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July 11, 2019 12:00 AM

Enter the quarantine around 'Wilder Girls' at your own risk

Rory Power's debut novel combines creeping, corrupting body horror with the intense bonds between teenage girls at an isolated school for a post-apocalypse story that's fresh, horrible and beautiful.

by Caitlyn Paxson

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July 10, 2019 2:00 PM

A return to America's Eden

He was the personal doctor of both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and the surgeon behind America's first botanical garden, which he planted for medicinal purposes. But most people have never heard of David Hosack.

by Stephanie Curtis and Kelly Gordon

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July 10, 2019 12:00 AM

Girls captured by Boko Haram brought into focus in 'Beneath the Tamarind Tree'

Former CNN journalist Isha Sesay argues that the Nigerian government, the media and the public have failed the 276 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group five years ago.

by Lily Meyer

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July 10, 2019 12:00 AM

'Saturday Night Ghost Club' celebrates the wonders and horrors of being a kid

Craig Davidson's new novel follows a group of kids through a strange summer of hunting urban legends -- it's a coming-of-age story that's also about loss, particularly what we lose when we grow up.

by Jason Heller

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July 9, 2019 12:00 AM

'The Vagabonds' details the publicity-encouraged road trips of Edison and Ford

Jeff Guinn weaves in a portrait of America's burgeoning love affair with the automobile. But his book rests heavy on the men's positive attributes, while shying away from their "unfortunate flaws."

by Camila Domonoske

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