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In her debut novel, “More Than You’ll Ever Know,” Katie Gutierrez tells the story of an aspiring true-crime journalist and her latest subject.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Paula Byrne’s biography of the novelist Barbara Pym reveals the complicated person behind the vicars and the jumble sales.
In “Wastelands,” Corban Addison tells the extraordinary story of how some North Carolina residents stood up to a meatpacking company polluting their communities.
In “Boys and Oil,” Taylor Brorby recalls the hazards of both the landscape and the culture of his home state.
Jack Parlett’s “Fire Island” is a sweeping, meditative history of the queer summer mecca.
In her memoir, “Corrections in Ink,” Keri Blakinger writes about her determination to improve the criminal justice system.
“Voice of the Fish,” by Lars Horn, is a book-length essay on injury and rebirth, layered with histories and myths about sea life.
“The Visitors,” a novel by Jessi Jezewska Stevens, reimagines the protest movements after the 2008 financial crisis.
In Joseph Han’s debut novel, “Nuclear Family,” a trip to South Korea leads to otherworldly possession and multigenerational, multicontinent fallout.
Victoria Finlay’s “Fabric” examines the tangled stories of the textiles we wear and what they say about their times.
In Joseph Han’s debut novel, “Nuclear Family,” a trip to South Korea leads to otherworldly possession and multigenerational, multicontinent fallout.
Leila Mottley’s debut novel about a teenager’s serial abuse is based on a true story.
Yes, “Counterfeit” is a caper story. But it’s also a tale of two friends and their frustrations with the roles they’ve been assigned.
In “Living and Dying With Marcel Proust,” Christopher Prendergast presents an appreciation and a guide to the writer and his masterpiece.
In his fifth novel, Andrew Holleran takes on loneliness, aging and a life post-cruising.
Holleran, a pioneer in gay literature for a post-Stonewall age, touches on universal themes of loss and the transience of life in his latest novel, “The Kingdom of Sand.”
“Metaphysical Animals” traces the careers and friendships of Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe and Mary Midgley.
In her second novel, “Cult Classic,” Sloane Crosley brings an essayist’s eye for detail to the plight of seeking love.
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