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PITTSBURGH — On a muggy afternoon on Pittsburgh's North Shore, it felt good to step into the shade beneath a leafy tree. The smell was sweet and a sound suggesting rain was made by the patter of white sticky droplets falling on and around me.

FICTION: Patrick deWitt's novel splits the difference between Anne Tyler and Kevin Wilson.

FICTION: 'Flatlands' is a richly satisfying novel about outcasts who develop an unlikely bond and a love of nature.

Need a delightful volume of short stories? Or some background lore on your favorite (well, my favorite) baseball movie? Or a snappy heist for a sunny afternoon? These titles, and more, are part of this month's crop of brand-new paperbacks, all highly recommended. Happy reading!

If there's a weirder way to win a national bass fishing tournament with 270 entries, Zach Piescher and Cole Semler don't know it.

FICTION: University of Minnesota grad Mihret Sibhat writes about the lives of a prominent family in post-revolutionary Ethiopia.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The second game of the opening night of the California Classic was initially billed as a matchup of the two top selections in last month’s NBA Draft, deeming it good enough to be televised by ESPN.

FICTION: Set in the early 2000s, Caroline O'Donoghue's novel is twisty and compulsive.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is preemptively canceling the Nelchina caribou hunt, one of the most popular hunts in the state, citing low population estimates for the herd.

I'm always guilty of bringing too many books when packing for a trip; being a firm believer in the one-book-per-day rule. (Not that I'm necessarily going to read a book a day — though on a certain kind of vacation I might — but that I worry about running out,…

FICTION: An insightful, wry novel finds a family trying to heal when they flee the COVID-19 pandemic.