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No. 26 in Richard Stark’s, aka Donald Westlake’s, Parker series finds the master thief taking us on a thrill ride among armored cars and badass female bounty hunters

by Jesse Sublett December 31, 2004September 30, 2025

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Summer Reading 2003

Summer Reading 2003: Augusten Burroughs’ follow-up memoir to his bestselling Running With Scissors

by Sarah Hepola, Roger Gathman, Barbara Strickland, Amanda Eyre Ward, Shawn Badgley, Russell Cobb, Robert Faires, Marc Savlov, Michael Erard, Melanie Haupt, W. A. Brenner, Anne Harris, Kate Cantrill and Jesse Sublett June 6, 2003September 30, 2025

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Atonement, Etc. — Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room

by Chronicle Staff January 3, 2003September 30, 2025

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The Latest in Paper

“Like Imperial Rome, Ode to a Banker is a sprawling, remarkable event masquerading as a trade paperback murder mystery,” writes Marc Savlov of Lindsey Davis’ novel, now in paperback.

by Marc Savlov October 18, 2002September 30, 2025

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