July 15, 2020
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Featuring 412 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: Stephen Graham Jones on 'The Only Good Indians', the smartest, scariest horror novel of the year; Anne Applebaum, Lisa Moore Ramée, Rachel Lynn Solomon; and more
Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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YOU WANT MORE
By George Singleton
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MEMORIAL
By Bryan Washington
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THE EVENING AND THE MORNING
By Ken Follett
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HENCH
By Natalie Zina Walschots
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ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE
By Louise Penny
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THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
By Richard Osman
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THE GLASS KINGDOM
By Lawrence Osborne
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THE SWITCH
By Beth O'Leary
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SUMMER
By Ali Smith
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THE CARE AND FEEDING OF WASPISH WIDOWS
By Olivia Waite
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THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES
By Jean-Claude Grumberg Frank Wynne
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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE
By V.E. Schwab
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AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN
By Stéphanie Buelens
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THE ORDER
By Daniel Silva
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HIS ONLY WIFE
By Peace Adzo Medie
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HOMELAND ELEGIES
By Ayad Akhtar
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EMERALD BLAZE
By Ilona Andrews
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PARADISE COVE
By Jenny Holiday
NONFICTION
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THE UNREALITY OF MEMORY
By Elisa Gabbert
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THIS IS THE NIGHT OUR HOUSE WILL CATCH FIRE
By Nick Flynn
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WHITE TEARS/BROWN SCARS
By Ruby Hamad
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BIG DIRTY MONEY
By Jennifer Taub
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STAKES IS HIGH
By Mychal Denzel Smith
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ADRIFT
By Amin Maalouf Frank Wynne
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WAGNERISM
By
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ROME—CITY IN TERROR
By
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A SERIES OF FORTUNATE EVENTS
By Sean B. Carroll
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A PECULIAR INDIFFERENCE
By Elliott Currie
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THIS WAY BACK
By Joanna Eleftheriou
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LIBERTY FROM ALL MASTERS
By Barry C. Lynn
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AGENT SONYA
By Ben Macintyre
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THE NEW MAP
By Daniel Yergin
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CONSERVATISM
By Edmund Fawcett
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ICE WALKER
By James Raffan
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INTIMATIONS
By Zadie Smith
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WHY WE SERVE
By Alexandra N. Harris Mark G. Hirsch
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ONE BILLION AMERICANS
By Matthew Yglesias
TEEN
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WE ARE NOT FREE
By Traci Chee
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SMASH IT!
By Francina Simone
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SURRENDER YOUR SONS
By Adam Sass
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THE WAY BACK
By Gavriel Savit
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BEAUTY MARK
By Carole Boston Weatherford
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1789
By Marc Aronson Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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THE CAT I NEVER NAMED
By Amra Sabic-El-Rayess Laura L. Sullivan
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AS THE SHADOW RISES
By Katy Rose Pool
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GUARDIANS OF LIBERTY
By Linda Barrett Osborne
CHILDREN'S
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CREATURE FEATURES
By Natasha Durley
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MY DAY WITH GONG GONG
By Sennah Yee Elaine Chen
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SKUNK AND BADGER
By Amy Timberlake Jon Klassen
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THE SILVER ARROW
By Lev Grossman Tracy Nishimura Bishop
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THE BRUSHMAKER'S DAUGHTER
By Kathy Kacer
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THE TALK
By Wade Hudson Cheryl Willis Hudson
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THE GREAT BEAR RESCUE
By Sandra Markle
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JABARI TRIES
By Gaia Cornwall
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BEE FEARLESS
By Mikaila Ulmer
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BEFORE THE EVER AFTER
By Jacqueline Woodson
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I AM EVERY GOOD THING
By Derrick Barnes Gordon C. James
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TUNE IT OUT
By Jamie Sumner
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I TALK LIKE A RIVER
By Jordan Scott Sydney Smith
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THE SUITCASE
By Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
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WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND?
By Sam McBratney Anita Jeram
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THE WALK
By Celia Sacido Jon Brokenbrow
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ON ACCOUNT OF THE GUM
By Adam Rex
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ALL'S HAPPY THAT ENDS HAPPY
By Rose Lagercrantz Eva Eriksson Julia Marshall
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THE FIRST FIRE
By Brad Wagnon Alex Stephenson
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BROWN
By Nancy Johnson James Constance Moore
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THE BLUE TABLE
By Chris Raschka
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STUCK TOGETHER
By Brian "Smitty" Smith
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LIGHTFALL
By Tim Probert
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CHANCE
By Uri Shulevitz
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SHAPE UP, CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS!
By Victoria Allenby
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THEY THREW US AWAY
By Daniel Kraus Rovina Cai
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THE TEACHERS MARCH!
By Sandra Neil Wallace Rich Wallace Charly Palmer
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FEATHERED SERPENT AND THE FIVE SUNS
By Duncan Tonatiuh
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MY RAINBOW
By Trinity Neal DeShanna Neal Art Twink
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MY BOOK (NOT YOURS)
By Ben Sanders
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THE WORLD'S POOREST PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT
By Yoshimi Kusaba Gaku Nakagawa Andrew Wong
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MISTER INVINCIBLE
By Pascal Jousselin Laurence Croix David Bryon Ivanka T. Hahnenberger
INDIE
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TO THE MAN IN THE RED SUIT
By Christina Fulton
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CONCEALED
By Esther Amini
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THE CHAOS COURT
By Jake Burnett
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MISS HAVILLAND
By Gay Daly
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THE GIRLS OF JERUSALEM AND OTHER STORIES
By Marsha Lee Berkman
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GARRUBBO GUIDE
By Edwin Garrubbo
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