September 15, 2021
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Featuring 320 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: Prizewinning author Colson Whitehead is on a hot streak with his latest novel, Harlem Shuffle; Joy Harjo, Kelly Yang, Wab Kinew; and moreFeatured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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I LOVE YOU BUT I'VE CHOSEN DARKNESS
By Claire Vaye Watkins
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PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD
By Hiromi Kawakami Ted Goossen
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SKIN ELEGIES
By Lance Olsen
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DREAMING OF YOU
By Melissa Lozada-Oliva
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SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
By Claire Keegan
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AN EGGNOG TO DIE FOR
By Amy Pershing
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TERMINATION SHOCK
By Neal Stephenson
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THE VEILED THRONE
By Ken Liu
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NEGLECT
By Kim Wozencraft
NONFICTION
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THE EDUCATION OF CORPORAL JOHN MUSGRAVE
By John Musgrave
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LIBERTY IS SWEET
By Woody Holton
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TACKY
By Rax King
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THE LAST KING OF AMERICA
By Andrew Roberts
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TWELVE CAESARS
By Mary Beard
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EVERY DAY THE RIVER CHANGES
By Jordan Salama
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THE YOUNG H.G. WELLS
By Claire Tomalin
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NICE WHITE LADIES
By Jessie Daniels
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THE GENOME DEFENSE
By Jorge L. Contreras
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THE LAST WINTER
By Porter Fox
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CAREFREE BLACK GIRLS
By Zeba Blay
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ENTERTAINING RACE
By Michael Eric Dyson
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MUD SWEETER THAN HONEY
By Margo Rejmer Zosia Krasodomska-Jones Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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IN THE MIDST OF CIVILIZED EUROPE
By Jeffrey Veidlinger
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CHURCHILL'S SHADOW
By Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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ATLAS OF THE INVISIBLE
By James Cheshire Oliver Uberti
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BECOMING ABOLITIONISTS
By Derecka Purnell
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ISLAND INFERNOS
By John C. McManus
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ELECTRIFY
By Saul Griffith
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BLOOD AND IRON
By Katja Hoyer
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THE POWER OF WOMEN
By Denis Mukwege
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THE BROKEN CONSTITUTION
By Noah Feldman
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FROM WARSAW WITH LOVE
By John Pomfret
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BENDING THE ARC
By Keeda Haynes
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THE FIRST SHOTS
By Brendan Borrell
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1000 YEARS OF JOYS AND SORROWS
By Ai Weiwei Allan H. Barr
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THE WILL TO SEE
By Bernard-Henri Lévy
TEEN
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DISABILITY VISIBILITY (ADAPTED FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
By Alice Wong
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FOUR STREETS AND A SQUARE
By Marc Aronson
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THE KEEPER OF NIGHT
By Kylie Lee Baker
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BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY
By Ruta Sepetys Andrew Donkin Dave Kopka Brann Livesay
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FREEDOM SWIMMER
By Wai Chim
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DAUGHTERS OF A DEAD EMPIRE
By Carolyn Tara O’Neil
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WHEN NIGHT BREAKS
By Janella Angeles
CHILDREN'S
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THE GOLDEN HOUR
By Niki Smith
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OUT OF MY HEART
By Sharon M. Draper
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RUFFLES AND THE RED, RED COAT
By David Melling
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SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS
By Joanne Levy
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CROC O’CLOCK
By Huw Lewis-Jones Ben Sanders
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STUNTBOY, IN THE MEANTIME
By Jason Reynolds Raúl the Third
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IMAGINARY
By Lee Bacon Katy Wu
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GIANT
By T.A. Barron
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BATPIG
By Rob Harrell
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THE GENIUS UNDER THE TABLE
By Eugene Yelchin
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THIS IS OUR RAINBOW
By Katherine Locke Nicole Melleby
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THE NEW FRIEND
By Charlotte Zolotow Benjamin Chaud
INDIE
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RED'S NEST
By Belinda Grimbeek
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MURDER IN FIRST POSITION
By Lori Robbins
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WAGER TOUGH
By Tom Farrell
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QUEEN OF THE SUGARHOUSE
By Constance Studer
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THE PIOUS INSURRECTION
By Dexter Morgenstern
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FROM BEYOND THE SKIES
By Juli Boit
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RAE'S FIRST DAY
By Danny Jordan Agustina Perciante
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