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Latest in the 'Divergent' universe finds a different Tris

Veronica Roth's latest, The Sixth Faction, takes us back to the beginning, where Beatrice Prior has a choice to make. This time, she chooses another path.

October 09, 2026
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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Ayad Akhtar's 'The Radiance' addresses provocative subjects head-on

Like his previous work, including Homeland Elegies, The Radiance exposes the fissures of American racial, political and economic identity.

October 05, 2026
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  • Heller McAlpin

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  • Book Reviews

10 books we are looking forward to this fall

Move over, beach reads. With the fall equinox behind us, we can now curl up with cozy autumn books. There are new titles coming from Barbara Kingsolver, Chad Harbach, Jasmine Guillory and more.

October 02, 2026
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  • Andrew Limbong

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I didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'

Min Jin Lee's new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way.

September 28, 2026
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

'End Times Fascism' looks at supremacist groups uniting around end-of-the-world ideas

Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify supremacists that have, despite ideological differences, converged around the conviction that they are part of an elite destined to survive an apocalypse.

September 28, 2026
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  • Ericka Taylor

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'The Disappearers' is a fiercely personal novel that hits like a tidal wave

Marlon James' new novel chronicles the events surrounding a vicious anti-gay attack in Jamaica in the late 1980s. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Disappearers churns with passion and ideas.

September 25, 2026
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  • John Powers

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'Empire' asks: When a child dies, who pays the price?

Set in the same universe as Tahir's Ember in Ashes series, Empire picks up right where the last book, 'Heir' left off — with S'rsha attached to the very monster she sought to destroy.

September 24, 2026
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

Kate Atkinson's latest historical escape is to a festival most Americans haven't heard of

The new novel centers on the Festival of Britain, a quirky real-life carnival designed to elevate the British people's spirits after the devastation of World War II.

September 16, 2026
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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New Carlo Rovelli book challenges science's understanding of reality and the universe

In his latest book, the world-renowned physicist draws on science and philosophy to explore the notion that the university and reality are fully knowable.

September 15, 2026
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  • Adam Frank

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It's 2031, and the U.S. has 'come undone' in Emily St. John Mandel's 'Exit Party'

Exit Party presents an arresting vision of a world in which time is porous and people are duplicated. Like Mandel's prior novels, it's ingenious, eerie and complex — and it hits close to home.

September 09, 2026
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

14 new books in September to help ease you into fall

Three Pulitzer winners, a Booker Prize winner, two Booker longlisted authors this year, and a number whose works have been adapted for the screen are among the authors with new books out this month.

September 01, 2026
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  • Colin Dwyer

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'Life of M' constructs a portrait of how stardom hides a person's core

Like much of Rachel Cusk's work, Life of M is driven by her concern with conditions that impede self-definition -- for writers, artists, and women in particular.

August 26, 2026
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  • Heller McAlpin

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  • Book Reviews

Squeeze in one last summer read: Here are 3 suspense thrillers to choose from

If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the Falls, by Richard Russo, or The Blue Flame, by George Pelecanos.

August 25, 2026
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Etna,' a canine narrator delivers a poignant anti-war message

Paul Yoon's new novel follows a dog conscripted into an unnamed war in an unnamed country. From the very first page, Etna's voice is somber and poetic in its simplicity.

August 17, 2026
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

'Country People' is a silly, satisfying midsummer romp

Daniel Mason's new novel is a spin on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which academics collide with locals — and a few seductive fairies — in the woods of Vermont.

August 04, 2026
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  • Maureen Corrigan
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