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In First Chapter of Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman,’ Sprouts With Deep Roots [10 Jul 2015|06:04am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/books/preview-of-harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman-reveals-a-different-tale.html

The release of the opening chapter of Ms. Lee’s second novel, more than 55 years after “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is certain to further fuel readers’ anticipation.
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ArtsBeat: Charles Johnson Discusses ‘Middle Passage’ at 25 [10 Jul 2015|12:01pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/charles-johnson-discusses-middle-passage-at-25/

Mr. Johnson’s novel, about a freed slave who sneaks onto a ship in New Orleans in the 1830s, won the National Book Award in 1990.
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‘Immunity,’ by Taylor Antrim [10 Jul 2015|03:17pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/immunity-by-taylor-antrim.html

A virus plays a key role in this novel explaining the divide between the haves and the have-nots.
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Open Book: ‘Middle Passage’ at 25 [10 Jul 2015|03:17pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/middle-passage-at-25.html

Charles Johnson talks about his National Book Award-winning novel, in which a freed slave travels from New Orleans to Africa and back in the 1830s.
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The Shortlist: Stories [10 Jul 2015|03:17pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/stories.html

New books by Matt Sumell, Juan Villoro, Emily Mitchell, Rachel Kushner and Paul Griner.
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‘Summerlong,’ by Dean Bakopoulos [10 Jul 2015|03:18pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/summerlong-by-dean-bakopoulos.html

Dean Bakopoulos’s Midwestern couple on the brink maneuver themselves into complicated sleeping arrangements.
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‘Midnight’s Furies,’ by Nisid Hajari [10 Jul 2015|03:18pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/midnights-furies-by-nisid-hajari.html

An account of the bitter events of 1947 that resulted in the creation of Pakistan.
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Kevin Kwan’s ‘China Rich Girlfriend’ [10 Jul 2015|03:18pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/kevin-kwans-china-rich-girlfriend.html

The high jinks of China’s young and reckless 0.0001 percent.
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‘Circling the Square: Stories From the Egyptian Revolution,’ by Wendell Steavenson [10 Jul 2015|03:18pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/circling-the-square-stories-from-the-egyptian-revolution-by-wendell-steavenson.html

A journalist gives her account of the Egyptian uprising in 2011 and its aftermath.
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‘A Dog Day,’ ‘Ask Me’ and ‘Sidewalk Flowers’ [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/a-dog-day-ask-me-and-sidewalk-flowers.html

Three picture books look at the surprises, the sights and the simple pleasures of a stroll.
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‘Fort’ and ‘The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me’ [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/fort-and-the-secrets-of-blueberries-brothers-moose-me.html

Children spend their summers joyfully learning woodland skills and working outdoors in two middle-grade novels.
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‘Shadowshaper,’ by Daniel José Older [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/shadowshaper-by-daniel-jose-older.html

In this Y.A. novel, a young muralist learns of her mystical family legacy when phantom forces threaten her community.
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‘Nimona,’ by Noelle Stevenson [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/nimona-by-noelle-stevenson.html

A shapeshifter with a love of mischief comes to the aid of a supervillain out to expose an insincere hero.
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Children's Books: ‘Shadowshaper,’ by Daniel José Older [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/shadowshaper-by-daniel-jose-older.html

In this Y.A. novel, a young muralist learns of her mystical family legacy when phantom forces threaten her community.
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Children's Books: ‘A Dog Day,’ ‘Ask Me’ and ‘Sidewalk Flowers’ [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/a-dog-day-ask-me-and-sidewalk-flowers.html

Three picture books look at the surprises, the sights and the simple pleasures of a stroll.
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Children's Books: ‘Nimona,’ by Noelle Stevenson [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/48057e64/sc/14/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A70C120Cbooks0Creview0Cnimona0Eby0Enoelle0Estevenson0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/nimona-by-noelle-stevenson.html

A shapeshifter with a love of mischief comes to the aid of a supervillain out to expose an insincere hero.
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Children's Books: ‘Fort’ and ‘The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me’ [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/fort-and-the-secrets-of-blueberries-brothers-moose-me.html

Children spend their summers joyfully learning woodland skills and working outdoors in two middle-grade novels.
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Children’s Books: ‘Shadowshaper,’ by Daniel José Older [10 Jul 2015|03:19pm]

http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/48057e65/sc/33/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A70C120Cbooks0Creview0Cshadowshaper0Eby0Edaniel0Ejose0Eolder0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/shadowshaper-by-daniel-jose-older.html

In this Y.A. novel, a young muralist learns of her mystical family legacy when phantom forces threaten her community.
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Paperback Row [10 Jul 2015|03:39pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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Inside the List [10 Jul 2015|03:47pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/books/review/inside-the-list.html

“The Little Paris Bookshop,” No. 16 on the hardcover fiction list, is the first international hit for the German novelist Nina George, who has written almost 30 books in 22 years.
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Editors’ Choice [10 Jul 2015|03:52pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Michael B. Oren’s ‘Ally’ [10 Jul 2015|06:02pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/book-review-podcast-michael-b-orens-ally/

This week, Jacob Heilbrunn discusses “Ally,” and Julia Pierpont talks about her debut novel, “Among the Ten Thousand Things.”
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Books of The Times: Review: Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side [10 Jul 2015|09:36pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/books/review-harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman-gives-atticus-finch-a-dark-side.html

In Ms. Lee’s long-awaited novel, Scout Finch, or Jean Louise as she is now known, finds some disturbing truths about her father.
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Bookshelf: Sam Roberts on Books About the New York Public Library, Washington Heights and the City’s [10 Jul 2015|10:28pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/nyregion/sam-roberts-on-books-about-the-new-york-public-library-washington-heights-and-the-citys-first-black-police-officer.html

Books on the history, influence and attempted overhaul of the New York City Public Library system; the life and times of the city’s first black police officer; and the transformation of Washington Heights.
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ArtsBeat: ‘Mockingbird’ Reviews From 1960 [10 Jul 2015|10:44pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/mockingbird-reviews-from-1960/

Looking back at The Times’s early reviews of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
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