If you think there are a lot of great new memoirs coming out these days, you are correct. I’m Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik, a celebrated memoirist herself, reviews two new, fantastic memoirs: Hanif Abdurraqib's A Little Devil in America: Notes on Black Performance, and Deborah Levy's Real Estate.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs about growing up under "complicated" circumstances: Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones, and House of Sticks by Ly Tran.

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There’s something about World War II – it is our most timeless topic, spurring countless, gripping stories of bravery and friendship, heroism and barbarism, love and loss, you name it. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about life during wartime: The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton and The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kim Harmel. 

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, big stories from a big country. We review two new American novels: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, and The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.

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The world of Young Adult literature has really expanded and improved in the past few decades, though some of the best YA novels and mysteries are well-worn classics. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a new YA novel and a trilogy, both in the mystery genre, that will be perfect for the younger readers on your holiday shopping list. 

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As we often say, books make great gifts. On this edition of The Weekly Reader we present seven titles from local authors that are sure to please everyone on list. Or, perhaps you might find something here for yourself. Read and enjoy! 

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Sometimes, the things that make a relationship most meaningful are also the things that make it so difficult. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels centered around complicated female friendships: Asali Solomon's The Days of Afrikete and Lucy Jago's A Net for Small Fishes. 

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Hard times make for great novels. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels of the COVID-19 era: Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart and Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review These Precious Days, a new collection of essays from Ann Patchett, and we revisit another her first collection, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage.

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The 1970s were about more than bell bottoms, wide lapels, Led Zeppelin belt buckles and Vietnam. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels steeped in the feminist zeitgeist of that extraordinary decade: 1979, by Val McDermid, and The Commune, by Erica Abeel.

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