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Here is a sample of some of the books prominently featured in the media this week.

July 24:

Digital Spy:

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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NPR:

Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson 

Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson

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 The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine

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NYT:

True Story: A Novel by Kate Reed Petty

True Story a novel by Kate Reed Petty

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Afterland by Lauren Beukes

 Afterland by Lauren Beukes,

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Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall

Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall

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A Saint from Texas by Edmund White

A Saint from Texas by Edmund White

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TIme:

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

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 Alice Knott by Blake Butler 

 Alice Knott by Blake Butler

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USA Today:

Pew by Catherine Lacey

Pew by Catherine Lacey

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A Star Is Bored by Byron Lane

A Star Is Bored by Byron Lane

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The Washington Post:

Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

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True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey Toobin

True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey Toobin

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Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

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Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All by Suzanne Nossel

Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All by Suzanne Nossel

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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

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Authors of Air:

NPR:

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary Trump

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary Trump

 

White too long: the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones

White too long: the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones

 

July 17:

Bookmark:

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People by Sally Rooney

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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

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Want by Lynn Steger Strong

Want by Lynn Steger Strong

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True Love by Sarah Gerard

True Love by Sarah Gerard

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Entertainment Weekly:

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles by Gary Krist

The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles by Gary Krist

The L.A. Times:

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

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NPR:

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

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NYT:

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick

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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor by Paul Dickson

The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor by Paul Dickson

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All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir by Mary Morris

All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir by Mary Morris

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Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

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Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

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Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

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The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs by Robert J Mrazek

 The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs by Robert J Mrazek

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USA Today:

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

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The Washington Post:

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

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Author on Air:

NPR:

Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh

Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh

 

July 10:

Bookmarks:

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L Trump

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Rodham: a novel by Curtis Sittenfeld

Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

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Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

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NPR:

Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir by Gail Caldwell 

 Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir by Gail Caldwell

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NYT:

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

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Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

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Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw by Charles Leerhsen

Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw by Charles Leerhsen

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Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L Trump

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People:

Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford

Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford

USA Today:

The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio

The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio

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The Washington Post:

Want by Lynn Steger Strong

Want by Lynn Steger Strong

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Antkind by Charlie Kaufman

Antkind by Charlie Kaufman

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Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous

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Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

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Authors of Air:

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

 

July 3:

Costco Connection:

The Wedding Thief by Mary Simses

The Wedding Thief by Mary Simses

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The Guardian:

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

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NPR:

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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NYT:

Make Russian Great Again by Christopher Buckley

Make Russian Great Again by Christopher Buckley

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THE FAKING OF THE PRESIDENT: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir Edited by Peter Carlaftes

THE FAKING OF THE PRESIDENT: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir Edited by Peter Carlaftes

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 Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War by Steve Inskeep

 Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War by Steve Inskeep

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The Washington Post:

The Lightness by Emily Temple

The Lightness by Emily Temple

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Authors on air:

When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error by Danielle Ofri

hen We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error by Danielle Ofri

 

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