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  1. 'Ruin their Crops on the Ground' tracks the history and politics of food in the U.S.

    Published: 9/2/2024
  2. 'The 15-Minute City' and 'Rethinking Rescue' reimagine existing systems

    Published: 8/30/2024
  3. 'How to Leave the House' follows a quest for a missing package

    Published: 8/29/2024
  4. In 'On the Edge,' Nate Silver analyzes professional risk-takers

    Published: 8/28/2024
  5. 'Hurdles in the Dark' is a memoir about a kidnapping, juvenile detention and racing

    Published: 8/27/2024
  6. Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague

    Published: 8/26/2024
  7. 'Us, After' and 'A Haunted Girl' tackle mental health

    Published: 8/23/2024
  8. Gabino Iglesias' 'House of Bone and Rain' is a tale of vengeance in Puerto Rico

    Published: 8/22/2024
  9. 'Drawn Testimony' is a courtroom sketch artist's memoir spanning 40 years

    Published: 8/21/2024
  10. Rufaro Faith Mazarura's 'Let the Games Begin' is a rom-com set in the Olympic village

    Published: 8/20/2024
  11. 'We Were Illegal' examines Texas history through multiple generations of one family

    Published: 8/19/2024
  12. Two books revisit the cultural impacts of Tina Turner, Duke Ellington and more

    Published: 8/16/2024
  13. Sheetal Sheth pens a children's book about Raksha Bandhan in 'Raashi's Rakhis'

    Published: 8/15/2024
  14. In 'Bringing Ben Home,' Barbara Bradley Hagerty examines a wrongful conviction

    Published: 8/14/2024
  15. In 'Five-Star Stranger,' a man gets hired on an app to pretend to be a girl's father

    Published: 8/13/2024
  16. In 'Midnight in Moscow,' a U.S. ambassador recounts his time in Russia

    Published: 8/12/2024
  17. Nancy Pelosi opens up about how she wields 'The Art of Power'

    Published: 8/9/2024
  18. M.T. Anderson's 'Nicked' follows a heist to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas

    Published: 8/8/2024
  19. Juli Min's novel 'Shanghailanders' unfolds in reverse

    Published: 8/7/2024
  20. Cory Richards' memoir covers mountains, photography and mental health

    Published: 8/6/2024

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