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Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness

Susannah Cahalan

Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness

A young journalist reports on her foray into madness.

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By Evan Thomas

Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World

This biography shows the commander-in-chief as a subtle but brutal strategist who staved off war in uncertain times.

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Grady Smith

Blood Chit

The horror of war and its traumatic aftermath are the transfixing center of the author’s first novel.

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Vaddey Ratner

In the Shadow of the Banyan

A family endures the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime in this author’s debut novel.

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Karen Thompson Walker

The Age of Miracles: A Novel

In this lyrical speculative tale, the slowing of the earth brings disorienting changes to humankind while the young protagonist struggles with the normal changes of adolescence.

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