May 15, 2020
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Featuring 367 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: Tori Amos gets political in a new book, Resistance; Daniel Mason, Lauren Castillo, Adiba Jaigirdar; and more
Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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THE BOY IN THE FIELD
By Margot Livesey
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BLUE TICKET
By Sophie Mackintosh
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THE SILENCE OF THE WHITE CITY
By Eva Garcia Sáenz Nick Caistor
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THE FIVE BOOKS OF (ROBERT) MOSES
By Arthur Nersesian
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FLORIDA MAN
By Tom Cooper
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GROVE
By Esther Kinsky Caroline Schmidt
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MUSICAL CHAIRS
By Amy Poeppel
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THE COLOR OF AIR
By Gail Tsukiyama
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THE BOOK OF DRAGONS
By Jonathan Strahan
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NO PRESENTS PLEASE
By Jayant Kaikini Tejaswini Niranjana
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CROSSINGS
By Alex Landragin
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THREE HOURS IN PARIS
By
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SEX AND VANITY
By Kevin Kwan
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NIGHTSHADE
By Annalena McAfee
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WHEN SHE WAS GOOD
By Michael Robotham
NONFICTION
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FILTHY BEASTS
By Kirkland Hamill
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THE SMALLEST LIGHTS IN THE UNIVERSE
By Sara Seager
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THE NAMES OF ALL THE FLOWERS
By Melissa Valentine
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GOD'S SHADOW
By Alan Mikhail
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THE WAY OF IMAGINATION
By Scott Russell Sanders
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CHASING CHOPIN
By Annik LaFarge
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VESPER FLIGHTS
By Helen Macdonald
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TO START A WAR
By Robert Draper
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ANALOGIA
By George Dyson
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IF THEN
By Jill Lepore
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THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES DICKENS
By A.N. Wilson
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YOU OUGHT TO DO A STORY ABOUT ME
By Ted Jackson
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GATECRASHER
By Ben Widdicombe
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THE SADDEST WORDS
By Michael Gorra
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JUST US
By Claudia Rankine
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ELLIS ISLAND
By Malgorzata Szejnert Sean Gasper Bye
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THE COLD VANISH
By Jon Billman
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PERILOUS BOUNTY
By
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TALES FROM THE ANT WORLD
By Edward O. Wilson
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LADY ROMEO
By Tana Wojczuk
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FATHOMS
By Rebecca Giggs
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HAVING AND BEING HAD
By Eula Biss
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DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ASSAULT ON TRUTH
By Washington Post Glenn Kessler Salvador Rizzo Meg Kelly
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OUR BODIES, THEIR BATTLEFIELDS
By Christina Lamb
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CITY ON FIRE
By
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THE END OF WHITE POLITICS
By Zerlina Maxwell
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THE GOOD STATE
By
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THE WELL-GARDENED MIND
By Sue Stuart-Smith
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TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY
By Anne Applebaum
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OUR TIME IS NOW
By Stacey Abrams
TEEN
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THE GLARE
By Margot Harrison
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THE VOTING BOOTH
By Brandy Colbert
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BEING TOFFEE
By Sarah Crossan
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THE STEPPING OFF PLACE
By Cameron Kelly Rosenblum
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ACCIDENTAL
By Alex Richards
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THIS IS MY AMERICA
By Kim Johnson
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THE FAITHLESS HAWK
By Margaret Owen
CHILDREN'S
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EVA EVERGREEN
By Julie Abe
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CONDOR COMEBACK
By Sy Montgomery Tianne Strombeck
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TRAP THE MONSTER!
By Agnese Baruzzi
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THE MAYFLOWER
By Kate Messner Dylan Meconis
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FIGHTING WORDS
By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
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THE OCEAN CALLS
By Tina M. Cho Jess X. Snow
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PENNY AND THE PLAIN PIECE OF PAPER
By Miri Leshem-Pelly
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ALIEN BABY!
By Elias Barks Meg Hunt
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WAKE UP, LET'S PLAY!
By Marit Törnqvist
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CLAUDE
By Emma Bland Smith Jennifer Potter
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THE LONGEST NIGHT OF CHARLIE NOON
By Christopher Edge
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ABC DANCE!
By Sabrina Moyle Eunice Moyle
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WHERE HAPPINESS BEGINS
By Eva Eland
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SILLI'S SHEEP
By Tiffany Stone Louis Thomas
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THE BLUE HOUSE
By Phoebe Wahl
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THE BARNABUS PROJECT
By Terry Fan Eric Fan Devin Fan
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AMADOU'S ZOO
By Rebecca Walsh
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TY'S TRAVELS
By Kelly Starling Lyons Nina Mata
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THE CASE OF THE MISSING CAKE
By Eoin McLaughlin Marc Boutavant
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EEK!
By Julie Larios Julie Paschkis
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THE RUN
By Barroux
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FOREST
By Jane Ormes
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EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE
By Daniel Nayeri
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SOME DAYS
By María Wernicke Lawrence Schimel
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MR. NOGGINBODY AND THE CHILDISH CHILD
By David Shannon
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THE WORRY (LESS) BOOK
By Rachel Brian
INDIE
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DEAR RAY
By Donna Dunlop
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FOREVER FRIENDS
By Melanie Moyer Kathe Hudson Maileys Pitcher
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WITHOUT EXPIRATION
By William R. Hincy
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THE SIKH HERITAGE
By Dalvir S. Pannu
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