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32 of the Summer’s Hottest New Novels

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18 Top Book Cub Reads Now in Paperback

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Lucinda Williams, 70, Discusses Her New Memoir

41 of Our Favorite New Books This Year

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from left to right top anne boleyn and elizabeth the first by tracy borman then never give up by tom brokaw then the country of the blind by andrew leland then the many lives of mama love by lara love harden bottom left to right the in between by hadley vlahos then ice by amy brady then president garfield by c w goodyear then august wilson by patti hartigan

14 of Summer’s Top Nonfiction Books

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The Weekly Read: What’s New in Books

From left to right, top to bottom: This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan, Finding Me by Viola Davis, the Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore, 8 Rules of Love by Jay Shetty, Trejo by Danny Trejo, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, the Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

7 Nonfiction Audiobooks Perfect for Long Road Trips

43 of Spring’s Top Books You Should Read

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Author Matthew Desmond Wants to Help Older Adults in Need

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Laura Dern, Mom Diane Ladd ‘Walk and Talk’ About Life and Recipes

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Exclusive Excerpt From Anne Heche’s Memoir, ‘Call Me Anne’

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