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Top Fiction You’ll Want To Give This Season

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

THE CURATOR

by Owen King

Dickens novel meets Hieronymus Bosch painting—dark, chaotic fun. Full review >

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SIMPLE GIMPL

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ; translated by Isaac Bashevis Singer , Saul Bellow & David Stromberg ; illustrated by Liana Finck

Beautifully printed and presented, this new edition is a gift to readers and scholars alike. Full review >

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THE ILIAD

by Homer ; translated by Emily Wilson

A masterful, highly readable rendering of the Greek classic. Full review >

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CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Imagine "The Hunger Games" refashioned into a rowdy, profane, and indignant blues shout at full blast. Full review >

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JONATHAN ABERNATHY YOU ARE KIND

by Molly McGhee

Upton Sinclair meets modern workplace satire—with a lot of heart. Full review >

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