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THE COMMITTEDA quirky intellectual crime story that highlights the Vietnam War’s complex legacy. Full review >
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HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WEREby Imbolo Mbue
A fierce, up-to-the-minute novel that makes you sad enough to grieve and angry enough to fight back. Full review >
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FOREGONEA challenging, risk-taking work marked by a wry and compassionate intelligence. Full review >
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RED ISLAND HOUSEby Andrea Lee
An utterly captivating, richly detailed, and highly critical vision of how the one percent lives in neocolonial paradise. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >HISTORY
A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICAAnother winner from Abdurraqib, a writer always worth paying attention to. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >NONFICTION
THE CODE BREAKERA vital book about the next big thing in science—and yet another top-notch biography from Isaacson. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >NONFICTION
THE EMPATHY DIARIESA masterful memoir by a pioneering researcher and incisive thinker. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >NONFICTION
THE DISORDERED COSMOSA timely, necessary, stellar book—a game-changer. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >TEENS & YOUNG ADULT
FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTERA suspenseful tale filled with Ojibwe knowledge, hockey, and the politics of status. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >TEENS & YOUNG ADULT
CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP (YOUNG ADULT EDITION)by Jeff Chang & Dave "Davey D" Cook
Required history for young hip-hop heads—and everyone else. Full review >
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WHEN WE WERE INFINITEBeautifully, achingly cathartic. Full review >
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THE HAZARDS OF LOVEby Stan Stanley ; illustrated by Stan Stanley
A noir fantasy—part adventure, part love story, all the way spectacularly creepy. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >CHILDREN'S
NIÑOSby María José Ferrada ; illustrated by María Elena Valdez ; translated by Lawrence Schimel
A book to be read and remembered: a tribute to children whose lives were lost to forces not of their own creation. Full review >
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WE BECAME JAGUARSby Dave Eggers ; illustrated by Woodrow White
A fresh inversion of expectations told in vivid art and idiom. Full review >
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A SHOT IN THE ARM!by Don Brown ; illustrated by Don Brown
Essential. Full review >
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BOY, EVERYWHEREby A.M. Dassu
Compelling, informative, hopeful. Full review >
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