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Looking at History Through the Deadly Conflicts Over Territory

January 24, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Simon Winchester’s “Land” is a sweeping survey of territorial battles throughout history and the injustices they have spawned. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Ethics of Adoption in America

January 24, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Gabrielle Glaser talks about “American Baby,” and Kenneth R. Rosen discusses “Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Everybody Loved Blake, Except His Wives. Sometimes, We Hated Him.’

January 23, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Cate Quinn’s debut mystery, “Black Widows,” investigates three sister-wives who all had good reasons to wish their controlling husband dead. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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An Artist Whose Comics Tell Us What It’s Like to Be Depressed

January 23, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute examines the work of Allie Brosh, who has returned after a long absence with a new book, “Solutions and Other Problems.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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How Martha Teichner, CBS Correspondent, Spends Her Sundays

January 22, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

One thing is for certain: She will have a bull terrier by her side and at least another one in her thoughts. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Two Sisters Who Changed the Medical Profession

January 22, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “The Doctors Blackwell,” Janice P. Nimura tells the story of Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, physicians who became feminist figures almost in spite of themselves. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Raised on Le Carré, He Wrote a Thriller Dipped in Poison

January 21, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Sergei Lebedev is making his debut as a spy novelist with “Untraceable,” a book inspired by the attempted killing of a former Russian intelligence agent. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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At the Inauguration, Amanda Gorman Wove History and the Future Into a Stirring Melody

January 21, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Gorman’s reading of her poem “The Hill We Climb” on Wednesday combined the personal and political. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Frank Figliuzzi, “The FBI Way”

January 20, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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After Words with Beau Wise and Tom Sileo, “Three Wise Men”

January 20, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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How Can We Read Edith Wharton Today?

January 20, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Published in 1913, “The Custom of the Country” follows the social rise of Undine Spragg, a fictional character who, in many ways, feels very modern. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘The Copenhagen Trilogy,’ a Sublime Set of Memoirs About Growing Up, Writing and Addiction

January 20, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Tove Ditlevsen’s three memoirs — “Childhood,” “Youth” and “Dependency” — recall her beautiful, cruel mother and the author’s headlong dive into addiction. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame, 1968-2011’ by William Feaver

January 19, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

William Feaver’s “The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame, 1968-2011” completes a two-volume biography of the pioneering realist painter. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment in “The Hill We Climb”

January 19, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history will read a work she finished after the riot at the Capitol. “I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen,” she says. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Dr. Seema Yasmin, “Viral BS”

January 18, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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What Is a Home? In ‘Aftershocks,’ the Answer Is Not So Clear

January 18, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In her memoir, Nadia Owusu contemplates what it means to find home. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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What Can We Expect After the Pandemic?

January 18, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Four new books look at life after the virus and reach startlingly different conclusions. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Sen. Josh Hawley Finds New Publisher For Book Bashing ‘Big Tech’

January 18, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Previously, Simon & Schuster canceled the publication of the Missouri Republican’s book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” in the wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books BEST DEAL … Read more…

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D.I.Why?

January 17, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

We’ve come a long, exhausted way from trying to make the best of it. Here are some new “Do It Yourself” books that more accurately reflect the moment. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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James Comey and Truth in Government

January 17, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Joe Klein talks about Comey’s “Saving Justice,” and Elisabeth Egan discusses Peter Ho Davies’s “A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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For Comfort Reading, Susan Minot Turns to Comic Writers

January 16, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Being funny is not only hard but perhaps the most powerful thing of all.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Thrillers Spiked With Malice and Dread

January 15, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Looking for a nerve-fraying whodunit? These three novels — including one from Jane Harper — will keep you up at night. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Essential Octavia Butler

January 15, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

She created vivid new worlds to reveal truths about our own. Here’s where to start with her books. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult

January 14, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Josh Hawley and Donald Trump Jr. are just the latest in a long line of people who have used the word as a cudgel for settling scores and scoring points. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The ‘Great Gatsby’ Glut

January 14, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel about America and aspiration is now in the public domain, so new editions, as well as a graphic novel and a zombie adaptation, have gotten the green light. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with Adam Jentleson, “Kill Switch”

January 13, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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How ‘The Turner Diaries’ Incites White Supremacists

January 13, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The 1978 novel, which Amazon recently removed from its site, depicts a right-wing assault on the Capitol. Scholars say the parallels with last week’s insurrection are clear and chilling. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In ‘Aftershocks,’ a Search for Home in a Life Around the World

January 13, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Nadia Owusu’s beautiful and unsettling memoir is an attempt to understand what it means to be rooted and rootless. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, To Publish First Historical Romance Novel

January 13, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The duchess, once married to Prince Andrew, said she also drew on “many parallels from my life” for the love story. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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72 Hours of Book TV this Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend

January 12, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Mike Gonzalez, “The Plot to Change America”

January 12, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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‘Summerwater’ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day

January 12, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In Sarah Moss’s new novel, shut-in vacationers in Scotland observe each other and the state of the world with suspicion. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Sally Rooney to Publish ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’

January 12, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The novel, which follows four young people in Ireland, is part of a two-book deal for the best-selling author of “Normal People” and “Conversations With Friends.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Unexpected Joys of Little Free Libraries

January 11, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

You can still borrow books for free even when public libraries are closed, though each personal collection has its own character. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Saving Justice,’ by James Comey

January 11, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Comey’s “Saving Justice” is a revealing memoir that describes his feelings about Trump and his worries about the nation. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Gary Paulsen’s Real-Life Survival Guide

January 10, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Gone to the Woods” is a memoir so rife with childhood trauma he wrote it in the third person. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Charles Yu Talks About ‘Interior Chinatown’

January 10, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Yu discusses his National Book Award-winning novel, and David S. Brown talks about “The Last American Aristocrat,” his biography of Henry Adams. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and Splendor

