Best New Books: Week of November 10, 2020

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Adult Fiction

★ Fires of Vengeance, by Evan Winter

★ A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem, by Manda Collins

★ The Law of Innocence, by Michael Connelly

★ The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans

★ Percentages of Guilt, by Michael Niemann

Adult Nonfiction

★ How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, by Kiese Laymon

★ The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How To Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams, by Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, and Anne Chow

★ Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls: Women, Music, and Fame, by Lisa Robinson

★ One Life, by Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes

★ Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis, by Jeffrey H. Jackson

★ The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past, by Meave Leakey and Samira Leakey

★ The Tahini Table: Go Beyond Hummus with 100 Recipes for Every Meal, by Amy Zitelman and Andrew Schloss

★ We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, a President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace, by Denise Kiernan

Youth Fiction

★ How to Pack for the End of the World, by Michelle Falkoff

Youth Nonfiction

★ The Pig War: How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and America to Share, by Emma Bland Smith and illustrated by Alison Jay

★ This Is Your Time, by Ruby Bridges