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Who was reading what the week of Feb. 17

Historian Barbara Taylor weaves her story into the larger one of psychiatric hospitals

A master of deception argues that love depends on lying

David O’Keefe discovered the real motive behind the poorly planned raid where so many Canadians died

The latest from the bestselling author is an adult book about dads, feral children and stealing life from others

The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction

With Ishiguro, Tyler and Franzen back with new fiction, this year will herald the return of the literary heavy hitters

Behind Amy Poehler’s impossibly cheery persona is a multimedia empire built almost by stealth

The winner of the 2014 Giller Prize expounds on the thin line between fact and fiction, and the value of the digital world

Characters, clans, plot twists, plus emotional turmoil, spiced with sex and death.