March 15, 2020
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Featuring 407 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: in The City We Became, award-winning science fiction writer N.K. Jemisin keeps breaking new ground; Kevin Nguyen, Victoria James, Jessica Kim; and more
Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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THE LAST EMPEROX
By John Scalzi
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COLLECTED STORIES
By Lorrie Moore
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DRIFTS
By Kate Zambreno
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THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS
By Stephen Graham Jones
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SHINER
By Amy Jo Burns
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F*CKFACE
By Leah Hampton
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HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE
By Imbolo Mbue
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SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
By Meryl Wilsner
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THE THIRTY NAMES OF NIGHT
By Zeyn Joukhadar
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SANSEI AND SENSIBILITY
By Karen Tei Yamashita
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DON'T SHED YOUR TEARS FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES ON THESE STREETS
By Patricio Pron Mara Faye Lethem
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THE DAUGHTERS OF ERIETOWN
By Connie Schultz
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BROKEN
By Don Winslow
NONFICTION
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MAGDALENA
By Wade Davis
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THE TERRORIST ALBUM
By Jacob Dlamini
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THE NEW ONE
By Mike Birbiglia J. Hope Stein
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THE BROTHERS YORK
By Thomas Penn
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UNDER THE RED WHITE AND BLUE
By Greil Marcus
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THE BIRD WAY
By Jennifer Ackerman John Burgoyne
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THE PRICE OF PEACE
By Zachary D. Carter
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ENTANGLED LIFE
By Merlin Sheldrake
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THE INNER COAST
By Donovan Hohn
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THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
By Michael E. McCullough
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POLAND 1939
By Roger Moorhouse
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A SHORT HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CRISES
By Alan Hirsch
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NINE MOONS
By Gabriela Wiener Jessica Powell
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HOW TO DIE IN SPACE
By Paul M. Sutter
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I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE STILL HERE
By Esther Safran Foer
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THE LIGHT OF DAYS
By Judy Batalion
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CHILDREN OF ASH AND ELM
By Neil Price
TEEN
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THE MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA
By Maggie Tokuda-Hall
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WE ARE NOT FROM HERE
By Jenny Torres Sanchez
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HOME HOME
By Lisa Allen-Agostini
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CLAP WHEN YOU LAND
By Elizabeth Acevedo
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HEADS UP
By Melanie Siebert Belle Wuthrich
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THE EDGE OF ANYTHING
By Nora Shalaway Carpenter
CHILDREN'S
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DUSK EXPLORERS
By Lindsay Leslie Ellen Rooney
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MAYA AND THE RISING DARK
By Rena Barron
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SANTIAGO'S ROAD HOME
By Alexandra Diaz
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TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE
By Gabi Snyder Robin Rosenthal
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THE CAMPING TRIP
By Jennifer K. Mann
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JOY
By Yasmeen Ismail Jenni Desmond
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HELLO, NEIGHBOR!
By Matthew Cordell
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WHO IS MAKING A MESS?
By Maria D'Haene Charlie Eve Ryan
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OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG
By Lauren Castillo
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THE MAGIC IN CHANGING YOUR STARS
By Leah Henderson
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LOVE, LOVE
By Victoria Chang
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WORLD OF GLASS
By Jan Greenberg Sandra Jordan
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GRANDPARENTS
By Chema Heras Rosa Osuna Elisa Amado
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ALL TOGETHER NOW
By Hope Larson Hillary Sycamore Karina Edwards
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THE TRUTH ABOUT BUTTERFLIES
By Maxwell Eaton III
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UNCLE BOBBY'S WEDDING
By Sarah S. Brannen Lucia Soto
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ONLY THE CAT SAW
By Ashley Wolff
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OTTO TATTERCOAT AND THE FOREST OF LOST THINGS
By Matilda Woods
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A HATFUL OF DRAGONS
By Vikram Madan
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ALL THE BIRDS IN THE WORLD
By David Opie
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DESERT GIRL, MONSOON BOY
By Tara Dairman Archana Sreenivasan
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KEITH AMONG THE PIGEONS
By Katie Brosnan
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PETS AND THEIR FAMOUS HUMANS
By Ana Gallo Katherine Quinn
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SHE LEADS
By June Smalls Yumi Shimokawara
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DARWIN'S RIVAL
By Christiane Dorion Harry Tennant
INDIE
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IN THE REALM OF ASH AND SORROW
By Kenneth W. Harmon
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THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY AND OTHER STORIES
By Jan Maher
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GOING BACK
By Andrea von Treuenfeld Cathryn Siegal-Bergman
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TRACE
By Melanie Figg
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