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Here Are the Nonfiction Books NPR Staffers Have Loved So Far This Year

SF Bookstore Drops ‘Harry Potter’ Over J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Activism

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6 New Books Out This Week, Including True Stories of Brave Innovators

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‘Endling’ Is a Shape-Shifting Debut That Takes on Heavy Themes With Humor

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Looking for Summertime Suspense? Turn Up the Heat With These 4 Mystery Novels

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‘Wildfire Days’ Is a Searing Memoir Driven By Courage — and Masochism

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A New Biography Goes Deep on the Rise and Fall of Talking Heads

Thomas Mallon’s Diaries Get to the ‘Very Heart’ of the AIDS Crisis

Veteran Journalist Explores Impact of Private Equity on US Society

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A New Book by Maria Foscarinis Makes the Case for Housing as a Human Right

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What’s New at This Year’s Bay Area Book Festival

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‘Steve Martin Writes the Written Word’ Shows Depth of Comedian’s Talent

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