The Weekly Reader

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a great new biography of Malcolm X filled with new and first-hand material about the charismatic figure, plus, Marion Winik weighs in on the new, now canceled, Philip Roth biography.  

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new memoirs about skeletons in the family closet. Marion Winik reviews Hunter Biden's Beautiful Things and Margaret Kimball's And Now I Spill The Family Secrets.

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First comes love, then comes marriage. Its simple right? Well, not always. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels that feature some “marital mayhem.” We review The Smash-up by Ali Benjamin, and Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels featuring Unforgettable Female Protagonists. Marion Wink reviews Kasuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun, and Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle. 

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we explore three novels that plumb the possibilities -- both good, and bad -- of prep school life. Marion Winik reviews All Girls by Emily Layden, The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont, and Old School by Tobias Wolff.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels that are meditations on love and loss. Marion Winik reviews Brood by Jackie Polzin and Edie Richter is Not Alone by Rebecca Handler.   

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about life lessons learned whilst on the job: Mateo Askaripour's Black Buck and Chang Rae Lee's My Year Abroad.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs that explore what it means to be "American" in the current cultural melting pot of the United States: Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings, and Roberto Lovato's Unforgetting. 

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new memoirs that read like adventure stories. Our book critic Marion Winik gives us her take on Vanessa O’Brien’s To the Greatest Heights, and Nadia Owusu’s Aftershocks. Hi, Marion!

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