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THE INCARNATIONSby Susan Barker
Effortlessly blends the past with the present, dark humor with profound sadness. A deeply human masterpiece. Full review >
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A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMENby Lucia Berlin ; edited by Stephen Emerson
A testament to a writer whose explorations of society’s rougher corners deserve wider attention. Full review >
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FATES AND FURIESby Lauren Groff
An intricate plot, perfect title, and a harrowing look at the tie that binds. Full review >
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THE STORY OF MY TEETHby Valeria Luiselli ; translated by Christina MacSweeney
A clever philosophical novel that, as the author puts it, has “less to do with lying than surpassing the truth.” Full review >
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THE BOOK OF ARONby Jim Shepard
Ordinary people reveal dimensions that are extraordinarily cruel or kind. Full review >
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A LITTLE LIFEThe phrase “tour de force” could have been invented for this audacious novel. Full review >
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BETWEEN THE WORLD AND METhis moving, potent testament might have been titled “Black Lives Matter.” Or: “An American Tragedy.” Full review >
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WHIRLWINDby John Ferling
A first-rate historian’s masterful touch conveys the profound changes to colonists’ “hearts and minds.” Full review >
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H IS FOR HAWKWhether you call this a personal story or nature writing, it’s poignant, thoughtful and moving—and likely to become a... Full review >
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THE DELUGEby Adam Tooze
A lucid, first-rate history of the results of a war whose beginning a century ago we are busily commemorating. Full review >
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PACIFICWinchester’s passionate research—on sea and land—undergirds this superb analysis of a world wonder that we seem hellbent on... Full review >
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THE INVENTION OF NATUREby Andrea Wulf
Humboldt was the Einstein of the 19th century but far more widely read, and Wulf successfully combines a biography with an... Full review >
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THE NEW SMALL PERSONby Lauren Child ; illustrated by Lauren Child
How nice to see a familiar story made new with a family of color and a little brother as hero. Full review >
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LILLIAN'S RIGHT TO VOTEby Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
A much-needed picture book that will enlighten a new generation about battles won and a timely call to uphold these... Full review >
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ECHOby Pam Muñoz Ryan ; illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova
A grand narrative that examines the power of music to inspire beauty in a world overrun with fear and intolerance, it’s... Full review >
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FUNNY BONESby Duncan Tonatiuh ; illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Following on his Sibert Honor–winning Separate Is Never Equal (2014), Tonatiuh further marks himself as a major nonfiction... Full review >
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THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATHRace, class, fate and choice—they join Love and Death to play their parts in Brockenbrough’s haunting and masterfully... Full review >
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SHADOWSHAPERWarm, strong, vernacular, dynamic—a must. Full review >
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