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		<title><![CDATA[Review: 'Dutch House' author Ann Patchett's 'Whistler' is another gem]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“There should always be some small surprise,” the narrator of Ann
Patchett’s “Whistler” tells us. She’s talking about enlivening
trips to a cancer clinic, but she could easily mean Patchett’s wise,
deeply funny novels.

Daphne is a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five books we can't wait to read in June]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s not quite beach time in Minnesota but it’s
never too early to break out the beach reads.

Whether you’re heading to the cabin, a hammock or a lake with
unusually warm water, we have some suggestions for you, including a
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    <pubDate>Jun/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just asked AI what the reading situation looks like this summer. I
asked, knowing very well what it looks like, but I was curious what it
would say. AI said that this summer, reading will resemble “flexible,
engaging, often digital-forward ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Column: Remembering Chicago's Judith Barnard, half of a bestselling novelist team]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- It is one of the great love stories in the rich literary
history of Chicago.

It concerns a writer named Judith Michael, who wrote nearly a dozen
bestselling novels, beginning in 1982 with “Deceptions” and ending
more than 20 years ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 30,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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    <pubDate>Jun/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 30,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4219480</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Jordan Harper spent late nights out in LA for 'A Violent Masterpiece']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A TV veteran and author, Jordan Harper is the author of the gritty
crime novels “She Rides Shotgun,” “Last King of California” and the
set-in-Hollywood, “Everybody Knows.” His new book, “A Violent
Masterpiece,” takes place in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4218202</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10 horror novels to scare up some chills for your summer book reading]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people crave sunny skies and sand between their toes. Others
would rather crawl back under the blanket until summer is over. Luckily,
there’s no shortage of horror novels out there to keep us busy until
the days grow darker and the nights ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Willy Vlautin reveals the story behind his novel 'The Left and the Lucky']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though his novels have been praised by Ursula K. Le Guin and Ann
Patchett and adapted into well-regarded films, Willy
Vlautin says he began writing fiction for an unlikely reason.

“The reason I started writing, I think, is because I made so ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4218184</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coyotes are coming: Novelist explores new threats to America's suburbs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the mid-20th century, novels, movies and TV series have
explored our fascination with the secretly troubled lives of people
living in the suburbs — perhaps because the majority of Americans,
including in the Bay Area, live in suburbs....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 23,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4214269</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 23,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Column: Would you like lunch with your horror novel?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you eat while you read?

Mindfulness gurus suggest meals are best consumed thoughtfully
without distraction. However, your hectic life often demands that if you
ever hope to find out who killed the guy on pg. 39, you’ll need to
read on your ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Column: Ready to travel into the secret life of Garry Trudeau and 'Doonesbury'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A man who has spent the last five decades and more as one of the most
amusing, irreverent, satirical, pointed, articulate, sensitive,
hilarious and provocative voices of a couple of generations has never
liked talking to reporters.

That would be ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Bad Asians' author Lillian Li says a bookstore helped her choose where to live]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lillian Li is the author of the novel “Bad Asians.” Her previous
novel, “Number One Chinese Restaurant,” was an NPR Best Book, and
she’s been published in The New York Times, Granta, One Story, Bon
Appetit, Travel & Leisure, and The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4212383</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Review: She sees ghosts. What can they teach her about grief?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Waiting on a Friend” is Natalie Adler’s first novel but,
already, I’d argue she can do what greats like Ann Patchett, Patrick Ryan and Celeste Ng do.

Their novels don’t fit in any genre but they are both substantive
and a breeze to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4212325</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Dave Eggers wishes he had known when he was young and cool]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a remarkable interview with writer Dave Eggers, published
in the Harvard Advocate in 2000, just after he turned 30, which is about
the time you stop worrying if you’re cool. It’s since become
quasi-iconic among the cool, a kind of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4208462</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Review: Conjoined twins and a pair of sisters are 'The Foursome']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite its title’s promise of eroticism, “The Foursome” is
about as un-kinky as a book can get.

Christina Baker Kline’s novel was inspired by the true story of
Chang and Eng Bunker, the conjoined twins from Thailand who became a
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4208252</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Memoir from Ilhan Omar's sister, Sahra Noor, promises 'fierce honesty']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS -- Sahra Noor’s upcoming memoir is billed as being
about a father and daughter, but it’s bound to get lots of attention
because of her younger sister, Rep. Ilhan Omar.

“Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story,” the global ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4208249</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 16,
compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book
wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana
BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/booksnews/s-4207016</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2026</pubDate>
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