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Loved ‘The Correspondent’? We’ve got seven more titles you’ll eat up

• Chris Hewitt, The Minnesota Star Tribune
• May 20, 2026
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Tom Hanks (left) and Helena Zengel star in "News of the World," a movie based on the novel by Paulette Jiles. (Universal/TNS)

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"Sipsworth," by Simon Van Booy. (Godine/TNS)

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"Major Pettigrew's Last Stand," by Helen Simonson. (Random House Publishing Group/TNS)

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"Emily, Alone," by Stewart O'Nan. (Penguin Publishing Group/TNS)

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There are books you read and think might have been created just for you. There are the books you can’t wait to discuss with your book club. And then there are books you read and think, “Just about every reader I know would love this.”

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