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  1. 'Land of Milk and Honey' paints a dystopian future for fine dining

    Published: 10/11/2023
  2. 'The Big Myth' breaks down pro-market, anti-government propaganda in the U.S.

    Published: 10/10/2023
  3. Nathan Hill's 'Wellness' examines marriage, parenthood and polyamory

    Published: 10/9/2023
  4. Susan Kuklin and Maia Kobabe's books explore gender identity throughout adolescence

    Published: 10/6/2023
  5. Art Spiegelman reissues 'Breakdowns' with new perspective on book bans

    Published: 10/5/2023
  6. 'All Boys Aren't Blue' honors coming of age as a queer Black boy

    Published: 10/4/2023
  7. In 'New Kid,' a Black seventh grader navigates a new school

    Published: 10/3/2023
  8. Bans on books like 'Out of Darkness' target authors of color

    Published: 10/2/2023
  9. Novels by Hila Blum and William Landay unravel family mysteries

    Published: 9/29/2023
  10. 'Others Were Emeralds' is a coming-of-age story confronting racism in Australia

    Published: 9/28/2023
  11. Sandeep Jauhar's memoir explains how Alzheimer's works – and how it affected his dad

    Published: 9/27/2023
  12. Anne Enright's 'The Wren, The Wren' is a family story about poetry and betrayal

    Published: 9/26/2023
  13. 'Foreign Bodies' traces the history of pandemics and vaccine hesitancy

    Published: 9/25/2023
  14. Two books examine the lives of Afghans in the aftermath of American withdrawal

    Published: 9/22/2023
  15. Why Matthew McConaughey wrote a children's book about the "paradox of living"

    Published: 9/21/2023
  16. 'Roaming' is a graphic novel about friendship and travel

    Published: 9/20/2023
  17. In 'Jews in the Garden,' a Holocaust survivor tries to uncover uncomfortable truths

    Published: 9/19/2023
  18. Héctor Tobar examines Latino identity in 'Our Migrant Souls'

    Published: 9/18/2023
  19. Lauren Groff talks captivity narratives, climate change and 'The Vaster Wilds'

    Published: 9/15/2023
  20. Alice Carrière's memoir tackles the dissonance between memory and mental health

    Published: 9/14/2023

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