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#9: My New Friend Is So Fun! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

Amazon Top Ten - Mon, 07/16/2018 - 7:05pm

My New Friend Is So Fun! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Mo Willems (Author, Illustrator)
(243)

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The Book That Terrified Neil Gaiman. And Carmen Maria Machado. And Dan Simmons.

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 07/16/2018 - 3:00pm

13 authors recommend the most frightening books they’ve ever read.

Fiction: Competing Scientists Plus a High-Stakes University Lab Equals Murder

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 07/16/2018 - 5:00am

Megan Abbott’s dark, swampy new novel, “Give Me Your Hand,” is lit by a current of rage.

#10: Snow Falling

Amazon Top Ten - Sun, 07/15/2018 - 7:03pm

Snow Falling
Jane Gloriana Villanueva (Author)
(48)

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'Buzz' Offers An Adoration For Bees Amid Continued Die-Offs

NPR Book Reviews - Sun, 07/15/2018 - 9:01am

The severity of the enormous reduction in bee numbers over the past decade is at the heart of a new book by conservation biologist Thor Hanson, whose appreciation for the pollinators shines through.

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'Chemistry Lessons' Has A Great Formula, But The Results Aren't There

NPR Book Reviews - Sun, 07/15/2018 - 7:00am

The science doesn't quite add up in Meredith Goldstein's debut novel about a young scientist who's continuing her late mother's work on pheromones — in an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend.

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#8: Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy

Amazon Top Ten - Sun, 07/15/2018 - 4:01am

Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy
Jeanine Pirro (Author)
Release Date: July 17, 2018

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In 'The Cost Of Living,' Renouncing Serenity For A Life In Motion

NPR Book Reviews - Sat, 07/14/2018 - 7:00am

Deborah Levy's brilliant new memoir opens at a time of great change in her life — divorce, deaths, moving house — and it's full of the feeling of travel and movement, but preoccupied with home.

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#8: The Wife Between Us: A Novel

Amazon Top Ten - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 6:58pm

The Wife Between Us: A Novel
Greer Hendricks (Author), Sarah Pekkanen (Author)
(1790)

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The Book Review Podcast: From Transcribing for Obama to Writing Her Own Story

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 2:17pm

Beck Dorey-Stein discusses “From the Corner of the Oval,” and Caroline Weber talks about “Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siècle Paris.”

#9: Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery (Obama Biden Mysteries)

Amazon Top Ten - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 12:57pm

Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery (Obama Biden Mysteries)
Andrew Shaffer (Author)
(23)

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Nonfiction: French High Society During the Belle Époque

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 10:27am

“Proust’s Duchess,” by Caroline Weber, describes the luxurious but unhappy lives of three celebrated Parisian women.

New in Paperback: ‘No Apparent Distress,’ ‘The Destroyers’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Inside J.R.R. Tolkien’s Notebooks, a Glimpse of the Master Philologist at Work

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

A manuscript page from the “Lord of the Rings” author’s notebooks reveals his painstaking process of language invention.

Inside the List: Want a Belt Buckle, Coffee, Sword or Mug With That Book?

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

Sure, fans can buy books on authors’ websites. But enterprising authors like Brad Thor, Anne Rice and George R.R. Martin offer tie-in merchandise as well.

Children’s Books: Standout Summertime Picture Books

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

Young children will delight in these sweetly charming tales about sandcastles, ice cream, picnics and long walks.

Fiction: Does the Name Dag Solstad Mean Anything to You? It Should.

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

He’s Norway’s greatest living writer, and two more of his novels — “T Singer” and “Armand V” — have recently been translated.

Fiction: In This Novel, a Mother Risks Everything for a Second Chance

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

Evgenia Citkowitz’s first novel, “The Shades,” follows the remorseful decline of a family in the aftermath of a daughter’s death.

Nonfiction: The Illness That Had No Name

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

Amanda Stern’s memoir, “Little Panic,” recounts her quest to discover why she felt so different.

Fiction: ‘O.K., Google, Make Me Happy’: In This Novel, Technology Is a Panacea

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 07/13/2018 - 5:00am

In Katie Williams’s “Tell the Machine Goodnight,” there are individualized “contentment plans” that let us know how to achieve peace of mind.

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