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TELL THE MACHINE GOODNIGHTWith its clever, compelling vision of the future, deeply human characters, and delightfully unpredictable story, this novel... Full review >
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HEADS OF THE COLORED PEOPLEIn an era when writers of color are broadening the space in which class and culture as well as race are examined,... Full review >
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SEVERANCEby Ling Ma
Smart, funny, humane, and superbly well-written. Full review >
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MOURNINGby Eduardo Halfon ; translated by Lisa Dillman & Daniel Hahn
In this follow-up to The Polish Boxer (2012) and Monastery (2014), Halfon constructs a kind of postmodern memorial to his... Full review >
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FLORIDAby 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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HALSEY STREETby Naima Coster
Absorbing and alive, the kind of novel that swallows you whole. Full review >
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CALL THEM BY THEIR TRUE NAMESSolnit is careful with her words (she always is) but never so much that she mutes the infuriated spirit that drives these... Full review >
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THE ROAD TO UNFREEDOMA highly distressing, urgent alarm to awaken Americans to the peril of authoritarianism. Full review >
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HEARTLANDby Sarah Smarsh
A potent social and economic message embedded within an affecting memoir. Full review >
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DOPESICKby Beth Macy
An urgent, eye-opening look at a problem that promises to grow much worse in the face of inaction and indifference. Full review >
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HEAVYby Kiese Laymon
A dynamic memoir that is unsettling in all the best ways. Full review >
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AMERICAN PRISONby Shane Bauer
A potent, necessary broadside against incarceration in the U.S., which “imprisons a higher portion of its population than... Full review >
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DREAMERSby Yuyi Morales ; illustrated by Yuyi Morales
A resplendent masterpiece. Full review >
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MERCI SUÁREZ CHANGES GEARSby Meg Medina
Medina delivers another stellar and deeply moving story. Full review >
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CROWNby Derrick Barnes ; illustrated by Gordon C. James
One of the best reads for young black boys in years, it should be in every library, media center, and, yes, barbershop. Full review >
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CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONEby Tomi Adeyemi
Powerful, captivating, and raw—Adeyemi is a talent to watch. Exceptional. Full review >
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THE POET XPoignant 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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