December 1, 2022
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Our Best Books coverage continues with the 200 best children's and 100 best YA titles of the year plus our full Dec. 1 issue.
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This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
By Laurent Mauvignier Daniel Levin Becker
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WESTERN LANE
By Chetna Maroo
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THE SUN WALKS DOWN
By Fiona McFarlane
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MY FATHER’S HOUSE
By Joseph O’Connor
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BEHIND THE SCENES
By Karelia Stetz-Waters
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THE END OF DRUM-TIME
By Hanna Pylväinen
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CALL AND RESPONSE
By Gothataone Moeng
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ESSEX DOGS
By Dan Jones
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HELL BENT
By Leigh Bardugo
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MAAME
By Jessica George
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A HACKER'S MIND
By Bruce Schneier
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THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA
By Shehan Karunatilaka
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HUNGRY GHOSTS
By Kevin Jared Hosein
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A NEW RACE OF MEN FROM HEAVEN
By Chaitali Sen
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MURDER GROVE
By E.V. Adamson
NONFICTION
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG
By Bob Dylan
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SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
By Anastasia C. Curwood
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THE GHOST AT THE FEAST
By Robert Kagan
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THE WORLD ITSELF
By Ulf Danielsson
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THE GOOD LIFE
By Robert Waldinger Marc Schulz
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BLOODBATH NATION
By Paul Auster Spencer Ostrander
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WACO RISING
By Kevin Cook
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TENACIOUS BEASTS
By Christopher J. Preston
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LIVES OF THE WIVES
By Carmela Ciuraru
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THE CLIMATE BOOK
By Greta Thunberg
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THE PARROT AND THE IGLOO
By David Lipsky
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THE CRITIC'S DAUGHTER
By Priscilla Gilman
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THE WISE HOURS
By Miriam Darlington
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EMPIRELAND
By Sathnam Sanghera
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CINEMA SPECULATION
By Quentin Tarantino
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PSYCH
By Paul Bloom
TEEN
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IMPOSTER SYNDROME AND OTHER CONFESSIONS OF ALEJANDRA KIM
By Patricia Park
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PROMISE BOYS
By Nick Brooks
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THE GIRL I AM, WAS, AND NEVER WILL BE
By Shannon Gibney
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NIGHTBIRDS
By Kate J. Armstrong
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IRON WOLF
By Siri Pettersen Tara Chace
CHILDREN'S
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EMPEROR OF THE ICE
By Nicola Davies Catherine Rayner
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WOVEN OF THE WORLD
By Katey Howes Dinara Mirtalipova
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BENEATH
By Cori Doerrfeld
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AN AMERICAN STORY
By Kwame Alexander Dare Coulter
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JUMP IN!
By Shadra Strickland
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DIM SUM, HERE WE COME!
By Maple Lam
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BRAVO, LITTLE BIRD!
By Annie Silvestro Ramona Kaulitzki
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SOMETHING WILD
By Molly Ruttan
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THE TREE AND THE RIVER
By Aaron Becker
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BEA WOLF
By Zach Weinersmith Boulet
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT VAGINAS
By Allison K. Rodgers Annika Le Large
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THE TALENT THIEF
By Mike Thayer
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THE GRACE OF WILD THINGS
By Heather Fawcett
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WE ARE HUMAN ANIMALS
By Rosie Haine
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WE ARE HERE
By Tami Charles Bryan Collier
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SISTERS OF THE LOST MARSH
By Lucy Strange
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THE MONKEY TRIAL
By Anita Sanchez
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THE FIRE OF STARS
By Kirsten W. Larson Katherine Roy
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MR. LINCOLN SITS FOR HIS PORTRAIT
By Leonard S. Marcus
INDIE
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REMEMBER HENRY HARRIS
By Sam Heys
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EAST WINDS
By Rachel Rueckert
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NON-OBVIOUS GUIDE TO BETTER PRESENTATIONS
By Jacqueline Farrington
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THE LUCKY HERMIT CRAB AND HER SWIRLY NEW SHELL
By Janice S. C. Petrie
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WHAT BEN FRANKLIN WOULD HAVE TOLD ME
By Donna Gordon
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SAILING AT THE EDGE OF DISASTER
By Elizabeth W. Garber
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