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Amor Towles takes his characters for a ride through mid-20th century America in “The Lincoln Highway” https://t.co/I4FlbHta2b

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This week in fiction: @Sam_Sacks reviews Sally Rooney’s “Beautiful World, Where Are You” and Atticus Lish’s “The War for Gloria” https://t.co/rGqpN0aoQm

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‘Retail Gangster’ Review: With its gonzo TV ads and an ethos in tune with gritty 1970s New York City, everybody knew Crazy Eddie. Or so they thought. Gary Weiss demonstrates that the lunacy was not confined to the airwaves. https://t.co/gToH5tUy04

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An optimistic outlook can nudge us to take steps to make the world and its future—our own future included—a little less terrible... The Bright Side aims to make an argument about the value of optimism generally and also, along the way, to show us how to cultivate optimism in our own lives.

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Anthony Doerr’s latest, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” is not only packed with stories, it’s about the life-sustaining power of stories. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cloud-cuckoo-land-anthony-doerr-review-slipping-the-trap-11632858500

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Check out our new science fiction author, Liz Braswell: Reviews of ‘The Oleander Sword,’ ‘The First Binding’ and ‘Into the Riverlands.’ https://t.co/E6JPB3kjks

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Emily Oster’s third book on data-driven parenting “The Family Firm” serves up advice on topics from school choice and summer camp to violin lessons, youth soccer, screen time and sleep. Read the review by @mike_luca https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-family-firm-review-data-driven-parenting-11630447514

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In “What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us”—the title itself suggests that things are open-ended—Mike Mariani tests Nietzsche’s maxim through the tales of six men and women who underwent horrific traumas in early adulthood, writes Andrew Stark https://t.co/U7L6kedjHV

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The author of “Founding Brothers” tries to capture the breadth of the War for Independence in a single narrative in “The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783” https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cause-review-joseph-ellis-revolutionary-answers-american-war-independence-11631893069

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Michael Burlingame’s “An American Marriage,” Susan Ronald’s “The Ambassador,” “The Letters of Shirley Jackson” edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman—and more. Here are the best book reviews of July https://www.wsj.com/articles/10-books-to-read-the-best-reviews-of-july-11627393183