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YOU WILL KNOW ME by Megan E Abbott, Megan Abbott

August 18, 2016

A DARING, EXTRAORDINARY THRILLER dives into family secrets, youthful ambition, and the deadly lies we tell. A MINUS

YOU WILL KNOW ME
Little Brown and Company
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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HERE COMES THE SUN by Nicole Dennis-Benn

August 5, 2016

GORGEOUS, HEARTBREAKING JAMAICAN novel captures the beauty of the country, the struggles of its people. A MINUS

HERE COMES THE SUN
Liveright Publishing Corporation
2016

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JANE STEELE by Lyndsay Faye

July 27, 2016

MARVELOUS FAUX-VICTORIAN THRILLER mashes up the Brontës and Dickens with a fierce, unconventional heroine. A MINUS

JANE STEELE
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
2016

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THE PRANK OF THE GOOD LITTLE VIRGIN OF VIA ORMEA by Amara Lakhous

July 21, 2016

A SCANDAL IN TURIN pits neighbor against neighbor in this whip-smart satirical mystery from Amara Lakhous. A MINUS

THE PRANK OF THE GOOD LITTLE VIRGIN OF VIA ORMEA
Europa Editions
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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THE FEVER OF 1721 by Stephen Coss

June 29, 2016

FASCINATING AMERICAN HISTORY looks at Boston’s 1721 smallpox epidemic, its impact on science and politics. A MINUS

THE FEVER OF 1721: THE EPIDEMIC THAT REVOLUTIONIZED MEDICINE AND AMERICAN POLITICS
Simon & Schuster
2016

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THE GIRLS by Emma Cline

June 22, 2016

SHOCKING YET GENTLY elegiac novel captures late-60s disaffection through the eyes of a cult hanger-on. A MINUS

THE GIRLS
Random House
2016

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THE GIRLS by Emma Cline

June 21, 2016

SHOCKING YET GENTLY elegiac novel captures late-60s disaffection through the eyes of a cult hanger-on.

Grade: A MINUS

THE GIRLS
Random House
2016

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THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS (HARDCOVER) by John Wray

June 15, 2016

A GLORIOUSLY RAMSHACKLE EPIC about time travel, but also about love and family secrets and war crimes. A MINUS

THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS (HARDCOVER)
Farrar
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS by John Wray

June 14, 2016

A GLORIOUSLY RAMSHACKLE EPIC about time travel, but also about love and family secrets and war crimes.

Grade: A MINUS

THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2016

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MARRIAGE MATERIAL by Sathnam Sanghera

June 10, 2016

SHARPLY FUNNY, WARM-HEARTED novel about three generations of a Punjabi Sikh family in the English Midlands. A MINUS

MARRIAGE MATERIAL
Europa Editions
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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