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The Gene Pool

Edward Humes’s The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder explores the conundrum of genetic evidence.

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Rosebud Awards: Best Nonfiction Book
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Rosebud Awards: Best Fiction Book
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Rosebud Awards: Best Poetry Book
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10 New Books for December
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Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (December 7, 2022)
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south central noir, gary phillips
The Naked City
manuel muñoz, the consequences, review
Inside Out
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The Unsinkable Elsie Robinson
dr no, percival everett
Nothing Doings
november 2022, new book releases
12 New Books for November
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a book of days, patti smith, the light we carry, michelle obama, all about me, mel brooks
California Bestsellers List (November 30, 2022)
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California Bestsellers List (November 16, 2022)
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California Bestsellers List (November 9, 2022)
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California Bestsellers List (November 2, 2022)
the passenger, stella maris, cormac mccarthy
Book Review: ‘The Passenger’ and ‘Stella Maris’
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California Bestsellers List (October 26, 2022)
writer mike davis
Mike Davis (1946-2022)
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A Tender Man
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California Bestsellers List (October 19, 2022)
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See You at the Crossroads
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California Bestsellers List (October 12, 2022)
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Circular Logic
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Jann Wenner Doesn’t Get That He’s Doing Just Fine
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California Bestsellers List (October 5, 2022)
i've had to think up a way to survive, lynn melnick, university of texas press
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sweet, soft, plenty rhythm, laura warrell
Song and Dance
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15 New Books for October
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Alta’s Favorite Bookstores: Update 3
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California Bestsellers List (September 28, 2022)
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Obsession
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The Dark Season
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Marion Davies on Her Own Terms
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An M.F.K. Fisher Primer
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California Bestsellers List (September 21, 2022)
julie otsuka, michael cunningham, john freeman, the swimmers, california book club
Event Recap: Julie Otsuka’s ‘The Swimmers’
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Less Is More
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California Bestsellers List (September 14, 2022)
if i survive you, jonathan escoffery
Family Matters
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California Bestsellers List (September 7, 2022)
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City Lights
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Alta’s Favorite Bookstores: Update 2
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California Bestsellers List (August 31, 2022)
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Pynchon at the Beach
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Life and Fate
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California Bestsellers List (August 24, 2022)
40, alan heathcock
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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California Bestsellers List (August 17, 2022)
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The Home Front
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California Bestsellers List (August 10, 2022)
rabbit hutch, tess gunty
The Apartment
verity, collen hoover, the it girl, ruth ware, do the work
Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (August 3, 2022)
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Alta’s Favorite Bookstores: First Update
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‘Properties of Thirst,’ Part Five
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Breaking Genre
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14 New Books for August
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California Bestsellers List (July 27, 2022)
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‘Properties of Thirst,’ Part Four
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Exile and the Kingdom
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California Bestsellers List (July 20, 2022)
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Hotel California
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‘Properties of Thirst,’ Part Three
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California Bestsellers List (July 13, 2022)
properties of thirst, marianne wiggins
‘Properties of Thirst,’ Part Two
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The Fault in Their Stars
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Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List
angel of rome, jess walter
Past is Prologue
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Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List
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‘Properties of Thirst,’ Part One
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What to Read on Mars
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Why It’s Time to Rethink ‘American Me’
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