The 2017 Kirkus Prize Finalists

by Jairo Buitrago ; illustrated by Rafael Yockteng ; translated by Elisa Amado

Emotionally resonant in the loveliest of ways. Full review >

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by Lilli L'Arronge ; illustrated by Lilli L'Arronge ; translated by Madeleine Stratford

This book delights on many levels as it affirms the importance of young children’s close relationships Full review >

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by Cao Wenxuan ; translated by Helen Wang ; illustrated by Meilo So

Readers of all ages should be prepared to laugh, cry, and sigh with satisfaction. Full review >

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by Karen English

A slice of African-American life seldom explored in stories for young people and a must for readers of middle-grade fiction. Full review >

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by Cherie Dimaline

A dystopian world that is all too real and that has much to say about our own. Full review >

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by Angie Thomas

This story is necessary. This story is important. Full review >

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by Jack E. Davis

An elegant narrative braced by a fierce, sobering environmental conviction. Full review >

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by Edward Dolnick

The best sort of science history, explaining not only how great men made great discoveries, but why equally great men,... Full review >

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by Patricia Lockwood

A linguistically dexterous, eloquently satisfying narrative debut. Full review >

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by Valeria Luiselli translated by Lizzie Davis

A powerful call to action and to empathy. Full review >

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by Michael W. Twitty

An exemplary, inviting exploration and an inspiration for cooks and genealogists alike. Full review >

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by Laura Dassow Walls

Thoreau has inspired so many esteemed biographies that it's difficult to claim any new one as definitive. However, Walls... Full review >

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by Lesley Nneka Arimah

Heralds a new voice with certain staying power. Full review >

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by Hari Kunzru

A well-turned and innovative tale that cannily connects old-time blues and modern-day minstrelsy. Full review >

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by Mohsin Hamid

One of the most bittersweet love stories in modern memory and a book to savor even while despairing of its truths. Full review >

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by Alice McDermott

Everything that her readers, the National Book Award committee, and the Pulitzer Prize judges love about McDermott’s... Full review >

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by Carmen Maria Machado

An exceptional and pungently inventive first book. Full review >

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by Jesmyn Ward

As with the best and most meaningful American fiction these days, old truths are recast here in new realities rife with both... Full review >

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