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Scott Brooks Author Of And There We Were and Here We Are

From Scott's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

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Author Theatre lover New Yorker Dad Playwright Reader

Scott's 3 favorite reads in 2023

Scott Brooks Why Scott loves this book

Crook Manifesto is a follow-up to Whitehead’s Harlem Shuffle. This time, set in the 70s, we return to the world of Ray Carney, now running a more successful and larger furniture store right on 125th St, in Harlem. And again, Carney is a cipher for Whitehead to explore the sights, sounds, and humanity of one of America’s most fascinating, volatile neighborhoods.

Whitehead is at the top of his game here as he captures the styles and rhythms of the city in all its glorious, bell-bottom 70s groove. Carney’s block of Harlem is a powder keg of crime and racial tension, with the Black Panthers marching in the streets, corrupt cops demanding pay for protection, and, of course, more petty crimes and con artists.

The book is peppered with rich, funny, painful moments and broken lives. He makes it look so damn easy as his language be-bops along and somehow…

By Colson Whitehead ,

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3 authors picked Crook Manifesto as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.

“Dazzling” –Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review.

It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his…


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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…

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Sung J. Woo Author Of Lines

From Sung's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Novelist Tennis fan Cinephile Gamer

Sung's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Sung J. Woo Why Sung loves this book

Wacky and weird and yet also very affecting. Thoroughly enjoyed the structure and the quality of writing. Akbar is a natural poet and it shows in his prose.

By Kaveh Akbar ,

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11 authors picked Martyr! as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life' JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our Stars

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2024
A BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE FINALIST
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, AMAZON, TIME AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER
ON BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2024

'Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.'
Ann Patchett, author…


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