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history | May 2018

Baier, Bret & Catherine Whitney. Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire. Morrow. May 2018. 368p. ISBN 9780062748362. $28.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062748492. CD. HISTORY Author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling Three Days in January and anchor of Fox News Channel’s top-rated Special Report with Bret Baier, […]

From Michael Koryta to Amanda Quick | Thriller Previews, May 2018

Bell, Ted. Overkill: An Alex Hawke Novel. Morrow. May 2018. 544p. ISBN 9780062684516. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062684547. lrg. prnt. THRILLER High in the Swiss Alps, Alex Hawke’s young son, Alexei, is swept from a burning cable car by mysterious assailants in a helicopter even as Vladimir Putin parachutes from the plane that carried him away […]

Winners of the 2017 National Book Awards Announced

“Books matter because they give us information and hope and connect us to other people,” said Lisa Lucas, the National Book Foundation’s executive director, in a recorded message at the National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on November 15, at Cipriani’s in New York. Lucas appeared in person as well, appealing to the tightly packed audience for support (envelopes in the program facilitated donations) and proclaim the desire to “not just celebrate [both winners and finalists] tonight but…keep celebrating the work they do.”

Atkins, Griffiths, Indridason, & More | Mystery Previews, May 2018

Atkins, Ace. Robert B. Parker’s Old Black Magic. Putnam. May 2018. 320p. ISBN 9780399177019. $27; ebk. 9780698413078. CD/downloadable: Penguin Audio & Books on Tape. MYSTERY Twenty years after a stash of paintings was lifted from a Boston museum, paint chips from the most valuable piece land on a journalist’s desk, and Boston PI Spenser is […]

Chabon, Comey, Gay, Hurston, Russo, Winchester, & More | Barbara’s Nonfiction Picks, May 2018

Alinejad, Masih. The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran. Little, Brown. May 2018. 352p. ISBN 9780316548915. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780316549073. Downloadable: Hachette Audio. MEMOIR Award-winning Iranian journalist Alinejad was arrested for her activism as a teenager; went to Tehran with a young husband who, later, shamefully divorced her; fought nine […]

Key American History Titles | Nonfiction Previews, May 2018

Abrams, Dan & David Fisher. Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency. Hanover Square: Harlequin. May 2018. 368p. ISBN 9781335424693. $26.99. HISTORY The only case in a two-decades-long career for which we have an almost complete transcript, Abraham Lincoln’s last big trial before his run for the presidency was deeply […]

Motherhood, Mermen, & Miss Subways | Literary Fiction Previews, May 2018

Brinkley, Jamel. A Lucky Man: Stories. Graywolf. May 2018. 264p. ISBN 9781555978051. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781555979959. SHORT STORIES An Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate, Brinkley makes his debut to good effect: it was chosen as an Indies Introduce Winter/Spring 2018 title by the American Booksellers Association. In these stories, men and boys struggle with issues of […]

Deadmen, Warriors, & Gods | Fantasy Previews, May 2018

  Andrews, Ilona. Magic Triumphs. Ace: Penguin. May 2018. 352p. ISBN 9780425270714. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780698136823. CD/downloadable: Brilliance Audio.  FANTASY Mercenary Kate Daniels has settled into love and family with the former Beast Lord, but it can’t last. Her father is testing her prodigious powers, the Witch Oracle foresees blood, and the strange box that’s just […]

Kushner, Ondaatje, Simsion, & More | May 2018

Alam, Rumaan. That Kind of Mother. Ecco. May 2018. 304p. ISBN 9780062667601. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062667625. LITERARY As he did in his celebrated debut, Rich and Pretty, Alam takes a women’s-eye view to give us a larger picture of the world. Panicked about raising her baby, first-time white mother Rebecca invites understanding African American hospital […]

From Christine Lahti to the Duchess de Guermantes | Last of the Nonfiction Previews, Apr. 2018

Abrams, Stacey. Minority Leader: How To Lead from the Outside and Make Real Change. Holt. Apr. 2018. 272p. ISBN 9781250191298. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781250191304. SELF-HELP/POLITICAL House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly who’s now running for Georgia governor, Abrams won national acclaim for helping register voters of color in her state and getting business to […]
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