December 15, 2024
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Our annual Best Books coverage concludes with the 100 Best Indie Books of 2024.Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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BEARTOOTH
By Callan Wink
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THE BIG EMPTY
By Robert Crais
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DEAD MONEY
By Jakob Kerr
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WE ALL LIVE HERE
By Jojo Moyes
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A TRUE VERDICT
By Robert Rotstein
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NOBODY'S HERO
By M.W. Craven
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LITTLE MYSTERIES
By Sara Gran
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HEAVEN AND HELL
By Jón Kalman Stefánsson Philip Roughton
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THEORY & PRACTICE
By Michelle de Kretser
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A GORGEOUS EXCITEMENT
By Cynthia Weiner
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FAGIN THE THIEF
By Allison Epstein
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THE GHOSTS OF ROME
By Joseph O'Connor
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SOFT CORE
By Brittany Newell
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BROTHER BRONTË
By Fernando A. Flores
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A SEASON OF LIGHT
By Julie Iromuanya
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I THINK THEY LOVE YOU
By Julian Winters
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THE CAPITAL OF DREAMS
By Heather O'Neill
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THE SEVEN
By Robyn Delvey
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TELL ME WHAT YOU DID
By Carter Wilson
NONFICTION
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PATRIOT
By Alexei Navalny Arch Tait Stephen Dalziel
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AN AFRICAN HISTORY OF AFRICA
By Zeinab Badawi
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I AM NOBODY'S SLAVE
By Lee Hawkins
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THE LOST AND THE FOUND
By Kevin Fagan
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WAR
By Bob Woodward
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IMMEMORIAL
By Lauren Markham
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THE LOVES OF MY LIFE
By Edmund White
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QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER PRIME MINISTERS
By Anne Somerset
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THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW
By David Levering Lewis
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ALLIGATOR TEARS
By Edgar Gomez
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HOLY GROUND
By Catherine Coleman Flowers
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DARE I SAY IT
By Naomi Watts
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THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF MIGRATION
By Ian Goldin
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THE GATES OF GAZA
By Amir Tibon
TEEN
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THE GIRL YOU KNOW
By Elle Gonzalez Rose
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UNHALLOWED HALLS
By Lili Wilkinson
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THE ROSE BARGAIN
By Sasha Peyton Smith
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UNDER THE SAME STARS
By Libba Bray
CHILDREN'S
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JELLA LEPMAN AND HER LIBRARY OF DREAMS
By Katherine Paterson Sally Deng
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WIND WATCHERS
By Micha Archer
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YOUR FARM
By Jon Klassen
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YOUR FOREST
By Jon Klassen
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YOUR ISLAND
By Jon Klassen
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LET'S BE BEES
By Shawn Harris
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PILGRIM CODEX
By Vivian Mansour Emmanuel Valtierra Carlos Rodríguez Cortez
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THE EDGE OF THE SILVER SEA
By Alex Mullarky
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POO PILE ON THE PRAIRIE
By Amy Hevron
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WILL'S RACE FOR HOME
By Jewell Parker Rhodes Olga Ivanov Aleksey Ivanov
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RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER
By Waka T. Brown
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SEA LEGS
By Jules Bakes Niki Smith
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SHORT DOG, LONG DOG
By Anna Hrachovec
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HOME IS A WISH
By Julia Kuo
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OASIS
By Guojing
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THE SIX—YOUNG READERS EDITION
By Loren Grush Rebecca Stefoff
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OPERATION: COVER-UP
By Tate Godwin
INDIE
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LA VIE DE GUINEVERE
By Paula Lafferty
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ABUNDANCE
By Alan Chan
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SLEEPING WORLDS HAVE NO MEMORY
By Yaroslav Barsukov
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RED GIFTS IN THE GARDEN OF STONES
By P. A. Swanborough
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LBJ AND MCNAMARA
By Peter L.W. Osnos
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