Amy Stewart’s novel captures the sometimes sordid job of a pioneering female officer.
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Some of our favorite reads through the first five months of the year – from thrillers to literary fiction, memoir, science and politics.
Shonda Rhimes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Salman Rushdie and what to do with the kids
Answers from Richard Russo, Bob Woodward, James Mc Bride and more
Asking other people questions is hard — but writing about your own life is harder.
The lineup also includes Stephen King, Raina Telgemeier and Salman Rushdie
Critics
- ‘Avid Reader’: Robert Gottlieb’s candid look inside the golden era of publishing
- Piecing together the life of one of the most curious historical figures: John Aubrey
- Curious George turns 75: Why the monkey and the Man in the Yellow Hat endure
- UFOs, alien abductions, the occult: to one man, the building blocks of scholarship