January 9, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Andrea Pitzer’s new book resurrects the story of William Barents’s 16th-century expeditions to the Arctic. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Murder, Murder Everywhere: the Woods, the Hospital, the Market Square

January 9, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Marilyn Stasio surveys the latest crime novels and finds them very much to her liking. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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New in Paperback: ‘Weather’ and ‘The Making of a Miracle’

January 8, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Six new paperbacks to check out this week. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley’s Book

January 8, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican’s upcoming book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” following criticism of his efforts to overturn the presidential election. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Twitter Users Mock Josh Hawley After He Loses Book Deal Over Capitol Riot Role

January 8, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“The First Amendment doesn’t force businesses to give you a platform or pay you for your words,” one Twitter user noted. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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‘W-3,’ a Memoir That Recalls Suffering Without Sentimentality or Sensationalism

January 7, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Bette Howland’s 1974 memoir, recently reissued, recounts her time in a psychiatric ward and the people she met there. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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This Time, He Stars In His Own Story

January 7, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Gabriel Byrne, known for his contemplative performances in “The Usual Suspects” and “In Treatment,” contends with his unlikely path to acting in his memoir, “Walking With Ghosts.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Sharyl Attkisson, “Slanted”

January 6, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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‘The Prophets’ Explores Black Love and Memory in a Time of Trauma

January 6, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Robert Jones Jr.’s debut novel tells the story of two enslaved boys in love. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In ‘The Liar’s Dictionary,’ People Work on the Definition of Love and Many Other Words

January 6, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Eley Williams’s first novel follows characters living in London more than a century apart who toil to compile the same ill-fated dictionary. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Bestselling Novelist Eric Jerome Dickey Dead At 59

January 6, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Jerome wrote Naughty or Nice,” “Waking With Enemies” and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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John Mackey, “Conscious Leadership”

January 5, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Hate Working Out? Blame Evolution

January 5, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Daniel Lieberman’s “Exercised” looks at evolutionary biology to explain what might be the most appropriate workout regimen for our bodies. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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This Is Parenthood — and Not Just the Charming, Photogenic Parts

January 5, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Peter Ho Davies’s novel, “A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself,” tells the story of one family’s beginnings to show what to expect when you’re raising a real human being. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with Catherine Flowers, “Waste”

January 4, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Scott Donaldson, Biographer of Literary Titans, Dies at 92

January 4, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

His subjects included Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Cheever, though he acknowledged that writing a definitive biography was an unattainable goal. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Is Pam Jenoff a Law Professor Moonlighting as a Novelist, or Vice Versa? You Decide

January 4, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The prolific author describes her double life as “messy” and “imperfect.” Nevertheless, she publishes a lot of books. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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A Year of Scandals and Self-Questioning for France’s Top Publishers

January 3, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The release of “Consent” put France’s literary establishment under a harsh spotlight. The publishing industry is grappling with a nation that it resembles less and less. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Cat Girl? A Kinder, Gentler Superhero Comic

January 3, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Katie the Catsitter wrangles 217 “genius-level smart,” slightly “evil” felines in Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue’s new graphic novel series. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In Searching Essays, Knausgaard Extols the Freedom and Limitations of Art

January 2, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“In the Land of the Cyclops,” the Norwegian author’s first essay collection to be published in English, circles the mysteries of artistic creation, including his own writing process. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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9 New Books We Recommend This Week

January 2, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Bifurcating Realities, Joseph P. Kennedy and Other Letters to the Editor

January 1, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Fareed Zakaria on Life After the Pandemic

January 1, 2021 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Zakaria discusses “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World,” and Margaret MacMillan talks about “War: How Conflict Shaped Us.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Nearly a Century Later, We’re Still Reading — and Changing Our Minds About — Gatsby

December 31, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Our critic considers why F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic inspires and withstands so much interpretation. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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How Politics, Protests and the Pandemic Shaped a Year in Books

December 31, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

From “American Dirt” to “Apropos of Nothing” to “A Promised Land,” here is what happened in the literary and publishing world’s unforgettable 2020. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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4 Young Adult Crossover Novels

December 30, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The latest fiction from Nic Stone, Elizabeth Wein, David Yoon and Arvin Ahmadi. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Robert Jones Jr. Is Son of Baldwin, and More

December 30, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The writer’s debut novel, “The Prophets,” is the Black queer love story he longed to read. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Essays Struggle With Big Ideas

December 29, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“In the Land of the Cyclops” collects earnest essays about artists and photographers, “Madame Bovary,” Ingmar Bergman, Michel Houellebecq and more. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In ‘Beginners,’ a Writer Takes Up Chess and Surfing and Singing and Juggling and 


December 29, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In his new book, Tom Vanderbilt says that our culture is so caught up in work and ambition that “we’re afraid of being just OK at things.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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New in Paperback: ‘Brother & Sister’ and ‘The Resisters’

December 28, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Six new paperbacks to check out this week. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Aimee Nezhukumatathil Wants You to Get Some Fresh Air

December 28, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In her best-selling essay collection, the veteran poet offers a cynicism-busting perspective on nature. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Andrew Sullivan on the War Within Conservatism and Why It Matters to All of Us

December 27, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Edmund Fawcett’s “Conservatism” is a sweeping history that reaches deep into the past but with startling relevance for the present. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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For Ijeoma Oluo, Books and Bedtime Are a Perfect Combination

December 27, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Lately, I’ve been able to find a few minutes to read in bed each night after my family has gone to sleep and it’s been absolutely heavenly.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Eyes Open. Hit First. Move Fast. Stop When He’s Dead.’

December 26, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The Butcher’s Boy may no longer be a professional hit man, but he hasn’t forgotten how to kill, as we learn in Thomas Perry’s new novel, “Eddie’s Boy.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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8 New Books We Recommend This Week

December 26, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Doodles of Great Writers

December 25, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Nabokov left a butterfly, Roxane Gay drew an elephant and Isabel Allende offered a caricature of herself — a few gems hidden in the guest book of the 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Answering Mail From Our Listeners

December 25, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Critics and editors at The Times respond to questions about criticism, reading habits, favorite stories and more. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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13 New Books to Watch For in January

December 24, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Essays from Joan Didion, George Saunders on why fiction matters and plenty more. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The ‘Trump Bump’ for Books Has Been Significant. Can It Continue?

