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DEACON KING KONGAn exuberant comic opera set to the music of life. Full review >
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GREAT CIRCLEIngeniously structured and so damn entertaining; this novel is as ambitious as its heroines—but it never falls from the sky. Full review >
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HARLEM SHUFFLEAs one of Whitehead’s characters might say of their creator, When you’re hot, you’re hot. Full review >
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THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DU BOISIf this isn’t the Great American Novel, it's a mighty attempt at achieving one. Full review >
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THE SWIMMERSby Julie Otsuka
The combination of social satire with an intimate portrait of loss and grief is stylistically ambitious and deeply moving. Full review >
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TRUSTby Hernan Diaz
A clever and affecting high-concept novel of high finance. Full review >
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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROWSure to enchant even those who have never played a video game in their lives, with instant cult status for those who have. Full review >
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THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUBA top-class cozy infused with dry wit and charming characters who draw you in and leave you wanting more, please. Full review >
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THE GULFAn elegant narrative braced by a fierce, sobering environmental conviction. Full review >
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EVICTEDThis stunning, remarkable book—a scholar’s 21st-century How the Other Half Lives—demands a wide audience. Full review >
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AN IMMENSE WORLDby Ed Yong
One of the year’s best popular natural histories. Full review >
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CASTEA memorable, provocative book that exposes an American history in which few can take pride. Full review >
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THE SPLENDID AND THE VILEby Erik Larson
A captivating history of Churchill’s heroic year, with more than the usual emphasis on his intimates. Full review >
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THE HUMANITY ARCHIVEA timely, powerful approach to history that looks into the past to find a path into a better future. Full review >
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OUR MIGRANT SOULSby Héctor Tobar
A powerful look at what it means to be a member of a community that, though large, remains marginalized. Full review >
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FREDERICK DOUGLASSA masterful, comprehensive biography, particularly of Douglass’ Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age years and... Full review >
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FOUNDING PARTISANSby H.W. Brands
An essential book for understanding the foundation of American partisanship. Full review >
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REQUIEM FOR THE MASSACREby RJ Young
An arresting account of Black ambition and endurance from an important new voice in narrative nonfiction. Full review >
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