, 2017 |
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Raising a chimp as part of the family
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Jun 17, 2017 |
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The stories behind twelve different bullet wounds
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Jun 10, 2017 |
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This big book could carry you through the summer
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Jun 03, 2017 |
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A brilliant novel told through ten conversations
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May 27, 2017 |
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Wonder women: A history of female characters in comic books
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May 13, 2017 |
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A novel that asks: How do we forgive the ones we love?
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May 06, 2017 |
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'If you ever want to understand the immigrant experience,' read this book
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Apr 22, 2017 |
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An underground library and the perfect mystery
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Apr 15, 2017 |
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A book that offers 'healing to us as a human family'
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Apr 08, 2017 |
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A thriller for those who loved 'Clueless' and 'Mean Girls'
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Apr 01, 2017 |
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'A little bit dark, a little bit odd, always absolutely beautiful': The short stories of Carys Davies
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Mar 25, 2017 |
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The story of 'The Other Einstein': His wife
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Mar 18, 2017 |
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On Douglas Adams's 65th birthday, pick up 'The Hitchhiker's Guide'
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Mar 11, 2017 |
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An unnerving thriller that will stick with you for weeks
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Mar 04, 2017 |
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The story of the 'last true hermit,' who lived alone in the woods for 27 years
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Feb 25, 2017 |
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'The New Jim Crow' and 'The Communist Manifesto': Best-sellers in the age of Trump
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Feb 18, 2017 |
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What it's like to have -- and lose -- a sister
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Feb 11, 2017 |
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A family locks itself away after a series of murders
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Feb 04, 2017 |
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With wisdom, humor and regret, an 85-year-old takes a walk
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Jan 28, 2017 |
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'Homesick': An edgy and gritty collection of short stories
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Jan 21, 2017 |
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A hard-boiled crime novel with a heavy dose of history
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Jan 14, 2017 |
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Yes, he's cranky. Yes, he's a little bitter. But 'Ove' is a hit
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Jan 07, 2017 |
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Weekend reading: A teenage girl stumbles into an arson club
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Dec 31, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Print in Portland, Maine
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Dec 10, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: The Writer's Block in Las Vegas
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Dec 03, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: The Learned Owl in Hudson, Ohio
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Nov 26, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Atomic Books in Baltimore
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Nov 19, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Rediscovered Books in Boise
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Nov 12, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Square Books in Oxford, Miss.
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Nov 05, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Oct 29, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Left Bank Books in St. Louis
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Oct 22, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Phinney Books in Seattle
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Oct 15, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Mont.
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Oct 08, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C.
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Oct 01, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City
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Sep 24, 2016 |
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Ask a Bookseller: Star Line Books in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Sep 17, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: 57th Street Books in Chicago
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Sep 10, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Prairie Lights in Iowa City
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Sep 03, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: The Tattered Cover in Denver
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Aug 27, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee
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Aug 20, 2016 |
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Ask a bookseller: SubText in St. Paul
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Aug 12, 2016 |