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The Columnist
By Donald A. Ritchie
The real-life story behind a storied American muckraker.
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
By Richard Flanagan
Australia’s most celebrated novelist demands that we stop ignoring climate change, but it’s a repetitive lecture.
To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
By Carole Emberton
A formerly enslaved person shares her gripping yet incomplete story.
I Was the President’s Mistress!!
By Miguel Syjuco
This antic Filipino picaresque pays off big for patient readers.
City on Fire: A Novel
By Don Winslow
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This piercing tale’s emotional precision distinguishes it from its author’s recent bestsellers.
Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American
By Ian MacAllen
This history of a beloved cuisine is rich in facts but dry as a box of Barilla.
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Recalling a forbidden midcentury romance.
The Sack of Detroit
By Kenneth Whyte
Though persuasive in places, this exhaustive history overstates its case.
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