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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Catching up on the best books of year

    The New York Times’ 10 best books of 2016 include novels and nonfiction works. They range from a novel about a Korean housewife going vegetarian, to a memoir set in the chaos of Libya in 2012.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 8, 2016 • 1 min read

    The New York Times’ 10 best books of 2016 include novels and nonfiction works. They range from a novel about a Korean housewife going vegetarian, to a memoir set in the chaos of Libya in 2012.

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    Trump’s EPA pick and consequences for California
    1. 0:00What Scott Pruitt as EPA chief would mean for California
    2. 10:03Persian Palaces: expressions of Iranian culture
    3. 17:49Why did Donald Trump call out Chuck Jones on Twitter?
    4. 24:58How a Japanese machine re-wrote American music
    5. 39:31Catching up on the best books of yearYou’re reading this
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