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Local bestsellers for the week ending Jan. 19

Bestsellers based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

Author Donna Jackson Nakazawa searches for answers, cell by cell

Kate Tuttle talks to author Donna Jackson Nakazawa, who comes to Harvard Science Center on January 30.

Mount Olympus revisited in four contemporary titles

M.J. Andersen's monthly round-up of related titles takes on modern spins on classic mythology.

Swiss novelist Peter Stamm not always in it for the long haul

Amy Sutherland talks books with “The Sweet Indifference of the World" author Peter Stamm.

BOOK REVIEW
Young hearts run free in Kate Weinberg’s slow-burning thriller ‘The Truants’
With its tangle of multiple protagonists, some of whom desperately want to be seen, some of whom would prefer to hide themselves away in perpetuity, this debut novel emulates a nigh-on perfect slow burn.

BOOK REVIEW
‘The Bomb’ is a deeply researched dig into the nuclear arms race -- and a cautionary tale
David M. Shribman reviews Fred Kaplan's "The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War."

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NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

Jason Brown explores Maine; the Book Shop of Beverly Farms turns a new leaf; and local presses grab grants

Nina MacLaughlin rounds up the latest news, events, readings, and releases from around the New England literary scene.

BOOK REVIEW

Rita Woods moves through history, memory, family, and dreams in stunning debut ‘Remembrance’

An epic, breathtaking debut novel centers on a sanctuary village on the Underground Railroad.

LOCAL BESTSELLERS

Local bestsellers for the week ending Jan. 12

Bestsellers based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

BOOK REVIEW

William Gibson’s ‘Agency’ goes further into the future and deeper into the present

Daneet Steffens reviews the latest novel from the science fiction author, a semi-sequel to 2014's "The Peripheral."

BOOKS

‘The Crying Book’ author Heather Christle searches out books for pleasure and plight

Amy Sutherland talks books with poet Heather Christle, author of "The Crying Book."

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

Transcendentalist trailblazers, poems that wander in wonder, and a ‘Feast of (Non)Fiction’

Nina MacLaughlin rounds up the latest news, readings, releases, and events from around the New England literary scene.

BOOKS

‘American Queenmaker’ celebrates an unsung dynamo of the press

Wendy Smith reviews Julie Des Jardins's "American Queenmaker: How Missy Meloney Brought Women Into Politics."

BOOKS

In Meng Jin’s ‘Little Gods,’ the inescapable pull of a family history

Kate Tuttle talks to "Little Gods" author Meng Jin, who comes to Harvard Book Store on Friday, Jan. 24.