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Those Who Are About to Die: A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
By Harry Sidebottom
Russell Crowe was good, but this book is even better.
Look what’s happening at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference!
New collections to make life more lyrical.
Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town
By Michael Edison Hayden
An oddly (and overly) personal account of tumult in West Virginia.
The Keeper: A Novel
By Tana French
A superb, genre-defying conclusion to the author’s Cal Hooper trilogy.
Big new titles perfect for the littles.
Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class
By Noam Scheiber
That bachelor’s degree doesn’t go as far as it used to.
Happy Land
By Dolen Perkins-Valdez
A DC woman discovers she’s heir to a long-ago, real-life Black kingdom.
The Mesopotamian Riddle
By Joshua Hammer
An overabundance of detail hobbles what could’ve been an absorbing saga.
