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CHILDREN'S
WALK WITH MEby Jairo Buitrago ; illustrated by Rafael Yockteng ; translated by Elisa Amado
Emotionally resonant in the loveliest of ways. Full review >
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ME TALL, YOU SMALLby 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 >
FULL REVIEW >CHILDREN'S
BRONZE AND SUNFLOWERby 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 >
FULL REVIEW >CHILDREN'S
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THISA slice of African-American life seldom explored in stories for young people and a must for readers of middle-grade fiction. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >TEENS & YOUNG ADULT
THE MARROW THIEVESA dystopian world that is all too real and that has much to say about our own. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >TEENS & YOUNG ADULT
THE HATE U GIVEby Angie Thomas
This story is necessary. This story is important. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >HISTORY
THE GULFAn elegant narrative braced by a fierce, sobering environmental conviction. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >HISTORY
THE SEEDS OF LIFEThe best sort of science history, explaining not only how great men made great discoveries, but why equally great men,... Full review >
FULL REVIEW >BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
PRIESTDADDYA linguistically dexterous, eloquently satisfying narrative debut. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES
TELL ME HOW IT ENDSby Valeria Luiselli translated by Lizzie Davis
A powerful call to action and to empathy. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >NONFICTION
THE COOKING GENEAn exemplary, inviting exploration and an inspiration for cooks and genealogists alike. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThoreau has inspired so many esteemed biographies that it's difficult to claim any new one as definitive. However, Walls... Full review >
FULL REVIEW >FICTION
WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKYHeralds a new voice with certain staying power. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >FICTION
WHITE TEARSby Hari Kunzru
A well-turned and innovative tale that cannily connects old-time blues and modern-day minstrelsy. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >FICTION
EXIT WESTby 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 >
FULL REVIEW >FICTION
THE NINTH HOUREverything that her readers, the National Book Award committee, and the Pulitzer Prize judges love about McDermott’s... Full review >
FULL REVIEW >SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIESAn exceptional and pungently inventive first book. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >FICTION
SING, UNBURIED, SINGby 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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