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Elsewhere

in death, we live in reverse

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Broken Country

a novel with not one but two mysteries

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The Light Pirate

life, even in a dystopian world, is bettered by love and connection

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The Rose Field

these are not the daemons you’re looking for

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We Are All Guilty Here

no Will Trent and a damn good read

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The Invisible Circus

the past is never what we thought it was

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My Antonia by Willa Cather

Somehow I’d never read Willa Cather’s My Ántonia. Fortunately, it was my read and be happy book club’s choice this month. Now I know why the book is so famous:…

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The Everlasting

a fable of power and great love

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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment opens with a terrific premise. After an irksome delay on a flight from Hobart to Sydney, a middle-aged woman rises from her seat, walks the…

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Wild Dark Shore

My choice for best book published in 2025 reminds us that in the face of disaster, the only real choice is love.

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And The Crowd Went Wild by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Dabney: Susan Elizabeth Phillips published her first Chicago Stars book, It Had to Be You, in 1994. The book, featuring a tall, rugged football coach named Dan and a curvy…

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Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore is one of my favorite reads of the last few years. It is the third of three books by McConaghy; Once There Were Wolves is…

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