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Penny’s 19th installment in the beloved Gamache series is a particularly haunting and relevant mystery novel. Yael van der Wouden’s novel, shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, is about ...

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“Masquerade” is a meandering, surreal and unsettling search for identity as its main character, Meadow, examines the masks he's worn throughout his adult life. One by John Grisham and Jim ...

My own family history aside, they say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Yet Melania’s simple, classy design, displaying the title in white against a black background, speaks volumes about ...

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