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- Bestselling books the week of 7/18/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
- 'Magpie Murders' author Anthony Horowitz delivers remarkable twist on the classic whodunnit
The bestselling British author and screenwriter is making his own bid for detective story immortality with an astonishing Golden Age-style mystery novel.
- 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' is a sprawling tale in which Kashmir looms large
Arundhati Roy's first novel in two decades returns to the religious divisions polarizing India.
- 'Jane Austen at Home' considers where and how Austen lived and why it matters
Lucy Worlsey's new biography covers familiar ground but also offers some distinct angles.
- 'Thoreau: A Life' doesn't shy away from the man's myriad contradictions
Laura Dassow Walls's work offers a well-crafted biography of Walden’s most famous resident.
- 'American Fire' spotlights a troubling rural arson spree solved by old-fashioned legwork
The new book by Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse is one of the year's best and most unusual true-crime books.
- 'Among The Living And The Dead' is a moving search for traces of the author's Latvian family
Journalist Inara Verzemnieks fuses world history with personal history as she travels to Latvia to trace the surviving branches of her family.
- 'Hannibal' relates the famous general's story with wonderful energy
Archeologist and historian Patrick Hunt distills his survey of literature about the Second Punic War into a brightly dramatic story that covers virtually every anecdote connected with Hannibal.
- Happy birthday to Henry David Thoreau – an inconvenient yet invaluable friend
I didn't take much to Thoreau the first time I read him. He's been proving me wrong ever since.
- 6 baseball books for midseason reading Dig into a great read about baseball this summer! Here are some choices.
- 10 best books of July 2017, according to Amazon's editors Looking for a new title to bring along to the beach? Check out Amazon's picks for the best books to be released this month.