December 24, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

As a new administration looms, publishers have snapped up another crop of forthcoming Trump books by prominent journalists and pundits. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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2020 Kirkus Prize

December 23, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Want the Good Life? This Philosopher Suggests Learning From Cats.

December 23, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Feline Philosophy,” John Gray concedes that we “cannot know what it is like to be a cat,” but that doesn’t stop him from trying. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Walter Tevis Was a Novelist. You Might Know His Books (Much) Better as Movies.

December 23, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In addition to “The Queen’s Gambit,” adapted into the current Netflix hit, Walter Tevis wrote the novels “The Hustler,” “The Color of Money” and “The Man Who Fell to Earth.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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72 Hours of Book TV starting Christmas Day

December 22, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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New Years Weekend on Book TV

December 22, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Audiobooks to Get You Through the Most Distracted of Times

December 22, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

New fiction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Barack Obama’s accent game, a Wilco frontman’s memoir and romance by Vonnegut. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Why on Earth Is Someone Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts?

December 22, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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New in Paperback: ‘The Dutch House’ and ‘The Nation City’

December 21, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Six new paperbacks to check out this week. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Overlooked No More: Clarice Lispector, Novelist Who Captivated Brazil

December 21, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Critics lauded her stream-of-consciousness style and described her as glamorous and mysterious. But she didn’t always welcome the attention she received. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Three New Cinderella-Inspired Romance Novels

December 20, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

There’s something for everyone in these intelligent, offbeat happily-ever-afters. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Best Book Covers of 2020

December 20, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The Book Review’s art director offers his annual laurels to the covers that distinguished themselves in his eyes. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Karen Killilea, 80, Dies; Turned Disability Into Triumph

December 19, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

She refused to be limited by her cerebral palsy. Her story was the subject of two widely read books and became an inspiration to many. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Agents of Change

December 19, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Kerri Greenidge discusses two books about African-Americans in the years before the Civil War, and Neal Gabler talks about “Catching the Wind,” his biography of Edward Kennedy. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Lost and Found: A Missing Camus Biography and a Christmas Miracle

December 18, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Geoff Dyer remembers the book that came back. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Their Publishing Imprint Closed. Now They’re Bringing It Back.

December 18, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In a literary landscape dominated by the biggest players, Cindy Spiegel and Julie Grau are among the executives rejecting the corporate publishing model and instead starting their own companies. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Will a Famous Critic’s Desk Cure My Writer’s Block?

December 17, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Seeking inspiration from Vincent Canby’s Gothic trestle table. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Fantasia,’ ‘Snow White,’ Betty Boop, Popeye and the First Golden Age of Animation

December 17, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Reid Mitenbuler’s “Wild Minds” is full of high-flown aspirations and zany anecdotes. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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When Publishing Women Was a Radical Act: A British Editor Looks Back

December 16, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “A Bite of the Apple,” Lennie Goodings recalls her time at Virago Books, occupying a front seat to feminist history. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Nikki Giovanni, Finding the Song in the Darkest Days

December 16, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s, part of a Biden campaign ad in 2020, she has never stopped writing. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book TV Presents Coverage of the 2020 Miami Book Fair

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The British Activist Who Was a Spiritual Ancestor to Today’s Teen Radicals

December 15, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel,” by Rachel Holmes, captures the turbulent life of an indefatigable crusader for women’s and workers’ rights. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel,’ by Rachel Holmes: An Excerpt

December 15, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Lee Drutman, “Congress Overwhelmed”

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After Words with Ruth Beh-Ghiat, “Strongmen”

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A Raging Pandemic Inspires Poetry With Little Bite

December 14, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Together in a Sudden Strangeness,” edited by Alice Quinn, gathers poems that react to life during the coronavirus crisis. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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John le Carré, a Master of Spy Novels Where the Real Action Was Internal

December 14, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The author, who died on Saturday, “had a knack for language of every variety,” our critic Dwight Garner writes. “His books hum with the flavorful and recondite language of espionage.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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On Barack Obama’s Memoir and Other Letters to the Editor

December 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jerrold M. Post, Specialist in Political Psychology, Dies at 83

December 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

He invented the field at the C.I.A., producing influential “psychobiographies” of world leaders. He later used the same methods to analyze Donald Trump. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Stormy Fairy Tales

December 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The children in these three new novels brave blizzards, witches and monsters to convey a heartening message: “We will weather this together.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jo Nesbo Talks About ‘The Kingdom’

December 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Nesbo discusses his latest novel, and David Michaelis talks about his new biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘And THAT’S That!’: Zerlina Maxwell Breaks Down White Politics

December 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The hosts spoke with author and TV host Zerlina Maxwell about the importance of identity and the future of Biden’s presidency. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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The Best Graphic Novels of 2020

December 11, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Our Graphic Content columnists pick their favorites from a year rich with visual storytelling. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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What’s Fauci Reading? We Take Another Look at Celebrity Bookshelves

December 11, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

This year is finally coming to an end, so here is one last peek at the books behind Chris Rock, Jeff Bezos, Jemele Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Under the Mask, the Next Batman Will Be Black

December 10, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In a new comic written by John Ridley, who wrote “12 Years a Slave,” the new Batman will be revealed as Tim Fox, the son of a business associate of Bruce Wayne. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jerry Seinfeld Rarely Laughs While He’s Reading

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“The written word is tough.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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When Reading Had No End

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Books were a refuge in 2020, although some stories were more of a consolation than others. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Barack Obama Opens Up About Writing ‘A Promised Land’

December 9, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

He invited authors and historians to the White House and had already published a best-selling memoir. That didn’t make writing his latest book, “A Promised Land,” any less of a grind. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The 2020 Texas Book Festival

