10 Books to Read Right Now
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![The Council of Dads by Bruce Feiler](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.oprah.com/images/201006/omag/201006-omag-book-feiler-190x130.jpg)
By Bruce Feiler
256 pages; William Morrow
Diagnosed with a serious illness, journalist Feiler gathers six of his best friends to be there in their own ways for his daughters.
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![Jesus Boy by Preston L. Allen](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.oprah.com/images/201006/omag/201006-omag-book-allen-190x130.jpg)
By Preston L. Allen
364 pages; Akashic
Think African-American Romeo and Juliet, as played out in a devout Christian community.
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![Dear Money by Martha McPhee](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.oprah.com/images/201006/omag/201006-omag-book-mcphee-190x130.jpg)
By Martha McPhee
352 pages; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A Pygmalion story about a Master of the Universe who tries to turn a serious novelist into a Wall Street trader.
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![Just Let Me Lie Down by Kristin van Ogtrop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.oprah.com/images/201006/omag/201006-omag-book-ogtrop-190x130.jpg)
By Kristin van Ogtrop
272 pages; Little, Brown
The last word (we hope) on the complicated life of what Real Simple managing editor Van Ogtrop calls a "half-insane working mom."
![Thief by Maureen Gibbon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.oprah.com/images/201006/omag/201006-omag-book-gibbon-190x130.jpg)
By Maureen Gibbon
192 pages; Sarah Crichton/FSG
A writer gets involved with a prisoner in this raw and poetic take on an at-best tricky situation.
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