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#10: Live Fearless: A Call to Power, Passion, and Purpose

Amazon Top Ten - Sun, 02/04/2018 - 1:17am

Live Fearless: A Call to Power, Passion, and Purpose
Sadie Robertson (Author), Louie Giglio (Introduction)
Release Date: February 6, 2018

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#7: Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health

Amazon Top Ten - Sat, 02/03/2018 - 7:16pm

Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
Ben Lynch ND. (Author)
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Empathetic 'Anatomy Of A Scandal' Does Justice To A Dark Subject

NPR Book Reviews - Sat, 02/03/2018 - 10:00am

Rape has become a standard feature in crime novels — sometimes treated with nuance, sometimes with voyeurism. Sarah Vaughan's Anatomy of a Scandal approaches it with unexpected attention and care.

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'This Is Not A Love Letter' Really Is A (Heartbreaking) Love Letter

NPR Book Reviews - Sat, 02/03/2018 - 7:00am

Kim Purcell's new novel is structured as a long, beautiful, despairing letter from a young woman to her missing boyfriend, written as she spurs her friends and neighbors into action to find him.

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#2: Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering

Amazon Top Ten - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 7:14pm

Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering
Joanna Gaines (Author), Marah Stets (Author)
Release Date: April 24, 2018

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Profile: Lisa Halliday’s Debut Novel is Drawing Comparisons to Philip Roth. Though Not for the Reasons You Might Think.

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 2:05pm

“Asymmetry” features a clandestine romance between a young editorial assistant and a famous, much older novelist.

Romance: Love Notes

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 1:25pm

Looking for a little literary escapism? We’ve combed through the latest romances for smart and sexy reads.

Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 1:11pm

In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: William Vogt’s “Road to Survival.”

Paperback Row

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 12:55pm

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Inside the List: Danielle Steel: ‘I Know an Idea Is Right for Me When It Just Clicks’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 12:55pm

The best-selling author talks frankly about her writing process, her 1946 Olympia typewriter and her decidedly unglamorous writing attire.

Letters to the Editor

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 12:39pm

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

The Book Review Podcast: Rose McGowan on ‘Brave’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 12:15pm

McGowan talks about her new memoir, and Katie Kitamura discusses Tom Malmquist’s new novel, “In Every Moment We Are Still Alive.”

Children’s Books: Children’s Books About Black History, Heavy on Biographies

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 11:36am

Slavery, Jim Crow, segregation: Black history is “a tale so devoid of logic, it frustrates the young reader.” These books about great lives can help.

#10: Knock Knock What I Love About You Fill In The Love Journal

Amazon Top Ten - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 7:11am

Knock Knock What I Love About You Fill In The Love Journal
Knock Knock (Author)
(791)

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A Revolving Review of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 5:00am

Sergio García Sánchez pays visual homage to Lewis Carroll’s classic tale.

The Shortlist: France’s Love Affair With Food

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 5:00am

Two Americans (David Lebovitz and David Downie) and an Australian (John Baxter) celebrate the culinary pleasures of the country they now call home.

Nonfiction: Eyewitnesses to America’s Greatest International Competitor

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 5:00am

Michael Meyer’s “The Road to Sleeping Dragon” and Xiaolu Guo’s “Nine Continents” describe China as a country in profound transition.

Fiction: A Fictional Heroine’s Fitful Upbringing Is Set Against the Sino-Japanese War

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 5:00am

Eileen Chang’s “Little Reunions” vacillates in time and place to reveal a Chinese-American woman’s complex coming-of-age.

Nonfiction: One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 5:00am

Paul Kix’s “The Saboteur” recounts the exploits of Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat who became a fighter for the French Resistance.

Fiction: Evil Stepmother, Reimagined

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 5:00am

A reissue of Barbara Comyns’s “The Juniper Tree” shows off her reworking of one of the Grimms’ grimmest tales.

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