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Murderbot makes a triumphant (and cranky) return in 'Network Effect'

Murderbot makes a triumphant (and cranky) return in 'Network Effect'

Martha Wells' freethinking robot stars in its first full-length adventure, remaining just as misanthropic and TV-obsessed as ever, even as it attempts to figure out who kidnapped it and its friends.
by Steve Mullis

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These 'Little Eyes' watch the world burn

These 'Little Eyes' watch the world burn

In her new novel, Samanta Schweblin gives everyone in the world a little critter that's basically a Furby with a webcam — naturally, this does not end well, for the owners, the devices, or anyone.
by Jason Sheehan

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Stock up on hot chocolate before reading this book

Stock up on hot chocolate before reading this book

This cozy story makes a “great read-aloud for littler kids. And it’s super fun for grown-ups to read as well,” says bookseller Lily Tschudi-Campbell.

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How to say no: 'Anti-Guru' Sarah Knight suggests you do less and live more

How to say no: 'Anti-Guru' Sarah Knight suggests you do less and live more

Knight has written a series of books about "mental decluttering" — her latest is called “F*ck No!” "Most people will take no for an answer much more easily than you think they will," she says.
by Samantha Balaban

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Love of literature — and Algeria — illuminates 'Our Riches'

Love of literature — and Algeria — illuminates 'Our Riches'

Kaouther Adimi's novel tells the real-life story of Edmond Charlot, the Algerian bookseller and publisher who witnessed his country's independence struggle — and famously discovered Albert Camus.
by Lily Meyer

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A flying photographer looks down on Earth in awe and sorrow

A flying photographer looks down on Earth in awe and sorrow

In his new book, “The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene,” George Steinmetz offers a bird's-eye view of the mark humans have made on the global landscape.
by Pranav Baskar

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A big, complicated family — and their mistakes — in 'All Adults Here'

A big, complicated family — and their mistakes — in 'All Adults Here'

Emma Straub's new novel is about a woman who realizes, at age 68, that there are a lot of things she wishes she'd done differently in her life — and the choices and mistakes that shape her family.
by Scott Simon

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