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Our Week in Reviews: 7/4/26

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

    Putin’s Sledgehammer

    Book Review

    Putin’s Sledgehammer

    By Candace Rondeaux

    An engrossing look at Yevgeny Prighozin’s soldiers-for-hire.

    Centroeuropa

    Book Review

    Centroeuropa

    By Vicente Luis Mora; translated by Rahul Bery

    A quirky fairytale replete with a witch, a giant, and lots of corpses.

    Beyond The Book

    What Scares YOU?

    By Tara Laskowski

    What Scares YOU?

    We all have something that freaks us out…

    Book Review

    Motherthing: A Novel

    By Ainslie Hogarth

    Motherthing: A Novel

    A surprisingly wry blood-spattered tale.

    Book Review

    Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite

    By Jaime Weinman

    Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite

    An affectionate, erudite look back at Bugs and Daffy’s reign.

    Book Review

    My Monticello

    By Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

    My Monticello

    A wry, captivating reimagining of history both recent and receding.

    Book Review

    Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide

    By Juliet Patterson

    Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide

    An intelligent, deeply researched reflection on the ultimate form of self-harm.

    Essay

    Washington Irving’s Halloween Feast

    Why not sup in Sleepy Hollow this spooky season?

    Poetry Review

    On Poetry: October 2022

    New collections to make life more lyrical.

    Book Review

    Ice War Diplomat: Hockey Meets Cold War Politics at the 1972 Summit Series

    An affable Canadian ambassador recounts long-ago sports diplomacy.