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What Made Leonardo Such a Great Artist? Science, Says a New Book

December 8, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “The Shadow Drawing,” Francesca Fiorani details how the master’s paintings stemmed from his interests in optics, anatomy and other natural sciences. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Dolly Parton and the Women Who Love Her

December 8, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Sarah Smarsh talks about “She Come by It Natural,” her book about Parton and the lives of her fans. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with Christa Parravani, “Loved & Wanted”

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Sinan Aral, “The Hype Machine”

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J.K. Rowling’s New Non-Potter Children’s Book

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If “The Ickabog” — about a land of plenty that due to a monstrous lie becomes a land of fear — sounds familiar, it’s pure coincidence. Really. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In His Autobiography, the College Basketball Giant John Thompson Is Plainspoken and Profound

December 7, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The longtime Georgetown coach, who died in August at 78, writes about his upbringing and his remarkable career in “I Came as a Shadow.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Roald Dahl’s Family Apologizes for His Anti-Semitism

December 6, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The author, who died in 1990, made several disparaging comments about Jews during his lifetime. “Those prejudiced remarks are incomprehensible to us,” the family said in a statement online. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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David Sedaris on a Career-Spanning Collection

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Sedaris talks about “The Best of Me” and his life as an essayist. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The 10 Best Crime Novels of 2020

December 5, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Lars Kepler’s “The Rabbit Hunter,” Susan Furlong’s “Shattered Justice” and more. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Dolly Parton Likes to Read by the Fire in Her Pajamas

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Remembering Miguel AlgarĂ­n, a Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

December 4, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

A fellow writer recalls Algarín, who once wrote that the poet was “the philosopher of the sugar cane that grows between the cracks of concrete sidewalks.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Our House Is a Very, Very, Very Fine House

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These books will help us feel a little bit better about being stuck inside. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Homeira Qaderi Wants Her Son to Know Her, So She Wrote a Book

December 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

When the Taliban halted education for girls, this young activist fought to find her voice as a writer. Now she’s using it to make herself heard. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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One Whodunit Nests Inside Another in ‘Moonflower Murders’

December 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Anthony Horowitz’s new meta-mystery features possible clues to a murder inside an Agatha Christie-like novel. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Times Critics Discuss 2020 in Books, From ‘Pandemic Blur’ to Favorite Discoveries

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The Times’s staff critics talk with one another about the reading they did in 2020, on and off the job. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Times Critics’ Top Books of 2020

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The Times’s staff critics give their choices of the best fiction and nonfiction works of the year. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with Kevin Williamson, “Big White Ghetto”

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7 New Books to Watch For in December

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There’s a new novel from Jane Smiley and biographies of the English suffragist Sylvia Pankhurst and Louise Fitzhugh, the creator of “Harriet the Spy.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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A Warlord’s Memoir Is Surprisingly Modern and Charming, When It’s Not Gruesome

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“The Babur Nama” is the autobiography of the polymathic founder of the Mughal dynasty. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In Depth with Eddie Glaude LIVE 12/6

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2020 National Book Awards

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A Poet Who Mesmerizes by Zigs and Zags, Hopping From Idea to Idea

November 30, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “That Was Now, This Is Then,” the Pulitzer-winning poet Vijay Seshadri invites readers into his coiling, conversational thought process. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Assaults and Occupations in Wartime

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Two new books look at men in battle and civilians under occupation. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Walt Whitman, Parenting Books and Other Letters to the Editor

November 29, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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New in Paperback: ‘Invisible Americans’ and ‘Hunter’s Moon’

November 29, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Gift Books for Children (That Adults Will Also Love)

November 28, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Upside-down fairy tales, a neon periodic table, the art of Ramona Quimby and more. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Her Antenna Is Tuned to the Quietest Voices

November 28, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Yu Miri won a National Book Award for “Tokyo Ueno Station,” a novel whose main character is the ghost of a homeless construction worker. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2020

November 27, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In “This Is Your Time,” Ruby Bridges Urges a New Generation to Keep Fighting

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The trailblazer’s best seller is intended for a middle grade audience, but her message of persistence is relevant to people of all ages. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Claudia Rankine Wishes More Writers Thought About Whiteness

November 26, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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‘The Glorious American Essay,’ From Benjamin Franklin to Zadie Smith

November 25, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

This anthology, edited by Phillip Lopate, offers a selection of 100 essays from colonial times to the present, about a wide range of philosophical and practical subjects. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Penguin Random House to Buy Simon & Schuster

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ViacomCBS agreed to sell the 96-year-old company in a deal that potentially creates a megapublisher. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Trump’s Former Ghostwriter Has Four Words Of Post-Presidency Advice

November 25, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Tony Schwartz, who co-wrote “The Art Of The Deal” in 1987, said he refuses to work on the president’s memoirs. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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Barack Obama, “A Promised Land”

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Why Harry Truman Matters Today

November 24, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Joe Scarborough’s “Saving Freedom” recalls how politicians in 1947 took the lead in fighting isolationism and redefining America’s role in the world. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Remembering the Enslaved Who Sued for Freedom Before the Civil War

November 24, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “A Question of Freedom,” the historian William G. Thomas III writes about families who pursued more than a thousand freedom suits, a number of them successful. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with Sally Hubbard, “Monopolies Suck”

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Douglas Ginsburg, “Voices of Our Republic”

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New in Paperback: ‘The Grammarians’ and ‘Edison’

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A Wild, Caustic Satire Packed With the Absurd

November 23, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Guillermo Stitch’s novel “Lake of Urine” is full of bristly characters and bizarre incidents. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Trying to Keep It Together in Zoom School

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When a children’s book tour goes virtual, high jinks ensure. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The 10 Best Books Through Time

November 22, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

A look at our picks from the past 16 years. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jan Morris, a Distinctive Guide Who Took Readers Around the World

