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Michel Faber’s ‘Book of Strange New Things’

In Michel Faber’s novel, a pastor heads off to take up a new ministry on another planet.

November 2, 2014, Sunday

Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘F’

Deserted by their enigmatic father, three brothers struggle to find themselves in Daniel Kehlmann’s tragicomedy.

November 2, 2014, Sunday

Matt Bai’s ‘All the Truth Is Out,’ About Gary Hart

Matt Bai sees the implosion of Gary Hart’s second presidential campaign as a watershed in American politics.

November 2, 2014, Sunday

‘Florence Gordon,’ by Brian Morton

Brian Morton’s heroine is a feisty aging feminist.

November 2, 2014, Sunday
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Eliza Robertson’s ‘Wallflowers’

The stories in “Wallflowers,” Eliza Robertson’s debut collection, portray people surviving loss and heartbreak in a world full of uncanny moments.

November 2, 2014, Sunday
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‘The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science,’ by Armand Marie Leroi

Recovering Aristotle as a scientist who explored and cataloged the Mediterranean’s natural world.

November 2, 2014, Sunday

Peter ­Schneider’s ‘Berlin Now’ and Rory MacLean’s ‘Berlin’

Two books about Berlin, past and present, explore its dualities of sex and violence, freedom and fascism.

November 2, 2014, Sunday

‘Gay Berlin,’ by Robert Beachy

From the mid-19th century through the 1930s, gay people were at home in Berlin.

November 2, 2014, Sunday
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‘Lincoln and the Power of the Press,’ by Harold Holzer

Lincoln dealt shrewdly with the publishers and editors of politically powerful 19th-century newspapers.

November 2, 2014, Sunday

Edward J. Larson’s ‘The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789’

In 1787, George Washington again rode to the nation’s rescue.

November 2, 2014, Sunday
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