On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that explore life’s larger issues in small town America:"Big Swiss" by Jen Beagin, and "Take What You Need" by Idra Novey.  

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we visit the wonderfully diverse cultural melting pot that is London. Marion Winik reviews "The Three of Us" by Ore Agbaje-Williams and "The Dead Are Gods" by Eirinie Carson.  

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik turns her focus to Southeast Asia, with reviews of a new novel and a memoir: The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng, and Getting Out of Saigon by Ralph White.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels by writers who continue to play with the way the COVID-19 lockdown affected our lives: “Kunstlers in Paradise" by Cathleen Schine and "The Fun Widow's Book Tour" by Zoe Fishman. 

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review something old, and something new, from Elizabeth McKenzie: "Dog of the North" and "The Portable Veblen." 

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a pair of novels that look at a nonfictional genre through fiction: “I Have Some Questions For You” by Rebecca Makkai and “More Than You'll Ever Know” by Katie Gutierrez. 

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Can a sentence be “delicious?” On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we  review "The Last Animal" by Ramona Ausubel and "The Angel of Rome" by Jess Walter.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about a pair of "tough cookies": "My Nemesis" by Charmaine Craig and "Stone Cold Fox" by Rachel Koller Croft. 

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Going off to college can be an exciting adventure, but what happens when things don't go exactly to plan? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two novels about what happens when campus life take a dark turn: Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence, by R.F. Kuang and My Last Innocent Year, by Daisy Alpert Florin.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, a look at the work of Australian mystery maven Jane Harper. We review "The Dry," "Force of Nature," and "Exiles." 

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