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Pulitzer Prize winner Wesley Lowery takes a hard look at the country in "American Whitelash" and more of this week's must-read new book releases.

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. Sure, you could read advertising blurbs on Amazon, but wouldn’t you be more likely to believe a neighbor with no skin in the game over a corporation being fed words by publishers? So in this new series, we are sharing these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com.

Denver Post book reviewer and author Sandra Dallas was among the winners honored by Colorado Humanities and the Center for the Book last week at the 2023 Colorado Book Awards earlier in June. “The Immortal King Rao,” by Vauhini Vara, which has won national acclaim, also took home a prize. Meanwhile, “Woman of Light,” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, was honored by the Reading the West Book Awards, as was “Tracing Time,” by Craig Childs.

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Have male love interests in romance novels become too "soft"? Fabio Lanzoni, who modeled on scores of romance novel covers, thinks so.

Author E.L. James has released the follow-up erotica book "The Missus," four years after the first novel "The Mister."

A home-health aide is assigned to care for an elderly woman accused of murdering her wealthy family decades earlier in a Lizzie Borden-like massacre.

Suspense master Riley Sager turns with new gothic thriller "The Only One Left" and more of this week's must-read new books.

USA TODAY's new puzzle editor Amanda Rafkin, who also plays piano and collects board games, is bent on keeping puzzles welcoming and fun.

From reading books to cooking delicious foods from Black-owned businesses, here are the ways you can celebrate Juneteenth, or Freedom Day.