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Fiction: The page-turner is about a family torn between life in the U.S. and in their native Afghanistan.
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Review: A WW II serial killer in ‘The Typewriter and the Guillotine’
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St. Paul writer Sam Tschida knows about spies, clogged toilets and smut
Local fiction: Her latest, about a mom who becomes a spy, is “Gabby Greene Knows Whodunit.”
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These sweet books can bring a little kindness into your life
Ten titles to remind you of the good in the world.AuthoredChris Hewitt
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Review: The rich are different - and awful - in ‘The Infamous Gilberts’
Fiction: Angela Tomaski’s witty, elegant debut takes readers on a tour of an English mansion where family members treated each other very badly.AuthoredChris Hewitt
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This novelist’s family fled Laos and she ended up in the Twin Cities
Fiction: V.T. Bidania’s “A Year Without Home” was inspired by her family’s flight after the Vietnam War.
January 12, 2026
Review: ‘Hilarious’ book tells us how to avoid dying
Nonfiction: An emergency room doctor offers “99 Ways to Die: and How to Avoid Them.”AuthoredChris Hewitt
AuthoredChris HewittJanuary 10, 2026
After humiliation came the Star Tribune, then 1,789 potential happy endings
Local fiction: Inspired by a column in the paper (then, just the Star), a Lakeville writer dreamed up a romantic fairy tale.
January 6, 2026
Stay in this weekend with these cozy movies and books
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January 3, 2026
Another Victorian detective beats Sherlock Holmes at his own game
Fiction: Two new capers show the 1800s remain mysterious.
December 31, 2025
Will Louise Erdrich and Ann Patchett knock it out of the park in 2026?
Messed-up families and a cheeky guide to staying alive are among the subjects of these 25 upcoming titles.AuthoredChris Hewitt
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Review: A (poison) Ivy League school is the focus of dark fantasy book
Fiction: Kamilah Cole’s “An Arcane Inheritance” combines magic, mystery and romance.
December 24, 2025
