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Newsletter #410

May 30, 2026

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4 books featured in this issue

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102

by Matthew Cordell

NEW MADE-UP

From The Borrowers to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, it's fun to imagine what it would be like to experience the world as a tiny creature. 102 joins the tradition of shrinking down its protagonist in a cre... (Haley)

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Serpico

by Peter Maas

NEW TRUE

Nobody likes a tattletale. Rat, fink, snitch: the names say it all. Ask any whistleblower: it's a thankless role, even though the actors who play them get Oscar nominations. Frank Serpico, and Peter M... (Tom)

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The Benefactors

by Wendy Erskine

NEW MADE-UP

This book could use a second trigger warning. The first was on the back flap of my copy where I read that a “sexual assault” sets the plot in motion. A more useful one might be, “Assumptions and expec... (Liz)

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The Left and the Lucky

by Willy Vlautin

NEW MADE-UP

Russell is eight years old: small, stubborn, resourceful, and a flirt with waitresses five times his age. He's also so terrified of his cruel older brother that he wanders the aisles of Fred Meyer at... (Tom)

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