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'Drawn Testimony' is a courtroom sketch artist's memoir spanning 40 years
Published: 8/21/2024 -
Rufaro Faith Mazarura's 'Let the Games Begin' is a rom-com set in the Olympic village
Published: 8/20/2024 -
'We Were Illegal' examines Texas history through multiple generations of one family
Published: 8/19/2024 -
Two books revisit the cultural impacts of Tina Turner, Duke Ellington and more
Published: 8/16/2024 -
Sheetal Sheth pens a children's book about Raksha Bandhan in 'Raashi's Rakhis'
Published: 8/15/2024 -
In 'Bringing Ben Home,' Barbara Bradley Hagerty examines a wrongful conviction
Published: 8/14/2024 -
In 'Five-Star Stranger,' a man gets hired on an app to pretend to be a girl's father
Published: 8/13/2024 -
In 'Midnight in Moscow,' a U.S. ambassador recounts his time in Russia
Published: 8/12/2024 -
Nancy Pelosi opens up about how she wields 'The Art of Power'
Published: 8/9/2024 -
M.T. Anderson's 'Nicked' follows a heist to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas
Published: 8/8/2024 -
Juli Min's novel 'Shanghailanders' unfolds in reverse
Published: 8/7/2024 -
Cory Richards' memoir covers mountains, photography and mental health
Published: 8/6/2024 -
Sarah Perry's 'Enlightenment' ponders faith, astronomy and friendship
Published: 8/5/2024 -
Novels by Claire Lombardo and Catherine Newman explore different stages of motherhood
Published: 8/2/2024 -
'The Boiling Moat' plants a military strategy to prevent China's capture of Taiwan
Published: 8/1/2024 -
Jon M. Chu's memoir 'Viewfinder' traces his journey to making movies
Published: 7/31/2024 -
In 'Liars,' Sarah Manguso explores a marriage falling apart
Published: 7/30/2024 -
Stephen Graham Jones explores a new side of horror in 'I Was a Teenage Slasher'
Published: 7/29/2024 -
Riley Sager and Johanna Copeland set thrillers in suburbia
Published: 7/26/2024 -
Khushbu Shah's cookbook 'Amrikan' honors the Indian American diaspora
Published: 7/25/2024
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