10 New Books Getting Major Award Buzz

by Sarah Smarsh

A potent social and economic message embedded within an affecting memoir. Full review >

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by Jamel Brinkley

A major talent. Full review >

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by Rebecca Makkai

As compulsively readable as it is thoughtful and moving: an unbeatable fictional combination. Full review >

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by Jeffrey C. Stewart

A sweeping biography that gets deep into not just the man, but the movements he supported, resisted, and inspired. Full review >

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by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Honest, important, and timely. Full review >

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by Lauren Groff

A literary tour de force of precariousness set in a blistering place, a state shaped like a gun. Full review >

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by Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Jennifer Croft

A welcome introduction to a major author and a pleasure for fans of contemporary European literature. Full review >

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by Elizabeth Acevedo

Poignant and real, beautiful and intense, this story of a girl struggling to define herself is as powerful as Xiomara’s... Full review >

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by Michael Ondaatje

Ondaatje’s shrewd character study plays out in a smart, sophisticated drama, one worth the long wait for fans of wartime... Full review >

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by Yoko Tawada ; translated by Margaret Mitsutani

An ebullient meditation on language and time that feels strikingly significant in the present moment. Full review >

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