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Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

Fall Reading, 2017FictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterWhen teenager Lucinda Hayes is found murdered in her suburban town, all eyes shift to her quiet and decidedly different neighbor, Cameron...

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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Fiction from our 2017 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsPenguinIt is hard to imagine Ng outdoing herself after the success of her first novel, Everything I Never Told You, but she’s up to the task...

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Smile by Roddy Doyle

Fiction from our 2017 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsPenguinRoddy Doyle is best known for the engaging dialogue that permeates the pages of his perfect Irish novels. Smile, his latest novel, is...

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Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

Paperback Fiction from our 2017 Summer NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsHarper Collins“The four of us together weren’t something they understood. They understood girls alone, folding their arms across...

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Evicted by Matthew Desmond

Nonfiction from our 2017 Summer NewsletterHistory, Biography, and PoliticsCasey's ReviewsRandomHouseIt came as no surprise that Evicted was this year’s recipient for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction....

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Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Fall Reading, 2017FictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterIn a small town along the Mississippi coast, one American family struggles with the ebbs and flows of a roller-coaster life grappling with...

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Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

Fall Reading, 2017FictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterWhen teenager Lucinda Hayes is found murdered in her suburban town, all eyes shift to her quiet and decidedly different neighbor, Cameron...

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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Fiction from our 2017 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsPenguinIt is hard to imagine Ng outdoing herself after the success of her first novel, Everything I Never Told You, but she’s up to the task...

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Smile by Roddy Doyle

Fiction from our 2017 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsPenguinRoddy Doyle is best known for the engaging dialogue that permeates the pages of his perfect Irish novels. Smile, his latest novel, is...

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The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea

Spring Reading, 2018FictionCasey's ReviewsHachetteI have to admit that I have a weakness for family epics. There is something so powerful about connecting to characters’ lives in the place that is most...

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The Graybar Hotel by Curtis Dawkins

Paperback Fiction from our 2018 Summer Newsletter.FictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterI didn’t want to lead this review with the fact that the author of this book is serving a life sentence for...

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Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Paperback Fiction from our 2018 Summer Newsletter.FictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterThere is nothing quite so satisfying as a beautifully written, impeccably researched historical novel,...

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Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Paperback Fiction from our 2018 Summer Newsletter.FictionCasey's ReviewsHachetteArthur Less is an aging, near-famous author who tries to escape the fact that his boyfriend is getting married by...

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Housegirl by Michael Donkor

Fall Reading, 2018FictionCasey's ReviewsMacMillanBelinda is a housegirl in Ghana, facing life without her mother and as a steward for a younger housegirl-in-training placed under her care. When her...

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His Favorites by Kate Walbert

Fall Reading, 2018FictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterSometimes the most satisfying reads are the ones that can pack a punch in short form. Kate Walbert’s new novel, His Favorites, is a telling...

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Virgil Wander by Leif Enger

New & Recommended Fiction from our 2018 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsThere are very few books these days whose sole purpose is to remind you of the delight to be found in small-town...

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Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

New & Recommended Fiction from our 2018 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsHarper CollinsA new Barbara Kingsolver novel is always a gift but this time her fictional journey feels even more...

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Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

History & Politics from our 2018 Winter NewsletterYoung ReaderCasey's ReviewsPenguinHosseini, beloved author of the The Kite Runner, has helped lead the movement to bring awareness about refugees...

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Leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin

History & Politics from our 2018 Winter NewsletterHistory, Biography, and PoliticsCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterWhen I think of who we need to make sense of the challenges facing our democracy,...

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Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

Staff Nonfiction FavoritesBiography & MemoirCasey's ReviewsRandomHouseShapiro tells the story of her surprise ancestry test that revealed that her father is not her biological father and therefore...

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