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Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel, this one about a man on a magical train that helps him revisit key moments of his life. By Elisabeth Egan If you happen to be near a body of water ...
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Berkley scores YA author Karen M. McManus’s adult debuts in a massive two-book deal, Montlake takes Sara Field’s lupine romances, and more.