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Best Indie Books of July

CHILDREN'S

IMPERFECTLY PERFECT POSEY

by Lizzie Brooks ; illustrated by Enni Heikura

A bighearted story with a meaningful message of perseverance. Full review >

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FICTION

GÖDEL AND THE INCOMPLETE PROOF

by Samuel E. Navarro

An entertaining meta-philosophical romp in which great minds mull over life’s deepest questions. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

SURVIVING BULLY CULTURE

by Andrew Regal

An appalling—and often hilarious—account of terrible behavior in an infernally high-pressure industry. Full review >

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FICTION

THE MANY SEAS TO GUERNSEY

by Catherine Taylor

An engrossing saga of love set against a subtly drawn, disturbing depiction of Hitler’s tyranny. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE HISTORY WE CARRY

by Margaret Whitford

An unflinching, well-rendered memoir that generously encompasses love, trauma, and the fraught relationship between a mother... Full review >

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