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- 'Daredevils,' by Shawn Vestal, takes risks but lands safelyThe novel encompasses deep questions about faith and meaning in prose that is never heavy-handed.
- How did Lois Lane get so many enemies 鈥 and so many friends?In 'Investigating Lois Lane,' Canadian comics historian Tim Hanley history considers how Superman鈥檚 gal pal became an icon of her own.
- 'The Murder of Mary Russell' explores the women closest to Sherlock Holmes'The Murder of Mary Russell' is the best installment in a series that so far has been excellent.
- Bestselling books the week of 4/14/16, according to IndieBound* What's getting readers hooked at independent bookstores across America?
- 'The Lady with the Borzoi' profiles publishing legend Blanche KnopfAlfred and Blanche Knopf did not have a happy marriage but together they founded a publishing house with a genius for zeitgeist.
- 'The Translation of Love' seeks meaning amid the heartache of post-war TokyoThis debut novel by third-generation Japanese Canadian writer Lynn Kutsukake presents resonating testimony to humanity鈥檚 resilience.
- 'The Girl from Everywhere' is rich with pirates, time travel, and cartographyThis debut novel, featuring a time-traveling sea captain and his teenage daughter, is a sinuous and delightful read.
- 'Now and Again,' by Charlotte Rogan, is an absorbing search for truthCharlotte Rogan's second novel takes readers from the Midwest to the deserts of Iraq as it follows a group of characters grappling for meaning in their lives.
- Following in the frozen tracks of a beloved Icelandic detectiveIcelandic author Arnaldur Indridason talks about Erlendur Sveinsson, the fictional detective whose brooding style has earned him fans around the world.
- Bestselling books the week of 4/07/16, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America?
- 'Wind Sprints' serves up the wit of Joseph Epstein in bite-sized piecesEpstein excels at lively, instructive, and often funny essays. In 'Wind Sprints' he proves he can also write short.
- 'Prisoners of Hope' fully, shrewdly chronicles LBJ鈥檚 'Great Society'For liberals, Johnson鈥檚 domestic record ranks him among the greatest presidents in American history.
- 10 best books of April 2016, according to Amazon's editors What are the best titles to be released this month? Check out the full list from Amazon staff.
- 'High Dive' reimagines the IRA plot to assassinate Margaret ThatcherBased on the true story of a 1984 crime, Jonathan Lee's debut novel follows the young IRA recruit assigned to the deadly mission.
- 'Frederick the Great' occasionally rises to greatnessThe foremost strength of Blanning's biography is its ability to capture the quicksilver nature of the mind of the fabled Prussian monarch.
- Baseball 2016: touching base with seven new books Here鈥檚 an around-the-horn look at a lineup of diverse releases:
- 'A Doubter's Almanac' brings deep insight to a story of genius squanderedThe son of a mathematical prodigy seeks 鈥 with compassion 鈥 to understand his father and his wasted gifts.
- Finding his mother, deep in the jungleDavid Good's memoir explores the difficult marriage of his father, a student of cultural anthropology, to his mother, a young Yanomami native.
- 'The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder' shows a devotion to readersIn her letters, just as in her books and in person, Laura Ingalls Wilder is effortlessly sunny good company.
- Bestselling books the week of 3/31/16, according to IndieBound* What's getting readers hooked at independent bookstores around the country?