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Pick of the crop: October鈥檚 10 best books to savor in autumnSpend the month reading new books by John le聽Carr茅, Jonathan Franzen, Amor Towles, and Mary Beard.聽
Jane Goodall finds reasons for hope for the planet鈥檚 survivalThe primatologist and climate activist Jane Goodall counts on human ingenuity and nature鈥檚 resilience in聽鈥淭he Book of Hope.鈥�
A love of Black literature animates every pageFarah Jasmine Griffin鈥檚 "Read Until You Understand" is an exercise of mercy in a fragmented world.
Set among the stacks: Four enchanting novels for bibliophilesA quartet of library novels celebrates discoveries among the stacks, as well as adventure, an antidote to loneliness, and finding one鈥檚 community.
How does this scientist approach climate conversations? She acts 鈥榝rom love.鈥�In a Q&A, Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and evangelical 海角大神, talks about her book 鈥淪aving Us鈥� and about meeting people where they are.
First LookTanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prizeOn Thursday, Mr. Gurnah became聽the sixth Africa-born writer to win the literary award, a prize long dominated by Western writers. He is known as 鈥渙ne of the world鈥檚 most prominent post-colonial writers.鈥�
Mary Beth Meehan鈥檚 photos dissolve distances between peopleIn the book聽鈥淪eeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America,鈥澛燤ary Beth Meehan鈥檚 photographs cross divides 鈥� of haves and have-nots.
Amor Towles creates an American road trip of epic proportionsIn 鈥淭he Lincoln Highway,鈥� Amor Towles tells an American tale with Homeric scope, but the novel ultimately fails to arrive at its destination.聽
Q&A with Les Standiford, author of 鈥楤attle for the Big Top鈥�鈥楤attle for the Big Top鈥� author Les Standiford says that the circus brought Americans together, as well as stood for infinite possibilities.聽
Alexander Vindman鈥檚 faith in democracy remains intactIn the memoir 鈥淗ere, Right Matters,鈥� Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman defends his decision to report President Trump鈥檚 call with Ukraine.
鈥楳y Beautiful Black Hair鈥�: How a little sister鈥檚 struggle led to a celebratory bookWhat options are there for supporting Black women who face hair discrimination? One author鈥檚 solution: Reinforce the beauty of natural hair.
Cosmic puzzle-pieces come together in masterly 鈥楥loud Cuckoo Land鈥�Anthony Doerr, author of 鈥淎ll the Light We Cannot See,鈥� plots a tale that soars across centuries in 鈥淐loud Cuckoo Land.鈥澛犅�
鈥楬ow do I love thee?鈥� A Victorian-era poet finds liberation.Fiona Sampson unfolds the story of how Elizabeth Barrett Browning freed herself from constraints and found her poetic voice in聽鈥淭wo-Way Mirror.鈥�
Warmhearted 鈥楢ll the Lonely People鈥� strikes at isolationNovelist Mike Gayle鈥檚 protagonist, an older Jamaican immigrant in England, steps out of his solitude and onto a path of friendship.聽聽
A leader of the civil rights movement that you鈥檝e never heard ofFannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi farmworker, emerged as an eloquent leader in the fight for voting rights and for integrating the Democratic Party.聽
鈥楪raceland, At Last鈥� unfolds a Southerner鈥檚 wise and hopeful essaysNew York Times columnist Margaret Renkl looks forward to the day when the South 鈥渨ill finally live up to the promise of its own good heart.鈥�
The novels have it: September sparkles with literary gemsSeptember marks the return of the literary novel, with sublime fiction from authors such as Colson Whitehead and Anthony Doerr.聽 聽
Students from abroad are back. What that means to the US.Rajika Bhandari talks about her memoir 鈥淎merica Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility鈥� and how students from other countries benefit the U.S.
From terrorism to heroism: Books on 9/11 offer perspective, graceTwenty years on, Americans are still coming to grips with 9/11. Six books provide valuable insights on what happened, and why.
鈥楾he Magician鈥� unwraps the life of literary giant Thomas MannColm T贸ib铆n peels back Thomas Mann鈥檚 life, from his family to his closeted sexuality to Germany鈥檚 descent into Nazism in 鈥淭he Magician.鈥澛