November 21, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Morris, who died on Friday at 94, was an inveterate traveler who wrote acclaimed books about Venice, Hong Kong, New York and many other places. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Joy Williams and Her Unique Views of America

November 21, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

A.O. Scott talks about Williams’s fiction, and Nicholas Christakis discusses his new book about the coronavirus, “Apollo’s Arrow.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Classic Novel That Robert Macfarlane Just Couldn’t Finish

November 20, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Wild landscapes, weird nature, science fiction — this really should be my jam. But no.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Booker Prize 2020: Douglas Stuart Wins for ‘Shuggie Bain’

November 20, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The autobiographical novel, about the lonely gay son of an alcoholic mother in 1980s Scotland, was one of four debut books in this year’s shortlist. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Funeral Diva,’ a Mix of Memoir and Poetry, Stirs the Body and Mind

November 19, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Pamela Sneed’s book powerfully recalls the contributions and leadership of lesbians during the height of the AIDS crisis. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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2020 National Book Award Winners: Full List

November 19, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The nonfiction prize went to Les Payne and Tamara Payne for “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.” The crime novelist Walter Mosley received a lifetime achievement award. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jill Paton Walsh, Multigenerational Writer, Dies at 83

November 18, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Her books for young readers had won acclaim when, in 1994, one for adults made the Booker Prize shortlist — but only after she had resorted to publishing it herself. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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A Trump Memoir Would Sell. Will Publishers Buy It?

November 18, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Some publishing executives worry their authors and staff might rebel, but they say their bigger concern would be ensuring the book’s accuracy. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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2020 Brooklyn Book Festival

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Book Review: ‘V2,’ by Robert Harris

November 17, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“V2,” Robert Harris’s new World War II novel, follows a German engineer of the feared rockets and a British woman sent to stop them. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In This Debut Novel, a Chinese Immigrant Keeps His Sleepwalking Sister’s Secrets

November 17, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Simon Han’s “Nights When Nothing Happened” exposes the tedium and tension of life as a foreigner in America. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Using the Bible in an Apocalypse and Other Letters to the Editor

November 16, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Undreamed Waters, Unexpected Shores

November 16, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Two remarkable new picture books about ships that pass in the night. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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A Girl Raised in Isolation Stumbles on an Exit

November 15, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Cleo Porter and the Body Electric,” a lighthearted adventure written before the pandemic, imagines a post-virus world eerily like the one we now inhabit. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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David Byrne on Turning ‘American Utopia’ Into a Book

November 15, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Byrne talks about his work with the artist Maira Kalman on his latest book, and Brittany K. Barnett discusses “A Knock at Midnight.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Adam Higginbotham, “Midnight in Chernobyl”

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After Words with Deborah Stone, “Counting”

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Where Does Our Consciousness Overlap With an Octopus’s?

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In “Metazoa,” Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the ocean depths to illuminate how the minds of animals work. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller Is Back. This Time He’s the Suspect.

November 14, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “The Law of Innocence,” someone has planted a corpse in the trunk of the snazzy lawyer’s famous Lincoln Town Car. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Spare a Thought for the Indies

November 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Independent bookstores have suffered in Covid times. Here’s a few of the more famous ones and how they’re faring. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Loved and Wanted,’ by Christa Parravani

November 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Loved and Wanted,” Christa Parravani gets real about abortion access in West Virginia. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Dalai Lama Calls For Climate Change Action In New Book, Suggests ‘Buddha Would Be Green’

November 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Saving the world from the climate crisis is our common responsibility,” writes the 84-year-old spiritual leader. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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Barack Obama Has A Damning Description Of Lindsey Graham In His New Book

November 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The former president compares the South Carolina senator to a movie character… and not in a good way. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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‘I Am My Own Subject’: Celia Paul on Lucian Freud, Motherhood and a Life in Art

November 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In her mesmerizing “Self-Portrait,” Paul recounts her fraught relationship with Freud and the challenges of realizing her artistic ambitions. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The ‘Detective Work’ Behind a War Novel

November 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Maaza Mengiste spent years on “The Shadow King,” not only writing but also learning Italian, living in Rome and amassing an archive of historical photography that informed her book. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with John Fabian Witt, “American Contagions”

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Who Was Pappy Van Winkle and Why Does His Whiskey Cost So Much?

November 11, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Wright Thompson’s “Pappyland” goes deep into Kentucky’s bourbon culture through a history of one of its prominent producer families. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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A Monumental and Rapturous New Anthology of Black American Poetry

November 11, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song,” edited by Kevin Young, contains an overwhelming amount of variety and history. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Evan Osnos, “Joe Biden”

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2020 Southern Festival of Books

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‘The Arrest,’ by Jonathan Lethem: An Excerpt

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Book Review: ‘The Power of Adrienne Rich,’ by Hilary Holladay

November 10, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Hilary Holladay’s biography examines the upbringing, poems, and political and sexual awakenings of the vital and influential writer. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Kindred,’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

November 9, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Kindred,” Rebecca Wragg Sykes offers a complete new story about Neanderthals, both how they lived and how they met their end. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘The Arrest,’ by Jonathan Lethem

November 9, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In Lethem’s new novel, “The Arrest,” a visitor upends the pastoral, postapocalyptic lives of a farming community in Maine. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Short Stories Need a Defender. She’s Ready.

November 8, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Danielle Evans talks about “The Office of Historical Corrections,” a “slightly weirder” book than her last, and the comfort of not being the only Black writer in the conversation. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Birth of the Animal Rights Movement

November 8, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Ernest Freeberg talks about “A Traitor to His Species,” and the illustrator Christian Robinson discusses his career in picture books. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In Times of Crisis, Life-Affirming Picture Books

November 7, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

These new works from Tomi Ungerer, Sophie Blackall and Christian Robinson are realistic and — without being soppy — filled with hope. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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What’s Scarier, an Abandoned Boardinghouse or a Creepy Porcelain Doll?

