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A New York (Baseball) State of Mind

In THE BASEBALL UNCLYCLOPEDIA: A Highly Opinionated, Myth-Busting Guide to the Great American Game, Michael Kun and Howard Bloom note that the state of baseball literature consists primarily of books about the Yankees.

Nothing has changed much in the 20 years since their book was published. (The Mets are pretty high up there as well, but given that the Bronx Bombers have been around 50+ years longer, their literary superiority is not surprising.)

This year’s crop includes the almost-requisite homage to New York baseball.

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Week of February 23, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of February 23rd include GRAVE DANGER, an edgy thriller from James Grippando that finds criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck defending a single mother accused of kidnapping her own child in a perilous case involving politics and international diplomacy that will test his legal expertise and his marriage; WHAT HAPPENED TO THE McCRAYS? by Tracey Lange, a poignant story about the resilience of family, the importance of community, and the magic of middle-school hockey; Olivia Campbell's SISTERS IN SCIENCE, the extraordinary true story of four female pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany; and RAISING HARE by Chloe Dalton, a fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

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