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“His Name Is George Floyd,” by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, is a thorough recounting of the life of the man whose brutal murder set off historic protests.
Ben S. Bernanke’s “21st Century Monetary Policy” is an insider’s account of the operations of the Fed.
Emma Straub’s new novel, “This Time Tomorrow,” is a love letter to a bygone era on the Upper West Side and a timeless family bond.
Daniel Guebel’s novel “The Absolute” is a sweeping, century-spanning genealogy of creative obsessions.
In Alexander Maksik’s “The Long Corner,” a writer leaves a dreary city for an enigmatic, possibly sinister artists’ colony.
A new translation by Rachel Careau breathes fresh life into Colette’s shockingly modern novels of May-December love.
In Audrey Magee’s novel “The Colony,” an artist and a linguist go to work on an Irish island during a politically fraught season.
Klay’s essay collection, “Uncertain Ground,” examines what war has come to mean in the United States.
An acclaimed author traces a journey away from her native language and discovers new selves in the process.
In “Who Killed Jane Stanford?” Richard White takes on a 1905 murder — and seamy cover-up — that has fascinated scholars for generations.
In her memoir, “Mean Baby,” the actor opens up about daily life with multiple sclerosis and the different identities she has juggled all her life.
“Time Zone J,” by Julie Doucet, and “Flung Out of Space,” by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer, inhabit their feminism in different and fascinating ways.
The antihero of Karen Jennings’s latest builds a stone wall between himself and the world that broke him.
A best seller in France, Camille Kouchner’s “The Familia Grande” is an indictment of incest that started a national reckoning.
“River of the Gods” is a fast-paced tale of the absurdly dangerous quest by two friends turned enemies to solve the geographic riddle of their era.
Paul Craddock’s gory and engrossing “Spare Parts” takes on ancient skin grafts, modern plastic surgery and everything in between.
The filmmaker and author’s latest book is “Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance.”
Paul Kennedy’s “Victory at Sea” is a sweeping, encyclopedic account of how six major navies fought World War II.
Stacy McAnulty’s “Save the People!” employs humor to call middle grade readers to action.
In “Answers in the Pages,” a fifth-grade boy and his classmates speak up against parents’ efforts to censor their curriculum.
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