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THE INCENDIARIES (HARDCOVER) by R. O. Kwon

August 31, 2018

THE VULNERABLE TURN VIOLENT in this exquisitely bleak, deeply insightful story of a cult based at an Ivy-esque college. A MINUS

THE INCENDIARIES (HARDCOVER)
Riverhead Books
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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THE TERRIBLE (PAPERBACK) by Yrsa Daley-Ward

August 25, 2018

A POET’S FEARLESS MEMOIR, filled with fire and sadness, tells of a complicated Black British family bound by love and secrets. A MINUS

THE TERRIBLE (PAPERBACK)
Penguin Books
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura Van Den Berg

August 23, 2018

ELEGANTLY SURREAL NOVEL explores grief and obsession through the eyes of a recent widow visiting Havana. B PLUS

THE THIRD HOTEL
FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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MY BROTHER MOOCHIE (HARDCOVER) by Issac J. Bailey

August 20, 2018

A HERITAGE OF VIOLENCE, and its impact on one Black family and their community. Impassioned, insightful. B PLUS

MY BROTHER MOOCHIE (HARDCOVER)
Other Press
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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JAR OF HEARTS (HARDCOVER) by Jennifer Hillier

August 16, 2018

COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER about a serial murderer and his onetime teenage accomplice. Deeply chilling. B PLUS

JAR OF HEARTS (HARDCOVER)
Minotaur Books
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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BETWEEN TWO MINDS by D C Wright-Hammer

August 13, 2018

TENSE, HIGH-ENERGY THRILLER set in a future where mind transplants are common, but not always easy. B PLUS

BETWEEN TWO MINDS: AWAKENING
Hammerstone Creative
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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1517 (HARDCOVER) by Peter Marshall

August 11, 2018

MYTHOLOGIZING MARTIN LUTHER: a witty, brilliant, admirably clear look at how people make history (in both senses of the phrase). A MINUS

1517 (HARDCOVER)
Oxford University Press
2017

Grade: A MINUS

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BABY TEETH by Zoje Stage

August 9, 2018

SHARP, TERRIFYING DOMESTIC horror pits a very troubled, angry little girl against her parents. Compulsively readable! B PLUS

BABY TEETH
St. Martin’s Press
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE BLURRY YEARS (PAPERBACK) by Eleanor Kriseman

August 6, 2018

WISTFUL, LUMINOUS NOVEL follows a girl’s unsettled 1980s childhood. Tiny heartbreaks painted in shimmering prose. A MINUS

THE BLURRY YEARS (PAPERBACK)
Two Dollar Radio
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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ONE NATION UNDER GOLD (HARDCOVER) by James Ledbetter

August 4, 2018

AMERICA’S ENCHANTMENT WITH GOLD, and how that has shaped politics since 1776. Deeply researched, engagingly written! B PLUS

ONE NATION UNDER GOLD (HARDCOVER)
Liveright Publishing Corporation
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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