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Staff Pick: The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells
Suddenly his meaningless life is turned upside down and he is faced with the biggest questions: what is important to him and what will he take to get it?
This book does a brilliant job of tracing how Dublin evolved over the centuries—from its humble Viking beginnings right up to its status as a buzzing European capital.
End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin
By some estimates, 49% of the world’s adult population is due to vote in elections in 2024 and what better way to begin the year than with Turchin’s brilliant book about how much trouble some of these same societies are in.
Georges Simenon, who was born 120 years ago in the Belgian city of Liège, lived an eventful life and was a prolific author. He wrote 75 novels and 28 short stories about his most famous character, Jules Maigret or, as everyone (including his wife) calls him, Maigret.
