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November 29, 2025

The Complete Notebooks of Camus

November 29, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Complete Notebooks of Camus

The first complete English-language translation of the notebooks of Camus

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November 29, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Albert Camus, The Complete Notebooks, French literature, Ryan Bloom, literature in translation
November 28, 2025

The Dream Factory by Daniel Swift

November 28, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Dream Factory by Daniel Swift

A history of the theater that was precursor to the famous Globe of Shakespeare’s day

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November 28, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
The Dream Factory, Daniel Swift, Elizabethan history, Elizabethan theater, Shakespeare
November 27, 2025

Vagabond by Tim Curry

November 27, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
Vagabond by Tim Curry

A multi-talented entertainer's delightful albeit arm's-length memoir.

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November 27, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Tim Curry, Vagabond, celebrity memoir
November 26, 2025

Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

November 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

A forensic account of why the Internet stinks so bad

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November 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
November 25, 2025

Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath

November 25, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath

A biographical deep dive into the three key players at Gettysburg

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November 25, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Tim McGrath, Three Roads to Gettysburg, George Gordon Meade, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, American history, Civil War history, American Civil War
November 21, 2025

Joyride by Susan Orlean

November 21, 2025/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward
Joyride by Susan Orlean

A memoir from the author Susan Orlean

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November 21, 2025/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward/
Joyride, Susan Orlean
November 20, 2025

The Romans by Edward Watts

November 20, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Romans by Edward Watts

A new one-volume history of Rome, from Romulus and Remus to the fall of Constantinople

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November 20, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Edward Watts, the Romans, Roman history, ancient Rome, history
November 19, 2025

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

November 19, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
King Sorrow by Joe Hill

An overlong and predictable suspense/thriller/horror novel riddled with political proselytizing.

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November 19, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Joe Hill, King Sorrow, fiction, American fiction
November 18, 2025

The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman

November 18, 2025/ Janet Wertman
The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman

The story behind the legendary change of dynasties

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November 18, 2025/ Janet Wertman/
Tracy Borman, James I, Elizabeth I, royal biography, English Monarchy, English History, The Stolen Crown
November 16, 2025

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee

November 16, 2025/ Hannah Joyner
The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee

Previously unpublished stories illuminate the literary development of the author of an American classic.

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November 16, 2025/ Hannah Joyner/
The Land of Sweet Forever, Harper Lee, American literature
November 15, 2025

The Sun Rising by Anna Whitelock

November 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Sun Rising by Anna Whitelock

A new look at the ambitions of a newborn British empire

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November 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Anna Whitelock, The Sun Rising, James I, English histiroy, English history, England, royal biography
November 13, 2025

The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan

November 13, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan

A bewilderingly subpar cozy mystery/romance from a best-selling author

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November 13, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
The Secret Christmas Library, Jenny Colgan, fiction, romance
November 12, 2025

Frog and Other Essays by Anne Fadiman

November 12, 2025/ Katherine Harper
Frog and Other Essays by Anne Fadiman

A review of Anne Fadiman’s new collection of essays

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November 12, 2025/ Katherine Harper/
November 11, 2025

Diogenes by Inger N. I. Kuin

November 11, 2025/ Vincent McGean
Diogenes by Inger N. I. Kuin

A biographical reconstruction of the ancient Greek philosopher

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November 11, 2025/ Vincent McGean/
November 10, 2025

Kant: A Revolution in Thinking by Marcus Willaschek

November 10, 2025/ Aaron Kyereh-Mireku
Kant: A Revolution in Thinking by Marcus Willaschek

A new intellectual biography of the great philosopher

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November 10, 2025/ Aaron Kyereh-Mireku/
November 08, 2025

The Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Canas

November 08, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
The Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Canas

A visually creepy novel perfect for the Halloween season.

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November 08, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Isabel Canas, The Possession of Alba Diaz, fiction, gothic horror
November 06, 2025

Underspin by E. Y. Zhao

November 06, 2025/ Tom LeClair
Underspin by E. Y. Zhao

A debut novel about table tennis

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November 06, 2025/ Tom LeClair/
November 05, 2025

(Th)ings and (Th)oughts by Alla Gorbunova

November 05, 2025/ Brock Covington
(Th)ings and (Th)oughts by Alla Gorbunova

A collection of stories from the prize-winning Russian poet

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November 05, 2025/ Brock Covington/
November 01, 2025

The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien by Brit Griffin

November 01, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien by Brit Griffin

An enjoyable hybrid of entwined genres, themes, and narrative styles.

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November 01, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien, Brit Griffin, fictino, fiction, contemporary fiction
October 29, 2025

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

October 29, 2025/ Tom LeClair
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

A review of Ian McEwan’s ambitious new novel

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October 29, 2025/ Tom LeClair/
Ian McEwan, What We Can Know, fiction, contemporary fiction
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