18 books written by or about Marylanders in 2018

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The newest thriller by former Baltimore Sun reporter Dan Fesperman moves from Berlin in 1979 to a small town on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 2014. The author traces the fortunes of a young CIA operative named Helen Abell who experiences the rampant sexism that decades later would culminate in the #MeToo movement.

We shop at locally-owned businesses the Saturday after Thanksgiving and eat locally-grown produce to reduce our carbon footprints. So why not make it a point to peruse local books during the prime summer reading season? We've put together an eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction titles that have been published in just the first seven months of 2018.