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Martin"s Must-Reads

Betty Martin, Mark Martin

There are one million new books published each year. With so many books and so little time, where do you begin to find your next must-read? There’s the New York Times Bestseller list, the Goodreads app, the Cape Library’s Staff picks shelf and now Martin’s Must-Reads.Every Wednesday at 7:42 a.m. and 5:18 p.m., and Sunday at 8:18 a.m., Betty Martin recommends a must read based on her own personal biases for historical fiction, quirky characters and overall well-turned phrases. Her list includes WWII

arts books

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1:37

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Last Devil to Die'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/02/10

“Thursday, December 27th, eleven p.m. Kuldesh Sharma hopes he’s in the right place. He parks up at the end of the dirt track, hemmed in on all sides by trees, ghoulish in the darkness. He had finally made up his mind at about four this afternoon, sitting in the back room of his shop. The box was sitting on the table in front of him. He made two phone calls, and now here he is."

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1:44

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Jackal's Mistress'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/02/03

On a recent trip, I listened to the audiobook of Chris Bohjalian’s civil war novel The Jackal’s Mistress. Based on a real-life story, it presents an interesting dilemma... How much would you risk to help a wounded enemy?

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1:41

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Correspondent'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/01/27

“Sybil is a mother and grandmother, divorced, retired from a distinguished career in law, these things are all there around her. On Monday around ten or half past Sybil Van Antwerp sits down at her desk again. It is the correspondence that is her manner of living.”

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1:47

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Book Club for Troublesome...

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/01/20

“On February 19, 1963, a troublesome, imperfect, controversial woman named Betty Friedan published a troublesome, imperfect, controversial book titled “The Feminine Mystique.” The book didn’t solve the problem. But it did put a name to it, shining a light that helped women who felt isolated and powerless find one another, and their voices.”

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1:38

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Christine Falls'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/01/13

“A sleek black motorcar was edging its way through the crowds of passengers going toward the boat. It stopped when it was still a good ten yards away from her, and a woman got out at the passenger side with a canvas bag in her hand and a bundle in a blanket in the crook of her other arm. She was not young, sixty if she was a day.”

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1:45

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Bullet That Missed'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/01/06

“Bethany Waites understands there is no going back now. Time to be brave, and to see how this all plays out. She weighs the bullet in her hand. Life is about understanding opportunities. Understanding how rarely they come along, and then rising to meet them when they do."

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1:45

Martin's Must-Reads: 'This Dog Will Change Your Life'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/12/23

“A human life improved by a dog isn’t just a theoretical concept. It’s a real life event that happens a million times a day, all over the world.”

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1:46

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Great Big Beautiful Life'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/12/23

“There’s an old saying about stories, and how there are always three versions of them: yours, mine and the truth. The guy who first said it worked in the film business, but it holds true for journalism too. We’re not really supposed to take sides. We’re supposed to deal in facts: Facts add up to truth.”

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1:39

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Graceless Heart'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/12/16

“Volterra. The ninth of April, 1478. They put her little brother in a cage. Her brother, who wasn’t so little anymore, but because Ravenna Maﬀei was older, she would always think of him that way."

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1:48

Martin's Must-Reads: 'About Grace'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/12/09

“His name was David Winkler and he was fifty-nine years old. This would be his first trip home in twenty-five years - if home was what he could still call it."

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1:40

Martin's Must Reads: 'The Bookish Life of Nina Hill'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/12/02

It’s hard to find a truly funny book ...but this is one. If you love books, trivia contests and witty repartee, then you must read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman.

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1:52

Martin's Must Reads: 'Year of Wonders'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/11/25

In 2001, Geraldine Brooks, one of my favorite authors, published her first novel Year of Wonders. She wrote it after coming across an intriguing finger post in England pointing to the Plague Village.

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1:50

Martin's Must Reads: 'The Ragged Edge of Night'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/11/18

If you’re looking for a well written, World War II story, more fact than fiction, that illustrates the power of human goodness, then you must read The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker.

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1:50

Martin's Must Reads: 'The Rose Code'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/11/11

If you’re looking for a book that sheds light on the amazing work the British code breakers accomplished shortening WWII by two years, then you must read The Rose Code by Kate Quinn.

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1:45

Martin's Must Reads: 'The Wright Brothers'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/11/04

If you’re interested in the history of flight or love McCullough’s writings, then you must read The Wright Brothers by David McCulllough.

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1:38

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Kills Well with Others'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/10/28

"Any multinational organization can be cutthroat, but when the organization is made up of trained killers, the stakes are incalculably high."

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1:46

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Poppy Fields'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/10/21

“There is a place, hidden among the sweeping sandy swaths of southern desert, where all you can see is red. From above, it’s a carpet of crimson, but as you lean closer, you see that it’s not one singular sheet of color, but rows upon rows of distinct red dots. Like a wild field of poppies. Except it’s nothing like that."

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1:40

Martin's Must-Reads: 'We All Live Here'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/10/14

“Sometimes, in her sleepless hours, she watches the strips of moonlight slide across her bedroom ceiling, glances at that photograph, and thinks wistfully about the family she could have had, all the pictures of holidays that will never exist...."

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1:44

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Letter Carrier'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/10/07

“Salento, Italy, June 1934: A coach stops in the main square of Lizzanello, a tight-knit village where everyone knows one another. A couple gets oﬀ: the man, Carlo, is happy to be back home after a long time away; the woman, Anna - his wife - is a stranger from the North. Carlo’s brother is there to meet them, and he and everyone else can’t help but notice that Anna is as beautiful as a Greek statue.”

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1:46

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Run for the Hills'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2025/09/30

“Strange people often came to the farm, but they tended to be late risers, so Mad knew the first few hours would be easy…Now she looked up to see a car driving down the dirt road, a PT Cruiser, which was not a car that you saw in this area."

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