FICTION

DISGRUNTLED

by Asali Solomon

Blackness, feminism and the loss of virginity have never been analyzed by a more astute and witty main character. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE AUTUMN BALLOON

by Kenny Porpora

As one teacher exulted after his acceptance to the Columbia Journalism School, “[p]eople with stories like yours don’t end... Full review >

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FICTION

MY SUNSHINE AWAY

by M.O. Walsh

Celebrate, fiction lovers: The gods of Southern gothic storytelling have inducted a junior member. Full review >

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NONFICTION

ELEANOR MARX

by Rachel Holmes

A full-fleshed, thrilling portrait, troubling and full of family secrets. Full review >

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FICTION

THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO DO

by Charles Baxter

Nearly as organic as a novel, this is more intriguing, more fun in disclosing its connective tissues through tales that... Full review >

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FICTION

FUNNY GIRL

by Nick Hornby

Years later, Sophie is getting ready to star in a play that's intended to revive her career. “The play is much better than I... Full review >

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NONFICTION

ALL THE WRONG PLACES

by Philip Connors

Unlike other, neater narratives of being lost and found, Connors’ story—told with harrowing insight and fierce prose—is... Full review >

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THRILLER & SUSPENSE

TOUCH

by Claire North

The high stakes and breakneck pace of the plot will draw readers in, and the meditations on what it means to be human and to... Full review >

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FICTION

SINGLE, CAREFREE, MELLOW

by Katherine Heiny

These young women are sympathetic and slyly seductive, sometimes selfish and maddeningly un–self-aware, but they are... Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

EYE ON THE STRUGGLE

by James McGrath Morris

A deeply researched, skillfully written biography about a previously underappreciated individual. Full review >

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