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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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1:49

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Theo of Golden'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/04/07

“On the left, right, and rear walls were portraits, ninety-two of them in total, done in pencil on white paper and in black frames of three sizes. All had obviously been done by the same artist. And, as if to reflect the customers in the shop at that moment, the collection included a full range of humanity—age, race, and expression. Portraits and portraits and more portraits.”

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1:43

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Impossible Fortune'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/03/31

“They show you how to make bombs on the internet. If you know where to look. What to buy, where to buy it from. How to fit the whole thing together. There are even videos…They don’t really tell you about the risks. But the risks stand to reason. Be careful with explosives, that doesn’t need to be spelled out to anyone surely?”

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1:44

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Widow's Walk'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/03/24

“And whose nitwit idea was this?’ Betty Hardacre snapped, her orthopedic shoes sinking into sand. Betty was the chair of the Episcopal Church Women. She prided herself on upholding the parish’s long-standing traditions. Pastor Miranda McCurdy looked up from the grill where she tended to the sizzling barbecue. As the first woman to lead St. Gabriel-by-the-Sea in 180 years, she was used to resistance.”

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1:44

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Circle of Days'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/03/17

“The story begins around the year 2500 B.C.E. Seth trudged across the Great Plain, carrying on his back a wickerwork basket containing flints to be traded. He was with his father and two older brothers. He hated all three of them.”

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1:46

Martin's Must-Reads: 'The View from Lake Como'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/03/10

“Dear Dr. Sharon, The self-portrait you requested is attached. I make my living drawing marble installations to scale. I’m a draftsman who also provides designs for customers. Forgive the lack of nuance in the sketch, but it is a truthful rendering of how I see myself."

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1:42

Martin's Must-Reads: 'My Beloved'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/03/03

“Father Kavanagh. Pen in hand and his notebook open before him, he was ready to do what he did every November: Get started on his Christmas list. By seven thirty a.m., he had prayed with his wife, checked his sugar, had his shot, and polished oﬀ his stone-ground oatmeal with raw honey and multigrain toast. This upbeat start on the morning had made him overconfident - his pen was poised but nothing was happening. The grand expectation of churning through the list was morphing into a muse.”

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1:31

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Good Intentions'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/02/24

“The sun is leaving for the day, and I probably should too. I shouldn’t be here at all. This has to stop, everyone says so. It’s not healthy, Cady. It’s not right. Not normal, not legal.”

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1:46

Martin's Must-Reads: 'Amity'

Martin"s Must-Reads ·

2026/02/17

“New Orleans - 1866. I had few pleasures to call my own. There was the peace found in the attic where I was made to board, the transporting comfort of the books in Mrs. Harper’s library, the deliciousness of the sweet bread I purchased with my allowance from the bakery down the road each Sunday of rest. But all of it paled in comparison to the joy brought upon me by Oliver, the terrier I considered my own.”

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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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