September 15, 2020
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Featuring 319 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: Laila Lalami confronts American inequities in Conditional Citizens; Sigrid Nunez, Daniel Nayeri, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess; and more
Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS
By Danielle Evans
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THE LAST DAYS OF ELLIS ISLAND
By Gaëlle Josse Natasha Lehrer
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THE DIARIES OF EMILIO RENZI
By Ricardo Piglia Robert Croll
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TO BE A MAN
By Nicole Krauss
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THE AWKWARD BLACK MAN
By Walter Mosley
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THE SUN COLLECTIVE
By Charles Baxter
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THE RUSSIAN PINK
By Matthew Hart
NONFICTION
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THE LAST ASSASSIN
By Peter Stothard
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HOW TO MAKE A SLAVE AND OTHER ESSAYS
By Jerald Walker
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ATLANTIS
By Renzo Piano Carlo Piano
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MY GAZA
By Jehad al-Saftawi
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FOSSIL MEN
By Kermit Pattison
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PAPER BULLETS
By Jeffrey H. Jackson
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ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT
By Melissa Maerz
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CASSIUS X
By Stuart Cosgrove
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BONES
By Roy A. Meals
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A WEALTH OF PIGEONS
By Steve Martin Harry Bliss
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SEVEN AND A HALF LESSONS ABOUT THE BRAIN
By Lisa Feldman Barrett
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BRITAIN AT BAY
By Alan Allport
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THE STORY OF CHINA
By Michael Wood
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DOLLY PARTON, SONGTELLER
By Dolly Parton Robert K. Oermann
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CARVING OUT A HUMANITY
By Janet Dewart Bell Vincent M. Southerland
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TEN LESSONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
By Fareed Zakaria
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A QUESTION OF FREEDOM
By William G. Thomas III
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SOMEWHERE IN THE UNKNOWN WORLD
By Kao Kalia Yang
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HOAX
By Brian Stelter
TEEN
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THIS IS HOW WE FLY
By Anna Meriano
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SUPER FAKE LOVE SONG
By David Yoon
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THE SURPRISING POWER OF A GOOD DUMPLING
By Wai Chim
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HEARTSTOPPER
By Alice Oseman
CHILDREN'S
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ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER
By Tami Charles Bryan Collier
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ADDY'S CUP OF SUGAR
By Jon J Muth
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SERENA SAYS
By Tanita S. Davis
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DINOSAURS
By Ruth A. Musgrave Franco Tempesta
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SEE-SAW
By Ailie Busby
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A STORY FOR SMALL BEAR
By Alice B. McGinty Richard Jones
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SUGAR IN MILK
By Thrity Umrigar Khoa Le
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BILL NYE'S GREAT BIG WORLD OF SCIENCE
By Bill Nye Gregory Mone Matteo Farinella Amelia Fenne
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EVERY COLOR OF LIGHT
By Hiroshi Osada Ryoji Arai David Boyd
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ERIC
By Shaun Tan
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WOODLAND DREAMS
By Karen Jameson Marc Boutavant
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THERE MUST BE MORE THAN THAT!
By Shinsuke Yoshitake
INDIE
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
By Daniel M. Jaffe
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TO DREAM OF WHITE & GOLD
By R.K. Hart
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HANDSOME
By Holly Lorka
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RIVER TOWN GIRL
By Lynn Litterine
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THE JOLLY BUPBUP
By Ann P. Borrmann
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DATING MAKES PERFECT
By Pintip Dunn
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