20 Books Getting Major Awards Buzz

by Richard Flanagan

A haunting, jagged, sparkling narrative puzzle in which the pieces deliberately refuse to fit. Full review >

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by Rachel Clarke

A poignantly celebratory tale. Full review >

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by Rachel Kushner

A deft, brainy take on the espionage novel. Full review >

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by Yael van der Wouden

A brilliant debut, as multifaceted as a gem. Full review >

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by Miranda July

This tender, strange treatise on getting out from the “prefab structures” of a conventional life is quintessentially July. Full review >

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by 'Pemi Aguda

A satisfying slow build featuring haunted family relationships. Full review >

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by Salman Rushdie

A graceful meditation on life and death that captures Rushdie at his most observant and lyrical. Full review >

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by Kathleen DuVal

A revelatory account of the power and influence of Indigenous peoples in North America. Full review >

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by Bothayna Al-Essa ; translated by Ranya Abdelrahman & Sawad Hussain

An urgent, sweeping call to arms for the protection of books and book lovers everywhere. Full review >

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by Jason De León

An exemplary ethnography of central importance to any discussion of immigration policy or reform. Full review >

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by Deborah Jackson Taffa

A searching and perceptive Native memoir. Full review >

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by Jonathan Blitzer

A sobering, well-reported history in which no one emerges a winner. Full review >

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by Anne Michaels

A gorgeous meditation on whether the ghost in the machine is actually in our hearts. Full review >

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by Kaveh Akbar

Imperfect, yes, but intense, original, and smart. Full review >

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by Linnea Axelsson ; translated by Saskia Vogel

A sharp-edged tale in verse of colonial suppression, resistance, and survival. Full review >

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