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New novel asks: How much can a male friendship take?

5:00am February 19, 2025

by Andrew Limbong

Eric Puchner's new novel, Dream State, was just named the latest Oprah book club pick. It's about a love triangle that tests the decades-long friendship of two college friends.

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Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel 'Mothers and Sons'

9:38am January 31, 2025

Adam Haslett's compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It's a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.

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A light-hearted murder mystery weekend turns deadly in Kate Atkinson's cozy thriller

11:54am September 20, 2024

Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.

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A complex immigrant family story lies beneath the breezy veneer of 'Sunshine Nails'

3:22pm July 06, 2023

by Ilana Masad

Mai Nguyen's debut novel centers on the family of Tuyet and Xuan Tran, Vietnamese refugees who settle in Toronto. It simmers with questions about work, class and generational divides.

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

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Two new feel-good novels about bookstores celebrate the power of reading

12:33pm July 05, 2023

by Heller McAlpin

Most novels set in bookshops are heartwarming paeans to bonds forged among readers. The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa are no exception.

An archival postcard of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., where much of the novel Even As We Breathe is set.

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'Even As We Breathe': A First Novel From A Teacher Who Writes For Her Students

6:41pm November 22, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

The book is a mystery of sorts, set at an upscale North Carolina resort during World War II. Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle teaches at a high school with a student population that's 30% Native American.

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