June 1, 2018

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Featuring 325 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: The Fun Issue: special coverage of this summer's most fabulous page-turners

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This Issue's Starred Reviews

FICTION

THE PRE-WAR HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES

By Alison Moore
THE SHAKESPEARE REQUIREMENT

By Julie Schumacher
SEVERANCE

By Ling Ma
ELEANOR, OR, THE REJECTION OF THE PROGRESS OF LOVE

By Anna Moschovakis
CHERRY

By Nico Walker
BABY, YOU'RE GONNA BE MINE

By Kevin Wilson
THE LAST HOURS

By Minette Walters
SWEET LITTLE LIES

By Caz Frear
JANE DOE

By Victoria Helen Stone
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LULULEMONS

By Lauren Weisberger
THE PHARAOH KEY

By Douglas Preston Lincoln Child
NOUMENON INFINITY

By Marina J. Lostetter
THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE

By Joanna Cannon

NONFICTION

THE DESERT AND THE SEA

By Michael Scott Moore
VALLEY OF GENIUS

By Adam Fisher
LANDS OF LOST BORDERS

By Kate Harris
A GIRL'S GUIDE TO MISSILES

By Karen Piper
TROPIC OF FOOTBALL

By Rob Ruck
BLOOD & IVY

By Paul Collins
DOPESICK

By Beth Macy
CRASHED

By Adam Tooze
ESSENTIAL ESSAYS

By Adrienne Rich Sandra M. Gilbert
THE POISONED CITY

By Anna Clark
THE TANGLED TREE

By David Quammen
THE LAST ENGLISHMEN

By Deborah Baker
DAEMON VOICES

By Philip Pullman Simon Mason
HEARTLAND

By Sarah Smarsh
DE GAULLE

By Julian Jackson

TEEN

THE LOOKING GLASS

By Janet McNally
WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU

By A.E. Kaplan
BRAVE ENOUGH

By Kati Gardner
CATWOMAN

By Sarah J. Maas
I AM STILL ALIVE

By Kate Marshall
BEHIND THESE HANDS

By Linda Vigen Phillips

CHILDREN'S

SO DONE

By Paula Chase
ILLEGAL

By Eoin Colfer Andrew Donkin Giovanni Rigano
ALL ARE WELCOME

By Alexandra Penfold Suzanne Kaufman
WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES

By Ryan T. Higgins
PASS GO AND COLLECT $200

By Tanya Lee Stone Steven Salerno
TREVOR

By Jim Averbeck Amy Hevron
DEEP UNDERWATER

By Irene Luxbacher
SOMEONE NEW

By Anne Sibley O'Brien
POLKA DOT PARADE

By Deborah Blumenthal Masha D'yans
WHERE THE WOODS END

By Charlotte Salter
THE SEQUOIA LIVES ON

By Joanna Cooke Fiona Hsieh
PROUD

By Ibtihaj Muhammad

INDIE

QUEST-TERRESTRIALS

By Malgosia Krol
TOP LEAF

By Jennifer Gold Jessica Gadra
ALL IS ASSUREDLY WELL

By Professor Gore Maestro Wilson Angela F.M. Trotter
HOPE OF AGES PAST

By Bruce Gardner

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