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9 Books That Would Make the BEST Movies

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

MAGIC FOR LIARS

by Sarah Gailey

A poignant and bittersweet family tragedy disguised as a mystery but with a magic all its own. Full review >

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FICTION

MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Even your most extravagant speculations about what’s really going on with these wildly contrasting yet oddly simpatico... Full review >

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SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

THE LIGHT BRIGADE

by Kameron Hurley

A fascinating and brilliantly confusing journey that ultimately ends, as is appropriate, in illumination. Rereads will be... Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

HOLLYWOOD'S EVE

by Lili Anolik

Come for the LA intrigue; stay for the surprising moral of the story. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

LOUISA ON THE FRONT LINES

by Samantha Seiple

A useful addition to the Alcott archives that would also appeal to younger readers. Full review >

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THRILLER & SUSPENSE

AMERICAN SPY

by Lauren Wilkinson

There’s an honorable, unsung tradition of African-American novelists using the counterspy genre as a metaphor for what... Full review >

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