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As the publishing calendar moves from June to July, it marks the halfway point of 2020, prompting the creation of “best-of-the-year-thus-far” lists. Many of these lists highlight diverse authors. Here are five writers getting repeated attention.

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Some readers are spending their time in lockdown reading formidable classics. Yet for anyone not quite ready to dig into Ulysses, the works of Jane Austen are always a good idea.

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