This week Alice and Kim talk books for book lovers, Anna the fake heiress, and one of the most astounding women in the Roman world.
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NEW BOOKS
My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir
Girl on the Block: A True Story of Coming of Age Behind the Counter by Jessica Wragg
God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz
Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon
Gross Anatomy: A Field Guide to Loving Your Body, Warts and All by Mara Altman
BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
In honor of National Book Lover’s Day on August 9
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading Writing, ed. by Stephanie Stokes Oliver
Book Love by Debbie Tung
Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul
READING NOW
KIM: The World’s Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Major Taylorby Michael Kramish
ALICE: American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin
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