November 7, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Not much frightens Marilyn Stasio — except, as she admits in her new crime fiction column, eerie old dolls. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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10 Of The Most Anticipated Book Releases Of November 2020

November 7, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Including the first of President Barack Obama’s forthcoming memoirs and the sequel to “Ready Player One.” Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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4 Books Fareed Zakaria Recommends for Today’s Political Moment

November 6, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is on the list: “Still the best book ever written about this country.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jo Nesbo’s New Book Stars an Antisocial Loner. It’s Not Harry Hole.

November 6, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

There’s butchery and blood aplenty in “The Kingdom,” but no sign of Nesbo’s beloved police detective — just two brothers who have been up to no good. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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25 Children’s Books That Explain Death And Grief To Kids

November 6, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

These stories help kids understand and process loss. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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Escape to Another Century! These Historical Novels Are Your Ticket

November 5, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

First stop, Tudor England, then on to postwar Paris and turn-of-the-century Scotland. No passport required. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Poem: Landing Here

November 5, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Who knows what will happen? Where will we land? How will we spend the winter? NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jeffrey Sutton, “The Essential Scalia”

November 4, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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The Pandemic’s Future — and Ours

November 4, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Apollo’s Arrow,” by Nicholas A. Christakis, looks at the coronavirus from several angles and suggests some possibilities in the months and years to come. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘How to Make a Slave’ Offers Restless, Brilliant Thoughts About Race

November 4, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In this book of essays, a finalist for a National Book Award, Jerald Walker writes that racism is “the great American disease with which we are all afflicted.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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2020 Schomburg Center Literary Festival

November 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Book Review: ‘To Be a Man: Stories,’ by Nicole Krauss

November 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In her first collection, “To Be a Man,” characters are caught between the forces of family, faith and personal freedom. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Watching Writers Pace the Streets, and Seeing Symptoms of Social Ills

November 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “The Walker,” Matthew Beaumont profiles some of literature’s most obsessive pedestrians to analyze their troubled relationships to their eras. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘The Best of Me,’ by David Sedaris

November 2, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

More than any of his other collections, “The Best of Me” defines who he is and how he’s grown as a writer. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Collected Stories,’ by Shirley Hazzard

November 2, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The award-winning Australian-American writer’s “Collected Stories” includes pointed observations about the natural world and human nature. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Kids’ Graphic Novels That Turn the Superhero Genre on Its Head

November 1, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Bright, bold and utterly unconventional, both “Mister Invincible” and “Primer” flout all the “rules.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Life in an America Where Some Are Only ‘Conditional Citizens’

November 1, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In her first nonfiction book, the novelist Laila Lalami offers a wrenching look at her experience as a naturalized citizen and the challenges endured by immigrants like her. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Divisions That Are Destroying the Country

October 31, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Divided We Fall,” David French warns that secession movements are a real possibility for the future. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Bland Fanatics,’ by Pankaj Mishra

October 31, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Mishra’s “Bland Fanatics” argues that many of liberalism’s exalted ideas have collapsed. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with Carlos Lozada, “What Were We Thinking”

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A Writing Career Among Trailblazing Music Stars

October 30, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Peter Guralnick talks about “Looking to Get Lost,” and Alex Ross discusses “Wagnerism.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Steve Martin Likes Books in the ‘I Can’t Put This Down’ Genre

October 30, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Bookstores could easily have only two sections, ‘Riveting’ and ‘Kinda Boring.’” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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16 New Books to Watch for in November

October 29, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Barack Obama’s memoir is landing. So is a biography of Adrienne Rich and buzzy fiction from Jo Nesbo, Nicole Krauss and Susie Yang. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘There Are Tons of Brown Faces Missing’: Publishers Step Up Diversity Efforts

October 29, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The push in book publishing for more authors and workers of color hasn’t abated, and companies are increasingly making lasting changes to the way they do business. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath,’ by Heather Clark

October 28, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Red Comet,” a mammoth new biography by Heather Clark, aims to rescue the poet from the clichĂ©s that have dominated her afterlife and secure her status as a major American writer. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Using the Law to Fight Epidemics, for Better and Worse

October 28, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “American Contagions,” John Fabian Witt writes about how jurisprudence has influenced public health, from promoting the social good to compounding existing inequalities. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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New Book Showcases 100 Years Of Male Intimacy Before Gay Relationships Were Legal

October 28, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love” is a powerful testament to same-sex couples and the strength they demonstrated prior to the Stonewall uprising. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books BEST DEAL UPDATES:

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The Strand Calls for Help, and Book Lovers Answer

October 27, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“It’s awkward because the track record for the ownership here is not great,” one customer said. “But it’s also an institution. My parents shopped here.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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When a Kidnapping Ring Targeted New York’s Black Children

October 27, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “The Kidnapping Club,” Jonathan Daniel Wells describes the circle of slave catchers and police officers who terrorized New York’s Black population in the three decades before the Civil War. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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LIVE this Sunday: 20th Anniversary Commemoration of In Depth

October 26, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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2 New Books Answer Kids’ Pre-Election Questions

October 26, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

A review in comics format helps inquisitive young citizens learn how we choose who runs our country. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Music Biographer Peter Guralnick’s New Book Covers Many Subjects — Including Himself

October 26, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Looking to Get Lost” features writing by the acclaimed biographer about Ray Charles, Merle Haggard and others, as well as about his own life and career. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Barack Obama Releases First Excerpt Of New Memoir, Details Fight For Health Care Reform

October 26, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The former president’s 768-page memoir, “A Promised Land,” is slated for release in November. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Real-Life Political Violence Fuels Fiction in ‘The Abstainer’

October 25, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Ian McGuire talks about his new novel, and Elisabeth Egan discusses Romy Hausmann’s “Dear Child.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Pushed From the Clock Tower, Buried in the Yard

October 25, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In Marilyn Stasio’s new crime-fiction column, the bodies accumulate at a rather alarming rate. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with Gerald Seib, “We Should Have Seen it Coming”

