January 15, 2022
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Featuring 248 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s and YA books; also in this issue: Succession star Brian Cox reflects on his life and work in a new memoir, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat; Jonathan Evison, Diana Ejaita, and Laura Gao; and more
Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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PURE COLOUR
By Sheila Heti
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SCATTERED ALL OVER THE EARTH
By Yoko Tawada Margaret Mitsutani
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PARADAIS
By Fernanda Melchor Sophie Hughes
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SADIE ON A PLATE
By Amanda Elliot
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WHEN I SING, MOUNTAINS DANCE
By Irene Solà Mara Faye Lethem
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THE CANDY HOUSE
By Jennifer Egan
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LET'S NOT DO THAT AGAIN
By Grant Ginder
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THE ECHOES
By Jess Montgomery
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THE FELL
By Sarah Moss
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THE CONJURE-MAN DIES
By Rudolph Fisher
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ONE-SHOT HARRY
By Gary Phillips
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LIFE SENTENCES
By Billy O'Callaghan
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YOUNG MUNGO
By Douglas Stuart
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THE LAST SUSPICIOUS HOLDOUT
By Ladee Hubbard
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A NOVEL OBSESSION
By Caitlin Barasch
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SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER
By C.S.E. Cooney
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THE UNSINKABLE GRETA JAMES
By Jennifer E. Smith
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THE JUSTICE OF KINGS
By Richard Swan
NONFICTION
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THE KING'S SHADOW
By Edmund Richardson
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RED PAINT
By Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
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SANDY HOOK
By Elizabeth Williamson
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BEYOND INNOCENCE
By Phoebe Zerwick
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EVER GREEN
By John W. Reid Thomas E. Lovejoy
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THINGS ARE NEVER SO BAD THAT THEY CAN'T GET WORSE
By William Neuman
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LEFT ON TENTH
By Delia Ephron
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HOW RELIGION EVOLVED
By Robin Dunbar
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TELL ME EVERYTHING
By Erika Krouse
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THE BALD EAGLE
By Jack E. Davis
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WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES
By Fintan O’Toole
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TAKE UP SPACE
By Editors of <i>New York</i> Magazine Lisa Miller
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THE TRAYVON GENERATION
By Elizabeth Alexander
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CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM
By Margo Jefferson
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WHAT CAN WE HOPE FOR?
By Richard Rorty W.P. Małecki Chris Voparil
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CIVIL RIGHTS QUEEN
By Tomiko Brown-Nagin
TEEN
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RIGHT WHERE I LEFT YOU
By Julian Winters
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KISS & TELL
By Adib Khorram
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THE DEEP BLUE BETWEEN
By Ayesha Harruna Attah
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THE WORDS WE KEEP
By Erin Stewart
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THE LAST LAUGH
By Mindy McGinnis
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LAKELORE
By Anna-Marie McLemore
CHILDREN'S
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FALLING SHORT
By Ernesto Cisneros
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THE SECRET OF GLENDUNNY
By Kathryn Lasky
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SWAN LAKE
By Rey Terciero Megan Kearney Meaghan Carter
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THE TURTLE OF MICHIGAN
By Naomi Shihab Nye B.C. Peterschmidt
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LOUISA JUNE AND THE NAZIS IN THE WAVES
By L.M. Elliott
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STORM
By Nicola Skinner
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SIR FIG NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF PERSISTENCE
By Sonja Thomas
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THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS
By Kelly Barnhill
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WORSER
By Jennifer Ziegler
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CRESS WATERCRESS
By Gregory Maguire David Litchfield
INDIE
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TWENTYONE OLIVE TREES
By Laura Formentini Marit Cooper
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BLACK SCALES
By James Agapoff IV
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PULL FOCUS
By Helen Walsh
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UNSAY THEIR NAMES
By Derek Kannemeyer
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