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The Reluctant Researcher: How I Ended Up Writing a Historical Novel
Ethan Joella: “Writing what you know is only limited by what you take the time to know.”
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Ethan Joella
| June 30, 2026
Jenny Jackson, Teddy Wayne, Paul Tremblay, and more: 16 new books out today!
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Julia Hass
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Merci, Marjane: What the
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Why We Still Love Mr. Darcy, 200 Years Later
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Susan Moore
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How a Childhood Bookmobile Sparked My Love of Reading
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Ye Hui on the Innovations of Translation, His Writing Process, and the Relief of Finishing a Poem
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Erased No More: A Reading List of BIPOC-Centered Historical Fiction
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The Annotated Nightstand: What Serena Chopra is Reading Right Now
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Jack Friday on 'The Big Sleep', Invented Cities, and Chronicling a Changing Austin, Texas
July 16, 2026
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Jack Friday
Hilary Davidson on Writing a Crime Novel About the Public Relations Industry
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Lo Patrick on Setting Stories During the Apocalyptic Summers of the American South
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Lo Patrick
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