October 24, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Grim, Ghastly and Gruesome: New Horror Fiction

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An Ex-Trump Insider Looks to Our Future With Russia and China

October 24, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The former national security adviser H.R. McMaster’s new book, “Battlegrounds,” examines recent foreign policy and charts a path forward. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Martin Amis Is Committed to the Pleasure Principle in Books

October 23, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“In plainer terms, we read literature to have a good time.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut

October 23, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Douglas Stuart, a fashion designer, started writing fiction on the side. Now his first book is up for the Booker Prize and the National Book Award. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ Editor Starts Her Own Publishing Firm

October 22, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Molly Stern, the former publisher of Crown, is starting Zando, an independent publishing company with an unusual marketing strategy. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Martin Amis Offers the ‘Inside Story’ of His Relationships With Three Famous Writers

October 22, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Amis’s new book is a “novelized autobiography” in which he writes warmly and familiarly about Philip Larkin, Saul Bellow and Christopher Hitchens. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Sean Spicer, “Leading America”

October 21, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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‘I Came From Nothing’: An Undocumented Writer Defies the Odds

October 21, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, a National Book Award finalist for “The Undocumented Americans,” talks immigration, her unconventional approach to nonfiction and why impostor syndrome doesn’t faze her. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Billion Dollar Loser’ Recounts WeWork’s Big Dreams and Its Harsh Wake-Up Call

October 21, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Reeves Wiedeman writes about the WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann and what the company represents about the last decade. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster (Ret.) “Battlegrounds

October 20, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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After Words with Rev. Al Sharpton, “Rise Up”

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The Pious French Poet Who Palled Around With Picasso and Apollinaire

October 20, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters,” Rosanna Warren retraces the colorful history of a now largely forgotten figure of French modernism who was surrounded by famous friends. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor

October 20, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Philip Gefter’s new biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most,” argues for Avedon’s place as one of the 20th century’s most consequential artists. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘The Dead Are Arising,’ by Les Payne and Tamara Payne

October 19, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Thirty years in the making, “The Dead Are Arising,” by Les Payne and Tamara Payne, sharpens our understanding of the Black activist and thinker whose influence continues to reverberate. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Festival Cancels Abu Dhabi Event After Allegations of Sexual Assault

October 19, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

An employee of the Hay Festival in Abu Dhabi said she was accosted by the tolerance minister of the U.A.E. earlier this year. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Invasion of the Memory Snatchers

October 18, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In Kory Merritt’s “No Place for Monsters,” an invisible force is snatching kids in the night, erasing them not only from their beds but from everyone else’s memory. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Ottoman Empire’s Influence on the Present Day

October 18, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Alan Mikhail talks about “God’s Shadow,” and Benjamin Lorr discusses “The Secret Life of Groceries.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance

October 17, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Two new books, David H. Rundell’s “Vision or Mirage” and Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck’s “Blood and Oil,” offer insights into an enigmatic country. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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America’s Refusal to Address the Roots of Violence

October 17, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Elliott Currie’s “A Peculiar Indifference” traces the history of violence in Black communities and the reasons for it. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Coffee Time for Zora and Fannie, Before the Harlem Renaissance

October 16, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Early in her career, Zora Neale Hurston made a connection with the best-selling novelist Fannie Hurst — an alliance that would shape her own writing life. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Your Local Bookstore Wants You to Know That It’s Struggling

October 16, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Independent booksellers are desperate for customers to return, and not just for an online reading. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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A Mother Takes Readers on a Journey With Her Autistic Son

October 15, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Amy S.F. Lutz asks difficult questions in “We Walk.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Just Like You, Claire Messud Never Read ‘A Brief History of Time’

October 15, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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An Undercover Trip Into the Rageful Worlds of Incels and White Supremacists

October 14, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

To research and write “Culture Warlords,” Talia Lavin created fake identities and interacted with far-right communities online. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ’150 Glimpses of the Beatles,’ by Craig Brown

October 14, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Craig Brown follows up the best-selling “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret” with a book about John, Paul, George and Ringo. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Jennifer Taub, “Big Dirty Money”

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Claire Messud Looks Back on Life, and the Art That Shaped Her

October 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write,” the longtime novelist explores her development as a writer. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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John Grisham Brings Back His Hero Jake Brigance for a Third Case

October 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “A Time for Mercy,” the small-town Mississippi lawyer defends a teenager who killed his mother’s abusive boyfriend. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Kamala Harris Trolls With RBG Book During SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing

October 13, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The children’s book, “I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark,” appeared over Harris’ shoulder as she spoke out against Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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Chris Whipple, “The Spymasters”

October 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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After Words with Candace Owens, “Blackout”

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Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are

October 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “The Silence,” two wealthy couples watch the Super Bowl together as power grids mysteriously go down all over the world. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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With New Translation, Story of Hiroshima Bombing Finds a New Audience

October 12, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Hiroshima,” one of the first accounts of the devastation in Japan, was read nearly everywhere in the world except Russia. Nearly 75 years later, that is changing. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Fate of Refugees After World War II

October 11, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

David Nasaw talks about “The Last Million,” and Carlos Lozada discusses “What Were We Thinking.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Louise Penny’s Most Haunting Novel Yet

October 11, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In her crime fiction column, Marilyn Stasio weighs in on four new books, including the 16th Inspector Armand Gamache mystery. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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A Life of James Beard Stocked With Tasty Morsels

October 10, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“The Man Who Ate Too Much,” by John Birdsall, a food critic and former cook, offers a thoroughly researched, sensitive portrait of the man known as the “dean of American cookery.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Reading All the Books on Nike, Déjà Vu Sets In

October 10, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Win at All Costs” is the latest effort, following books like “Swoosh,” “Bowerman and the Men of Oregon” and “No Logo,” to better understand the company. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Does an Intellectual History of the Trump Era Exist? It Does Now

