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February 03, 2020

It’s a Mystery:  “Loyalty is a distorting mirror”

February 03, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery:  “Loyalty is a distorting mirror”

A beautifully realized thriller that moves at a pulse-pounding pace to a heart-stopping climax.

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February 03, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Raymond Fleischmann, Berkley, It's a Mystery, Irma Heldman
February 02, 2020

The Making of Poetry by Adam Nicolson

February 02, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Making of Poetry by Adam Nicolson

The “year of wonders” that raised Wordsworth and Coleridge to a new level of poetic greatness is the subject of Adam Nicolson’s new book

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February 02, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Poetry
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Adam Nicolson, Steve Donoghue
February 01, 2020

Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein

February 01, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein

An illuminating new study attempts to discover the what, when, and why of how boys and young men think about sex.

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February 01, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Society & Culture
peggy orenstein, parenting, Harper Collins, Steve Donoghue
January 30, 2020

The Free-Market Family by Maxine Eichner

January 30, 2020/ David Murphy
The Free-Market Family by Maxine Eichner

Maxine Eichner’s new jeremiad against the brutalities of free market capitalism is pointed and angry - but is it true?

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January 30, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
maxine eichner, Milton Friedman, Economics, David Murphy
January 28, 2020

Cat Tale by Craig Pittman

January 28, 2020/ Olive Fellows
Cat Tale by Craig Pittman

A new book describes the long and fascinating quest to save the fabled Florida panther.

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January 28, 2020/ Olive Fellows/
Animals & Nature
craig pittman, animals, nature, Olive Fellows
January 26, 2020

Fully Grown by Dietrich Vollrath

January 26, 2020/ David Murphy
Fully Grown by Dietrich Vollrath

A new book carefully explains the structure and nature of the US economy’s penchant for booms and busts … but is it gripping reading?

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January 26, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
dietrich vollrath, Economics, David Murphy
January 23, 2020

The American People Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact by Larry Kramer

January 23, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The American People Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact by Larry Kramer

Writer and activist Larry Kramer’s epic work “The American People” thunders to a conclusion in “The Brutality of Fact”

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January 23, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Literary Fiction, Fiction-LGBTQ
larry kramer, AIDS, fiction, Steve Donoghue
January 22, 2020

Running Against the Devil by Rick Wilson

January 22, 2020/ David Murphy
Running Against the Devil by Rick Wilson

Republican strategist Rick Wilson, author of the bestselling “Everything Trump Touches Dies,” writes a strategy guide for Democrats to defeat Trump in 2020.

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January 22, 2020/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
Rick Wilson, Crown Forum, American Presidents, American politics, Donald Trump, David Murphy
January 21, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go”

January 21, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go”

A new American classic; powerful, indelibly real and deeply moving.

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January 21, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Jeanine Cummins, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, mystery fiction, crime fiction, Flatiron Books
January 20, 2020

The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley

January 20, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski
The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley

As this book makes frighteningly clear, “fake news” and “alternative facts” are just the barest beginning of coming problem with telling the difference between truth and lies …

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January 20, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski/
Science/Technology
Samuel Wooley, technology, fake news, social media, Peggy Kurkowski
January 17, 2020

Democracy and Equality by Geoffrey R. Stone & David A. Strauss

January 17, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Democracy and Equality by Geoffrey R. Stone & David A. Strauss

The much-vexed legacy of the Warren Court is examined in this wise, compact volume.

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January 17, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
Geoffrey R. Stone, David A. Strauss, Oxford University Press, Supreme Court, American judicial system, American politics
January 15, 2020

Labyrinth of Ice by Buddy Levy

January 15, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski
Labyrinth of Ice by Buddy Levy

A new book tells the riveting story of an 1881 Far North expedition that went horribly awry.

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January 15, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski/
Environment/Geology
Buddy Levy, St. Martin's Press, Peggy Kurkowski, nonfiction, exploration, extreme cliimates, Action/Adventure
January 13, 2020

Kill Reply All by Victoria Turk

January 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Kill Reply All by Victoria Turk

The intricacies of email etiquette are dissected by Wired senior editor Victoria Turk.

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January 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Victoria Turk, Plume Publishing, the internet, digital culture, Penguin Random House
January 10, 2020

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

January 10, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

In Douglas Stewart’s moving debut novel, a family is shattered by a mother’s all-consuming alcoholism.

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January 10, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Literary Fiction, Fiction-Debut
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, literary fiction, debut novels, family drama, family relationships, Steve Donoghue
January 09, 2020

The Magical Language of Others by E. J. Koh

January 09, 2020/ Olive Fellows
The Magical Language of Others by E. J. Koh

A cache of letters is at the heart of this multi-generational memoir about a Korean family.

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January 09, 2020/ Olive Fellows/
Biography/Memoir, Nonfiction Translations
E. J. Koh, Tin House Books, memoir, Korean translation, Olive Fellows
January 08, 2020

Forever My Duke by Olivia Drake

January 08, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Forever My Duke by Olivia Drake

An independent-minded American woman thinks she has no use for a seemingly-idle British Duke, but love might have other plans …

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January 08, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Romance
Regency Romance, Olivia Drake, St. Martin's Press, Steve Donoghue
January 07, 2020

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

January 07, 2020/ Olive Fellows
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

Isabel Ibañez’s debut YA fantasy novel draws on the riches of Bolivian culture to tell its story royal intrigue and revenge.

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January 07, 2020/ Olive Fellows/
Fiction-Young Adult, Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Isabel Ibanez, nonfiction, fantasy, Page Street, Young Adult Fiction, Olive Fellows
January 06, 2020

The Essential Works of Thomas More

January 06, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Essential Works of Thomas More

All the major (and plenty of the minor) writings of St. Thomas More, in one gorgeously-designed hefty volume.

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January 06, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Philosophy
thomas more, Yale University Press, Steve Donoghue
December 22, 2019

The Best Books of 2019: Fiction!

December 22, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2019: Fiction!

Stevereads Best Books of 2019 closes with the very best of a strong year for fiction!

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December 22, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Stevereads, Literary Fiction
Best of 2019, Best of Lists, fiction, stevereads
December 21, 2019

The Best Books of 2019: Nonfiction!

December 21, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2019: Nonfiction!

The Stevereads 2019 year-end list is nearly complete—behold the year’s best nonfiction!

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December 21, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Stevereads
Best of 2019, Best of Lists, stevereads
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