Sunrise on the Reaping recounts the 50th annual Hunger Games, telling the story of Haymitch Abernathy. It’s themes and events conjure images of today’s U.S. political climate.
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‘The Buffalo Hunter Hunter’ is Stephen Graham Jones’ horror masterpiece
The prose is gorgeous and the plot is complex. The author of The Only Good Indians returns again with a spellbinding yarn about one of the bloodiest, most significant parts of the nation’s history.
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New books this week: A foodie memoir, a missing child, witches illustrated, and more
Care and Feeding chronicles life in the culinary world. All the Other Mothers Hate Me follows a mom turned amateur detective. Plus, Karen Russell’s first full-length novel since Swamplandia!
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‘Coming to New York’ stories are alive and well in these two new books
Kay Sohini’s graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers many of his great pieces about the city in A Town Without Time.
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A pro dominatrix and novelist says empathy, curiosity and bravery are key to both jobs
After publishing her first novel when she was 21, Brittany Newell started working as a dominatrix. The job gave her time to write — and plenty of material to draw from. Her new novel is Soft Core.
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Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel ‘Mothers and Sons’
Adam Haslett’s compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It’s a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.
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Here are the new books we’re looking forward to this fall
Bad news: Summer’s over. Good news: Fall books are here! We’ve got a list of 16 titles — fiction and nonfiction — you’ll want to look out for.
