January 1, 2020
Cover Story
Featuring 327 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction and children’s & teen; also in this issue: Bernardine Evaristo, the author of "Girl, Woman, Other," reflects on her historic Booker Prize win and black women’s lives in literature.This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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RUN ME TO EARTH
By Paul Yoon
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DECEIT AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES
By Vanessa Hua
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SKETCHES OF THE CRIMINAL WORLD
By Varlam Shalamov Donald Rayfield
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CHOSEN ONES
By Veronica Roth
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PRECIOUS YOU
By Helen Monks Takhar
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WE RIDE UPON STICKS
By Quan Barry
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ACTRESS
By Anne Enright
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BARN 8
By Deb Olin Unferth
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BLACKWOOD
By Michael Farris Smith
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DAYS OF DISTRACTION
By Alexandra Chang
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DEACON KING KONG
By James McBride
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THE EXHIBITION OF PERSEPHONE Q
By Jessi Jezewska Stevens
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THE LAST TAXI DRIVER
By Lee Durkee
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THE EVERLASTING
By Katy Simpson Smith
NONFICTION
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THE DRAGONS AND THE SNAKES
By David Kilcullen
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WARHOL
By Blake Gopnik
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TOWER OF SKULLS
By Richard B. Frank
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HOUSE OF GLASS
By Hadley Freeman
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LAND OF WONDROUS COLD
By Gillen D’Arcy Wood
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NOBODY WILL TELL YOU THIS BUT ME
By Bess Kalb
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THE PLANTER OF MODERN LIFE
By Stephen Heyman
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ATTENTION
By Casey Schwartz
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WHAT STARS ARE MADE OF
By Donovan Moore
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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM FAULKNER
By Carl Rollyson
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THE SORROWS OF MEXICO
By Lydia Cacho Anabel Hernández Sergio González Rodríguez Diego Enrique Osorno Emiliano Ruiz Parra Marcela Turati Juan Villoro
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THE DREAM UNIVERSE
By David Lindley
TEEN
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WICKED AS YOU WISH
By Rin Chupeco
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DEATHLESS DIVIDE
By Justina Ireland
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WE UNLEASH THE MERCILESS STORM
By Tehlor Kay Mejia
CHILDREN'S
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BALONEY AND FRIENDS
By Greg Pizzoli
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HELLO, WORLD!
By Ethan Long
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IN MY ANAANA'S AMAUTIK
By Nadia Sammurtok Lenny Lishchenko
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RICK
By Alex Gino
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LOVE FROM ALFIE MCPOONST, THE BEST DOG EVER
By Dawn McNiff Patricia Metola
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ROSIE
By Lindsay Ward
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DON'T WORRY, LITTLE CRAB
By Chris Haughton
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MULAN
By Grace Lin
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MACHINES THAT THINK!
By Don Brown
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‘OHANA MEANS FAMILY
By Ilima Loomis Kenard Pak
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HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE SEA
By Tanya Guerrero
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THE BEAR'S GARDEN
By Marcie Colleen Alison Oliver
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EVERYBODY COUNTS
By Kristin Roskifte Siân Mackie
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WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS
By Carole Lindstrom Michaela Goade
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ON WINGS OF WORDS
By Jennifer Berne Becca Stadtlander
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NONSENSE!
By Lori Mortensen Chloe Bristol
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TRACKING PYTHONS
By Kate Messner
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ALL THE DEAR LITTLE ANIMALS
By Ulf Nilsson Eva Eriksson Julia Marshall
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MY BISON
By Gaya Wisniewski
INDIE
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THE BIG THAW
By Eric Scigliano Robert Max Holmes Susan Natali John Schade Chris Linder
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DRAGONS CAN'T SPELL
By Susie Heinrichs Christina Grall
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A RACE AROUND THE WORLD
By Caroline Starr Rose Alexandra Bye
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PLAGUE OF WITCHES
By John Patrick Kennedy
