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Book Review: ‘Red Dawn Over China,’ by Frank Dikötter

New York Times 24 Feb 2026
In “Red Dawn Over China,” the historian Frank Dikötter shows that Communism’s rise in China was an unlikely, violent event with a lot of outside help ... .
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Book Review: ‘More Than Enough,’ by Anna Quindlen

New York Times 24 Feb 2026
“More Than Enough” traces the struggles of a New York City private-school teacher, often through rose-tinted glasses ... .
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Book review: Examination of the lives of serial killer’s victims

CyprusMail 24 Feb 2026
When Kolker’s book was first published in 2013 the case of the so-called ‘Gilgo Beach serial killer’ was unsolved. The book was updated with an epilogue after former Manhattan architect Rex Heuermann was arrested in 2023.
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews

New Yorker 23 Feb 2026
“To Catch a Fascist,” “Southern Imagining,” “Good People,” and “Every One Still Here.” ... .
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Book Review: ‘White River Crossing,’ by Ian McGuire

New York Times 23 Feb 2026
Ian McGuire’s new novel, “White River Crossing,” tracks a party of 18th-century fortune seekers through the northern Canadian wilds ... .
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Book Review: ‘The Mixed Marriage Project,’ by Dorothy Roberts

New York Times 23 Feb 2026
In “The Mixed Marriage Project,” Dorothy Roberts reflects on her anthropologist father’s lifelong project. to document — and promote — interracial marriages like his own ... .
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BOOK REVIEWS: Queen Esther: John Irving

Moultrie Observer 23 Feb 2026
Wilbur Larch and the orphanage from “Cider House Rules” but that visit is short – only a few pages in the beginning of the book ... But Larch’s role in “Queen Esther” isn’t the only misleading part of the book jacket summary.
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Book Review: ‘Brawler,’ by Lauren Groff

New York Times 22 Feb 2026
The best stories in “Brawler” find the writer tackling the tectonic shifts that can suddenly crack open seemingly secure families ... .
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BOOK REVIEW: A WW II serial killer in ‘Typewriter’

TimesDaily 21 Feb 2026
One half of “The Typewriter and the Guillotine” is compelling, and it’s probably not the half you’d think ... .
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Book Review: ‘Saoirse,’ by Charleen Hurtubise

New York Times 21 Feb 2026
In Charleen Hurtubise’s new novel, “Saoirse,” a traumatic family secret propels an American teenager to Ireland in the early 1990s ... .
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