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How Do You Create Surprise When Your Story’s Ending Is Inevitable?
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Ayşe Papatya Bucak
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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction
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Heather Abel
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Chantel Acevedo on Reimagining Her Father Through Fiction
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A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on
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Amitav Ghosh, Joyce Carol Oates, Isabel Waidner, and more: 20 new books out today!
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Keith Roysdon on the Genius of Rod Serling's Forgotten Suspense Radio Show
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Keith Roysdon
How the Manson Murders and Dominique Dunne Case Transformed LA True Crime
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by
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Tomes That Teach: Jonelle Patrick on Learning the Past Through Historical Fiction
June 25, 2026
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Jonelle Patrick
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Strikingly em Ghost-Eye em has none of the eerie mood of a Gothic novel or…"