WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

Discover the best books of the year, handpicked by the editors of The Wall Street Journal. From thought-provoking nonfiction to engrossing fiction, our Top Book Recommendations offer a curated list of exceptional reads that will inform, inspire, and entertain. Featuring titles from acclaimed authors and emerging voices, our selection spans genres and subjects, ensuring there's something for every reader. Dive into the world of ideas, stories, and perspectives that will change the way you think, feel, and see the world.
 

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1. Blood and oil: Mohammed bin Salman's ruthless quest for global power

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Hope, Bradley
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Green Road Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Middlecreek Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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2. The pretender

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Harkin, Jo
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"In 1480 John Collan's greatest anxiety is how to circumvent the village's devil goat on his way to collect water. But the arrival of a well-dressed stranger from London upends his life forever: John is not John Collan, not the son of Will Collan but the son of the long-deceased Duke of Clarence, and has been hidden in the countryside after a brotherly rift over the crown--and because Richard III has a habit of disappearing his nephews. Removed from...

3. The Spinach King: the rise and fall of an American dynasty

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Seabrook, John
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"They say behind every great fortune there is a great crime. At Seabrook Farms, the troubling American histories of race, immigration, and exploitation arise like weeds from the soil. Great Migration Black laborers struck against the company for better wages in the 1930s, and Japanese Americans helped found a 'global village' on the farm after World War II. Revealing both C. F. and Jack Seabrook's corruption, The Spinach King undermines the 'great...