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1. Books of The Times: ‘Seven American Deaths and Disasters’ Transcribes the News
   “Seven American Deaths and Disasters” transcribes radio and television broadcasts of painful events, from the Kennedy assassination to Sept. 11, as they unfurled on the air, live and unmediated.

   
   
   
2. ArtsBeat: Variations On an Article: Jeremy Denk Gets a Book Contract
   The pianist Jeremy Denk will transform an article for The New Yorker into a book for Random House.

   
   
   
3. At 52, Not Too Old for a Debut Novel
   A writer comes to realize he is too old to follow anyone else’s rules and can express his true nature.
4. Books of The Times: Carl Hiaasen’s ‘Bad Monkey’ Features a Cast of Oddballs
   A washed-up monkey, sex in a morgue, a severed arm at the end of a fishhook and other Carl Hiaasen capers make “Bad Monkey” his funniest novel in almost a decade.

   
   
   
5. Books: In ‘What Doctors Feel,’ Pain Is Not Just the Realm of Patients
   Dr. Danielle Ofri delves into the ways doctors’ emotions can exert a strong influence on a case, particularly when it grows complicated, frustrating or unyielding.

   
   
   
6. Books: ‘How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick’ Can Be Harder Than It Sounds
   Supporting friends in times of serious trouble, like during an illness, can be difficult.

   
   
   
7. English Gavels Resound in a Trove Headed to Yale
   Yale University has acquired a vast and renowned collection of English lawbooks and legal manuscripts assembled by the barrister Anthony Taussig.

   
   
   
8. Books of The Times: The Psychic Siblings of ‘Sisterland,’ by Curtis Sittenfeld
   “Sisterland,” a new novel from Curtis Sittenfeld, centers on identical twin sisters with psychic powers who have chosen contrasting lifestyles.

   
   
   
9. Bookshelf: Books on Veterans, Civil Rights and Sacred Places
   A book by Philip F. Napoli tells the stories of veterans, including a black soldier and his white comrades and a nurse who staged a hunger strike.

   
   
   
10. Luke Janklow: Not Exactly Bookish
    The agent Luke Janklow may be the last man having fun in the industry. You may have read about some of it in the tabloids.

    
    
    
11. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: A New Spin on the Hulk
    “Indestructible Hulk,” written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu, is at No. 9 on the hardcover list.

    
    
    
12. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: The Science of Female Desire
    Daniel Bergner talks about his new book, “What Do Women Want?”

    
    
    
13. ArtsBeat: The Sweet Spot Video: The Books of Summer
    In this week’s video, A. O. Scott, David Carr and others discuss what they will be reading this summer.

    
    
    
14. Children’s Books: ‘Octopus Alone,’ by Divya Srinivasan, and More
    New picture books about a fish and a snail that live in a book, the creator of a submarine, and more.
15. Children’s Books: ‘Giant Dance Party,’ by Betsy Bird, and More
    New picture books about parties include pirates, blue furry giants and a birthday feast.
16. Crime: Carl Hiaasen’s ‘Bad Monkey,’ and More
    Carl Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey” is another misadventure in the annals of greed and corruption in South Florida, “the Medicare-fraud capital of America.”
17. Benjamin Percy’s ‘Red Moon’
    In Benjamin Percy’s novel, the misunderstood lycanthrope population is being persecuted. And they’re not going to take it anymore.
18. ‘The Dispensable Nation’ and ‘Foreign Policy Begins at Home’
    Two foreign policy figures criticize, from differing directions, President Obama’s program.
19. Children’s Books: ‘The Servant’ and ‘The Wall’
    Two teenage protagonists strain against expectations in the Middle East.
20. Children’s Books: ‘The Favorite Daughter’ and ‘The Thing About Luck’
    First- and second-generation American girls make their own way in these tales.