9 Books Everyone Is Still Talking About

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

A fetching debut from an author who knows her city, its people, and their hearts. Full review >

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by Paul Kalanithi

A moving meditation on mortality by a gifted writer whose dual perspectives of physician and patient provide a singular... Full review >

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by Elizabeth Strout

Fiction with the condensed power of poetry: Strout deepens her mastery with each new work, and her psychological acuity has... Full review >

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by Kaitlyn Greenidge

A vivid and poignant coming-of-age story that is also an important exploration of family, race, and history. Full review >

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by Karan Mahajan

An engaging if plot-thick novel that’s alert to the intersection of the emotional and political. Full review >

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by Matthew Desmond

This stunning, remarkable book—a scholar’s 21st-century How the Other Half Lives—demands a wide audience. Full review >

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by Stephanie Danler

As they say at the restaurant: pick up! Full review >

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by Molly Prentiss

As affecting as it is absorbing. A thrilling debut. Full review >

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by Mary Gaitskill

Gaitskill explores the complexities of love (mares, meres…) to bring us a novel that gallops along like a bracing bareback... Full review >

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