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8 Great Books Headed to the Screen

NONFICTION

EMPIRE OF PAIN

by Patrick Radden Keefe

A definitive, damning, urgent tale of overweening avarice at tremendous cost to society. Full review >

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NONFICTION

THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK

by Ben Mezrich

A touch long and wobbly but just the thing for alt-finance geeks with background in trading language and practice. Full review >

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FICTION

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY

by Bonnie Garmus

A more adorable plea for rationalism and gender equality would be hard to find. Full review >

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THRILLER & SUSPENSE

THE OTHER BLACK GIRL

by Zakiya Dalila Harris

A biting social satire–cum-thriller; dark, playful, and brimming with life. Full review >

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FICTION

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

by Anthony Doerr

Doerr captures the sights and sounds of wartime and focuses, refreshingly, on the innate goodness of his major characters. Full review >

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HISTORY

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

by David Grann

Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Full review >

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