November 15, 2022
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Our first Best Books issue of the year features the 100 best fiction and 100 best nonfiction titles plus our full Nov. 15 issue.Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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THE FARAWAY WORLD
By Patricia Engel
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FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK
By Alba de Céspedes Ann Goldstein
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AFTER SAPPHO
By Selby Wynn Schwartz
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THIS OTHER EDEN
By Paul Harding
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THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS
By Aleksandar Hemon
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SHUBEIK LUBEIK
By Deena Mohamed
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WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS
By Kate Alice Marshall
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A LOVE BY DESIGN
By Elizabeth Everett
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CITY UNDER ONE ROOF
By Iris Yamashita
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GEORGIE, ALL ALONG
By Kate Clayborn
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THE DUKE GETS EVEN
By Joanna Shupe
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THE DAUGHTERS OF IZDIHAR
By Hadeer Elsbai
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THE SURVIVALISTS
By Kashana Cauley
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THE CHINESE GROOVE
By Kathryn Ma
NONFICTION
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COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER
By Darryl Pinckney
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CONVERSATION AT PRINCETON
By Mario Vargas Llosa Rubén Gallo Anna Kushner
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MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE
By Ilyon Woo
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THE DECLASSIFICATION ENGINE
By Matthew Connelly
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NO RIGHT TO AN HONEST LIVING
By Jacqueline Jones
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THE FOREST
By Alexander Nemerov
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FIELDWORK
By Iliana Regan
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AMERICAN INHERITANCE
By Edward J. Larson
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PEGASUS
By Laurent Richard Sandrine Rigaud
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ROUGH SLEEPERS
By Tracy Kidder
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A GUEST AT THE FEAST
By Colm Tóibín
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RIKERS
By Graham Rayman Reuven Blau
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THE REAL WORK
By Adam Gopnik
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BLOOD MONEY
By Kathleen McLaughlin
TEEN
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SHE IS A HAUNTING
By Trang Thanh Tran
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I'LL TAKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
By James Klise
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MINDWALKER
By Kate Dylan
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THE DAVENPORTS
By Krystal Marquis
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THE BURIED AND THE BOUND
By Rochelle Hassan
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MY FLAWLESS LIFE
By Yvonne Woon
CHILDREN'S
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YOSHI, SEA TURTLE GENIUS
By Lynne Cox Richard Jones
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ONCE UPON A BOOK
By Grace Lin Kate Messner
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JUNIPER HARVEY AND THE VANISHING KINGDOM
By Nina Varela
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THE MANY FORTUNES OF MAYA
By Nicole D. Collier
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EVERGREEN
By Matthew Cordell
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THE IN-BETWEEN
By Katie Van Heidrich
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IN EVERY LIFE
By Marla Frazee
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GO GREEN! HOME
By Pintachan
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THE INDESTRUCTIBLE TOM CREAN
By Jennifer Thermes
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BEAKY BARNES
By David Ezra Stein
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THE SWIFTS
By Beth Lincoln Claire Powell
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THE CARREFOUR CURSE
By Dianne K. Salerni
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LET'S GO!
By Michael Emberley
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ALL THE BEATING HEARTS
By Julie Fogliano Cátia Chien
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THE FOREST IN THE SEA
By Anita Sanchez
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STARS OF THE NIGHT
By Caren Stelson Selina Alko
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WALLFLOWERS
By Mackenzie Joy
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DARWIN'S SUPER-POOPING WORM SPECTACULAR
By Polly Owen Gwen Millward
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9 KILOMETERS
By Claudio Aguilera Gabriela Lyon Lawrence Schimel
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HOLDING HER OWN
By Traci N. Todd Shannon Wright
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ALL ABOARD THE SCHOOLTRAIN
By Glenda Armand Keisha Morris
INDIE
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BABY PALM
By Dilek Mir Pawel Kamieniecki
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70 ADS TO SAVE THE WORLD
By Jerry Mander
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ASSASSINATION IN VICHY
By Gayle Brunelle Gayle K. Brunelle Annette Finley-Croswhite
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THE VANISHING
By David Michael Slater
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A LIGHT TO DO SHELLWORK BY
By Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez
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THE YACK YACK
By Judyth Emanuel
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