Recommended reading, Oct. 23

Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South

At once poignant and rigorous, Macy’s extraordinary book is a compassionate dual biography and a forthright examination of codified racism.

In the sixth novel in her “Dublin Murder Squad” series, we see a murder investigation through the eyes of an abrasive mixed-race, working-class detective worn out from the harassment she’s endured from the rest of the Murder Squad.

Knives & Ink

Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (With Recipes)

Greetings From Utopia Park

Surviving a Transcendent Childhood

Hoffman’s eloquent, funny and profound memoir chronicles her coming of age in Iowa’s Utopia Park at the Maharishi’s national headquarters, her gradual disillusionment and the part of Transcendental Meditation that tugs her back.