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Best Fictional Families of 2022

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OLGA DIES DREAMING

by Xochitl Gonzalez

Atmospheric, intelligent, and well informed: an impressive debut. Full review >

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THE HERO OF THIS BOOK

by Elizabeth McCracken

Novel? Memoir? Who cares. It’s a great story, beautifully told. Full review >

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FICTION

THE SWIMMERS

by 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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FICTION

THE FURROWS

by Namwali Serpell

Stylistically refreshing and emotionally intense, cementing Serpell’s place among the best writers going. Full review >

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THIS TIME TOMORROW

by Emma Straub

Combine Straub's usual warmth and insight with the fun of time travel and you have a winner. Full review >

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