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| Ash Dark As Night by Gary PhillipsIn 1965 Los Angeles, Black freelance news photographer Harry Ingram covers the Watts riots, capturing police brutality on film. He's arrested, but with the help of his girlfriend, the photos get printed. In addition, Harry's hired to look for a man who went missing during the riots. This atmospheric follow-up to One-Shot Harry will please fans of Walter Mosley's mysteries. |
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| The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate ClaybornYears after their mother ran off with an infamous con artist, Jess accompanies her half-sister Tegan on a journey to find out what happened, accompanied by a pair of true crime podcasters. This novel by the author of Love Lettering offers an "engrossing road trip romance that doubles as a journey of self-discovery" (Publishers Weekly). You might also like: Alicia Thompson's Love in the Time of Serial Killers; Nicole Deese's The Roads We Follow. |
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| The Spoiled Heart by Sunjeev SahotaMiddle-aged Nayan Olak is running for union leader at the Chesterfield, England, company where he works, but when there's a surprise opponent, things get ugly. At home, Nayan develops a relationship with a woman who may have a secret connection to the tragic death of his mother and young son years ago. Read-alikes: The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar; Love Marriage by Monica Ali. |
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| Death in the Details by Katie TietjenNewly widowed and in need of money in 1946 Vermont, Maple Bishop starts selling intricate dollhouses. While delivering her first order, she finds a body, and the cops say it's suicide. Maple disagrees, creating a diorama of the scene to prove it's murder and investigating with help from a rookie cop. Katie Tietjen's fascinating debut is inspired by Frances Glessner Lee's Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. |
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| A Short Walk Through A Wide World by Douglas WesterbekeIn 1885 Paris, nine-year-old Aubry Tourvel keeps a toy instead of sacrificing it, cursing her with immortality and the need to move locations every few days, never repeating locations. Embarking on a (mostly) solo journey spanning centuries and continents, Aubry looks for healing, connection, and meaning. Read-alikes: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab; How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. |
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| Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith ButlerGroundbreaking gender studies scholar Judith Butler explores how right-wing ideologues weaponize gender to spread fear-mongering misinformation in this thought-provoking study named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by ELLE, The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, and more. Further reading: He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar. |
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| Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia CarrJournalist Cynthia Carr chronicles the life of trans actress, Warhol superstar, and Velvet Underground muse Candy Darling in this lively biography named a Must-Read by The New York Times Book Review, Nylon, Town & Country, and more. Try this next: As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy by Alice Sedgwick Wohl. |
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| Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi DenchAcademy Award-winning actor Judi Dench dishes on her seven-decade career (including roles in 20 of Shakespeare's plays) in this witty and engaging series of transcribed interviews with her longtime friend Brendan O'Hea, himself an actor at Shakespeare's Globe. Try this next: Making It So by Patrick Stewart. |
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| Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuValAward-winning historian Kathleen DuVal's sweeping and scholarly history offers a corrective to Eurocentric narratives about Indigenous Americans by spotlighting one thousand years of Native autonomy, governance, and resistance. For fans of: National Book Award-winning The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk. |
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| The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis GatesIn his accessible and richly detailed latest, historian and bestselling author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. surveys five centuries of the Black literary canon, revealing the complexities and contradictions of Black self-definition in the written word. Try this next: Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature by Farah Jasmine Griffin. |
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| The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly JacksonBel wishes everyone could move past her mother Rachel’s mysterious disappearance sixteen years ago. But then Rachel reappears, perfectly timed with the filming of a true crime documentary, and Bel realizes it’s time to uncover the truth. Read-alikes: Tomi Oyemakinde’s The Changing Man; Vincent Ralph’s Are You Watching? |
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| Storm Dragons: Lightningborn by Julie KagawaThe floating kingdom of Gallecia is in danger, and the quest to rescue it from calamity brings together three unlikely companions: orphan Remy, dragon foundling Storm, and mage-in-training Gem (btw, she's also a princess). This exciting fantasy opens a new series that's perfect for fans of Alex London's Battle Dragons books. |
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| Oh, Are You Awake? by Bob Shea; illustrated by JarvisPenguin is exhausted, but every time he begins to drift off into dreams filled with candy and magical adventures, he's startled awake by his bored, antsy friend Lion. Textured, playful art with lots of visual humor makes this picture book a great read-aloud. Read-alike: Jory John's Goodnight Already!. |
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