Books & Literature

Review: Bob Odenkirk Isn’t a Load of Hooey
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Bob Odenkirk Isn’t a Load of Hooey

The author and comedian best known for his role in ‘Breaking Bad” reinvented -- hilariously -- the traditional author reading.

Booked Up: Iowa Is/Isn’t For Lovers
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Iowa Is/Isn’t For Lovers

Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Marilynne Robinson returns to her fictional town of Gilead, Iowa, for an unusual romance story.

Booked Up: “The Magic Will Not End”
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“The Magic Will Not End”

The final part of Lev Grossman’s epic trilogy is worth your attention, even if you missed the first two.

Booked Up: In Old San Francisco
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In Old San Francisco

Frog Music offers a murder mystery -- and a gritty historical narrative -- set in Frisco in 1876.

Booked Up: Midnight on the Continent of Good and (Super) Evil
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Midnight on the Continent of Good and (Super) Evil

A new Spanish Civil War-era spy novel from Alan Furst transports readers to a simpler time…when no one can be trusted.

Booked Up: Lives of the Immigrants
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Lives of the Immigrants

Cristina Henriquez’s new novel offers poignant stories of newcomers and those who resent them.

Booked Up: The Iraqi War Blues
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The Iraqi War Blues

Redeployment offers an ex-Marine’s powerful short stories about life in a war zone.

Booked Up: J.K. Rowling Meets Philip Marlowe
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J.K. Rowling Meets Philip Marlowe

Harry Potter creator publishes second book in her adult mystery series. Raymond Chandler might approve.

Booked Up: The Greatest Cartoon Editor Living Today
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The Greatest Cartoon Editor Living Today

Two great books from New Yorker cartoonists Bob Mankoff and Roz Chast offer life lessons with the laughs.

Booked Up: Stories of the Old West
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Stories of the Old West

Larry McMurtry’s The Last Kind Words Saloon offers a wonderful summation of his writings on frontier life.

Booked Up: The Mystery of Our Parents’ Divorce
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The Mystery of Our Parents’ Divorce

In Mona Simpson’s novel, Casebook, teen boys do a Hardy Boys style investigation of parental problems.

Booked Up: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Take Me In
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Brooklyn, Brooklyn Take Me In

Michael Cunningam’s The Snow Queen is a magical story about the search for meaning by three city people.