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COOL MACHINE is "a heavyweight New York novel. Whitehead cracks the city open like a crab and pulls out the meat." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/books/review/colson-whitehead-cool-machine.html via The New York Times

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🎭 BRING THE HOUSE DOWN by Charlotte Runcie is a razor-sharp novel set at the Edinburgh Fringe, where a theater critic's scathing one-star review of an actress he shared a one-night stand with sets off a chain reaction that rocks the theater community. New repackaging.

✨ BECOMING BABA by Aymann Ismail is a moving memoir about fatherhood, faith, identity, and what it means to build a life between cultures. With honesty and humor, Ismail reflects on growing up as the son of Egyptian immigrants in post-9/11 America and the lessons he hopes to pass on to his own children.

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"Many novelists—including some great ones—circle one subject and style for much of their career. Colson Whitehead isn’t among them." Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/07/the-books-briefing-colson-whitehead-restless/687976/

No one is doing it like Colson Whitehead. His new book COOL MACHINE is dedicated to New York City. Find out why: https://www.today.com/video/colson-whitehead-talks-new-book-unusual-writing-process-more-266836037872 via The Today Show