October 9, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Joe Klein reviews that book, Carlos Lozada’s “What Were We Thinking,” as well as two Washington Post journalists’ account of the impeachment and its aftermath. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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The Poet Louise GlĂŒck Talks About Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature

October 9, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“It seemed to be extremely unlikely that I would ever have this particular event to deal with in my life.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Editing Humanity,’ by Kevin Davies

October 8, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Editing Humanity,” Kevin Davies offers an account of Crispr at a moment when its leading American researcher has just won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Louise GlĂŒck, a Nobel Winner Whose Poems Have Abundant Intellect and Deep Feeling

October 8, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Our critic says it’s relatively easy to understand GlĂŒck’s poems, but also impossible to utterly get to the bottom of them. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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New Children’s Book Gives Boys Who Love Ballet A Chance To Feel Seen

October 8, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

John Robert Allman’s “Boys Dance!” explains how fancy footwork can pay off at school and in sports, while spotlighting male role models in the art form. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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Modern Science Didn’t Appear Until the 17th Century. What Took So Long?

October 7, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “The Knowledge Machine,” the philosopher Michael Strevens says that there is something fundamentally irrational and even “inhuman” about the scientific method. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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In ‘Fauci,’ a Doctor Whose Work and Mission Have Been Shaped by Politics

October 7, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Michael Specter’s audiobook biography shapes the story of Anthony Fauci into a stirring, and very American, morality play. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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After Words with John Brennan, “Undaunted”

October 6, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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Tana French’s Irish Western Features a Retired Lawman and a Missing Boy

October 6, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

With “The Searcher,” French moves away from the Dublin Murder Squad and her usual Dublin setting to drink in the open landscapes of western Ireland. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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National Book Awards Finalists Announced

October 6, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

There are now five contenders each for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. The winners will be named in November. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Lynne Cheney, :The Virginia Dynasty”

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Donald Trump Jr., “Liberal Privilege”

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Jenny Holzer App to Bring ‘Great Books’ Home

October 5, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

The project, commissioned by the University of Chicago, will let users virtually project thought-provoking quotes from its Core Curriculum onto their surroundings. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Book Review: ‘Snow,’ by John Banville

October 5, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Snow” is a classic policier like the novels written under Banville’s pen name, Benjamin Black. But it is a superbly rich and sophisticated one. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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From Sharecropping to the Voting Booth in 3 Generations

October 4, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Loretta Little Looks Back,” a novel in monologues, Andrea Davis Pinkney invites young readers to “go tell it” by reciting along with the characters. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Comics That Dismantle the White Cowboy Myth

October 4, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “Black Heroes of the Wild West,” James Otis Smith introduces a new audience to Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves and Bob Lemmons. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Hari Kunzru on Writing ‘Red Pill’

October 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Kunzru talks about his new novel, and Ben Macintyre discusses “Agent Sonya,” his latest real-life tale of espionage. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Sometimes, the Funny Thing About Poetry Is the Poems

October 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Two debut collections, Sumita Chakraborty’s “Arrow” and Chessy Normile’s “Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party,” both show that humor can be a valuable weapon in a serious poet’s arsenal. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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10 Of The Most Anticipated Book Releases Of October 2020

October 3, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Including Alice Hoffman’s prequel to “Practical Magic,” a collection of essays from Maggie Smith and a new book from author Tana French. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and Reader Exclusives – HuffPost Books FASHION DEALS:

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Trump and the Press and Other Letters to the Editor

October 2, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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New in Paperback: ‘Running Home’ and ‘The Shadow King’

October 2, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

Six new paperbacks to check out this week. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Shout Out to the Bodega Boys, From the Bronx to the Best-Seller List

October 1, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

In “God-Level Knowledge Darts,” Desus Nice & the Kid Mero deliver a “fat sack of truth nuggets.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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With His New Mystery Novel, John Banville Kills Off a Pen Name

October 1, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

“Snow” would normally have been published under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, but Banville says he doesn’t need that “rascal” anymore. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Merriam-Webster Has Strong Words For Trump’s Debate Take On Proud Boys

October 1, 2020 Charles L Myrick.comBook Marketplace

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How ‘Rage’ Challenged Bob Woodward

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The First Photos of Enslaved People Raise Many Questions About the Ethics of Viewing

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Trump Really Wanted Ivanka As His 2016 Running Mate, According To Rick Gates

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How One Afro-Latina Comic Book Artist Is Changing The Marvel Universe

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Natacha Bustos didn’t see Black or brown characters in the comic books she read growing up. Now, she’s the one creating powerful superheroes like “Moon Girl” in hopes of inspiring young girls of color. Book Reviews, Excerpts, Audio Books and … Read more…

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The Incredible Influence of James A. Baker III

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Peter Baker and Susan Glasser’s “The Man Who Ran Washington” tells the story of the incredibly influential statesman and insider’s insider. NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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‘Mark Trail’ Jumps Into an Adventure With a New Cartoonist

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Sam McBratney Dies at 77; Wrote ‘Guess How Much I Love You’

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C.I.A. Operatives in the Early Years of the Cold War

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Reed Hastings, the Founder of Netflix, Keeps His Library in His Pocket

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David Chang’s Memoir, ‘Eat a Peach,’ Provides Food for Thought

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How the New York Times Best-Seller Lists Come Together

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Review: ‘Where Law Ends,’ by Andrew Weissmann

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Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer in the special counsel’s office, details the investigators’ findings and frustrations in his new memoir, “Where Law Ends.” NYT > Books BEST DEAL UPDATE:

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Grief and Geology Both Take Time in ‘The Book of Unconformities’

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Book Review: ‘White House, Inc.,’ by Dan Alexander

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‘Welcome to the New World,’ by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan: An Excerpt

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Book Review: ‘Jack,’ by Marilynne Robinson

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Letters to the Editor

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Winston Groom, Author of ‘Forrest Gump,’ Dies at 77

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Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real

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Ayad Akhtar on Truth and Fiction

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