Jonathan Slaght won for "Owls of the Eastern Ice," Kawai Strong Washburn for "Sharks in the Time of Saviors."
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FICTION: This vibrant novel showcases one man's road to redemption.
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NONFICTION: Both sequel and prequel to "The Salt Path," Raynor Winn's new memoir is about the power of nature.
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NONFICTION: A fascinating look at the striated caracara, an endangered bird of prey.
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Nonfiction: A sparkling collection of essays about animals and humans.
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NONFICTION: Biography devotes far more space to the author's marriages and sex life than to his literary legacy.
New exhibit focuses on life and timeliness of Sinclair Lewis.
"Alone," by Richard E. ByrdAs I was noticing this winter the effects of physical isolation, I remembered a book I had read about 15 years…
A colorful cast of characters populates the hipster pop star's new memoir.
FICTION1. Win, by Harlan Coben. (Grand Central) Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the FBI for…
We've just wrapped up Women's History Month, but the importance of women in comics is pretty much a year-round thing. Case in point: three female-centric…
The Jigsaw ManBy Nadine Matheson. (Hanover Square Press, 496 pages, $27.99.)I like to think I'm a good person — peace-loving, compassionate, prone to acts of…
The essential HemingwayErnest Hemingway's terse prose style might seem clichéd today, but his short, declarative sentences and beneath-the-surface meaning were groundbreaking in his time. Here…
FICTION1. Life After Death, by Sister Souljah. (Atria/Emily Bestler) In a sequel to "The Coldest Winter Ever," Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks…
The writer, educator and mentor has devoted his life to teaching, writing and correcting racial imbalances in literature and classrooms.
Sheletta Brundidge tells how song inspired autistic son's journey to speech.
FICTION: Amid much death, a troubled couple create a life worth fighting for.
Grounds for MurderBy Tara Lush. (Crooked Lane Books, 320 pages, $26.99.)Downsized from her dream job as a crime reporter for the Miami newspaper and dumped…
In "Lonesome Dove," "The Last Picture Show" and dozens more novels and screenplays, he offered unromantic depictions of a long mythologized region.
FICTION: Examining the dichotomies of slavery and freedom, body and spirit, duty and forgiveness.
YOUNG ADULT: A young Native woman gets entangled in a romance and an FBI probe amid a meth epidemic.
I don't mean to get too personal here, but here I go: What's the strangest thing you've ever found in a book? Maybe in a…
NONFICTION: A journalist shines a welcome spotlight on four female pioneers of the nascent television industry.
NONFICTION: A remarkable and original collection of criticism and memoir about Black performance in America.
NONFICTION: The stories of three strong women who changed the course of history.
I recommend Jane Smiley's "The Greenlanders." The fictionalized story of an ill-fated 14th-century attempt to colonize Greenland, it has everything — well-crafted characters of persevering…