November 15, 2024
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Our Best Books coverage kicks off with the 100 best fiction and 100 best nonfiction books of the year, plus interviews with authors of some of our favorite titles.Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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PICKLEBALLERS
By Ilana Long
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THE MUSE OF MAIDEN LANE
By Mimi Matthews
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BEAUTIFUL BROKEN LOVE
By Shanora Williams
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DARKMOTHERLAND
By Samrat Upadhyay
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HOW TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
By Elizabeth Harris
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THE STRANGE CASE OF JANE O.
By Karen Thompson Walker
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OUR WINTER MONSTER
By Dennis Mahoney
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SAVE ME, STRANGER
By Erika Krouse
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THE NOTE
By Alafair Burke
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GOING HOME
By Tom Lamont
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ISOLA
By Allegra Goodman
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NOBODY'S EMPIRE
By Stuart Murdoch
NONFICTION
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A CENTURY OF TOMORROWS
By Glenn Adamson
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WHEN WE SOLD GOD'S EYE
By Alex Cuadros
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THE STUDY
By Andrew Hui
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CUSTODIANS OF WONDER
By Eliot Stein
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BALTIC SOULS
By Jan Brokken David Doherty
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THE EURASIAN CENTURY
By Hal Brands
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COLD KITCHEN
By Caroline Eden
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BLACK IN BLUES
By Imani Perry
TEEN
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RECOMMENDED READING
By Paul Coccia
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THE ROMANTIC TRAGEDIES OF A DRAMA KING
By Harry Trevaldwyn
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CARVING SHADOWS INTO GOLD
By Brigid Kemmerer
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DREAMOVER
By Dani Diaz
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SONG OF A BLACKBIRD
By Maria van Lieshout
CHILDREN'S
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BROWN GIRL, BROWN GIRL
By Leslé Honoré Cozbi A. Cabrera
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SAFE CROSSING
By Kari Percival
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GO TELL IT
By Quartez Harris Gordon C. James
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AND SHE WAS LOVED
By Andrea Davis Pinkney Daniel Minter
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HOW SWEET THE SOUND
By Kwame Alexander Charly Palmer
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THE SECRET OF HONEYCAKE
By Kimberly Newton Fusco
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MAMA HUG
By Emma Straub Stevie Lewis
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ON OUR WAY! WHAT A DAY!
By JaNay Brown-Wood Tamisha Anthony
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THE INTERPRETER
By Olivia Abtahi Monica Arnaldo
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DREAM A DRESS, DREAM A POEM
By Nancy Johnson James Diana Ejaita
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THE FORGOTTEN MAGIC OF ZOEY TURNER
By Erin Stewart
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TO WALK THE SKY
By Patricia Morris Buckley E.B. Lewis
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UNDER ATTACK
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
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PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS
By Rick Riordan
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CABOOSE
By Travis Jonker Ruth Chan
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CHICKENPOX
By Remy Lai
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SOY SAUCE!
By Laura G. Lee
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HOW WE SHARE CAKE
By Kim Hyo-eun Deborah Smith
INDIE
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THE USER EXPERIENCE TEAM OF ONE
By Leah Buley Joe Natoli
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HOUSE OF HONOR
By Margaret Ann Philbrick
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BARONS
By Austin Frerick
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THE LAFITTE AFFAIR
By Norman Woolworth
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RUSSIAN NONSENSICAL
By Edward D. Webster
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PROFILES
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