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11 Books To Wake Up Your Book Club

FICTION

ANTKIND

by Charlie Kaufman

Film, speculative fiction, and outright eccentricity collide in a wonderfully inventive yarn—and a masterwork of postmodern... Full review >

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FICTION

BIG SUMMER

by Jennifer Weiner

If you love Jennifer Weiner, you’ll love this one. And if you’re a newbie, start here. Full review >

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NONFICTION

WUHAN DIARY

by Fang Fang ; translated by Michael Berry

Essential reportage with hard-won lessons for residents of every place on the planet on how to survive the pandemic. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE

by Erik Larson

A captivating history of Churchill’s heroic year, with more than the usual emphasis on his intimates. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

NOBODY WILL TELL YOU THIS BUT ME

by Bess Kalb

An endearing, bittersweet, and entertainingly fresh take on the family memoir. Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

THE LUCKY ONES

by Liz Lawson

Wildly ambitious and wholly empathetic, devastatingly raw, and impossibly gentle; a must-read in this moment. Full review >

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