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Set in winter 1945, All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski writes about the mundane details of a minor German aristocratic family.
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Godlike by Richard Hell delivers a rich and seedy ode to poet life in 1970s New York City
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In The Cruelty of Nice Folks, Justin Ellis investigates how Minneapolis, MN has harmed black and brown people – and how America must do better.
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Stoner by John Williams tells the life story of a brainy and introverted college professor with remarkable depth and skill.
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Reprinted in 2025 by New York Review of Books, Sun City by Tove Jansson overflows with whimsical heart as it tells the story of a retirement home in 1970s Florida.
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Chess Story by Stefan Zweig is a pitch-perfect novella that uses the royal game to investigate humanity and its most curious impulses.
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With The Universal Baseball Association, Robert Coover uses the character of J. Henry Waugh to investigate the state of midcentury masculinity in America.
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Throughout Lost Worlds, Patrick Wyman investigates multiple civilizations across world history to explore the resilience and creativity of humanity.
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Throughout Expensive Basketball, Shea Serrano waxes eloquently and hilariously about the people, plays, and personas that make his favorite sport look really good.
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Originally published in 1989, Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin is a tremendous collection of her speeches and essays between 1976-1988.
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