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The Man Who Ate Too Much
By John Birdsall
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This exemplary work gives voice to the closeted gay man behind the flashy gourmand.
Unrequited Infatuations
By Stevie Van Zandt
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The musician/actor’s new memoir is entertaining, if a little thin.
The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World
By Claire Tomalin
Sadly, the man at the center of this new biography remains largely invisible.
Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
By Nadia Wassef
The author packs an entire library’s worth of subjects into this captivating memoir.
Led Zeppelin: The Biography
By Bob Spitz
This gimlet-eyed chronicle reveals the rock gods to be sadly (and sickeningly) human.
We Need to Talk
By Jennifer Risher
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Striking it rich doesn’t — or shouldn’t, at least — fundamentally change who you are.
Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
By Nathaniel Philbrick
Authorial intrusions mar this otherwise rollicking history.
Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane
By Paul Auster
This weighty homage seeks to spark a renaissance in the 19th-century author’s readership.
