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By Keith Steinbaum ,

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1 author picked You Say Goodbye as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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After a temperamental meltdown on stage, Sean Hightower, a regretful and resentful “one-hit wonder” rock musician hoping for a comeback, returns to his girlfriend’s condo seeking comfort from the woman he loves. But after letting himself in, he discovers her naked body on the bed, murdered from a bullet to the head. When the police detective arrives and sees the two taped pieces of paper on the wall with the word, “hello,” on one and “goodbye,” on the other, he realizes that the renowned serial killer, The Beatles Song Murderer, has struck again. In the days that follow, he reaches…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

David W. Stowe Author Of The Musical Tanner: A Novel of Revolutionary Boston

From David's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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David W. Stowe Why David loves this book

Opened a unique window to a fascinating, dark chapter in Europe and its classical musical world. Powerful stories of how great composers persevered under harrowing circumstances.

By Jeremy Eichler ,

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5 authors picked Time's Echo as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR • WINNER OF THREE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS • Finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction • A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past • SUNDAY TIMES OF LONDON HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR

In 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal “Ode to Joy,” he crystallized the deepest hopes and dreams of the European Enlightenment for a new era of peace and freedom, a time when millions would be embraced as…


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