August 15, 2021
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Featuring 420 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: the Fall Preview Special Issue, featuring 150 books that make this the biggest fall season ever, plus interviews with David Sedaris, Juhea Kim, Nabela Noor, Tracey Baptiste, Brandy Colbert; and more.Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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PALMARES
By Gayl Jones
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HOW HIGH? THAT HIGH
By Diane Williams
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BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND
By Juhea Kim
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A GUARDIAN ANGEL RECALLS
By Willem Frederik Hermans David Colmer
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THE DOG OF TITHWAL
By Sadaat Hasan Manto Khalid Hasan Muhammad Umar Memon
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FARAWAY
By Yi-Chin Lo Jeremy Tiang
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APRIL IN SPAIN
By John Banville
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STILL LIFE
By Sarah Winman
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OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS
By Gary Shteyngart
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OUT OF LOVE
By Hazel Hayes
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THIS THING BETWEEN US
By Gus Moreno
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ON GIRLHOOD
By Glory Edim
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VAMP UNTIL READY
By James Magruder
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OLAV AUDUNSSØN
By Sigrid Undset Tiina Nunnally
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EMPTY WARDROBES
By Maria Judite de Carvalho Margaret Jull Costa
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THE STOLEN HOURS
By Allen Eskens
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INSEPARABLE
By Simone de Beauvoir Sandra Smith
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ALL THE FEELS
By Olivia Dade
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THE BOOK OF MOTHER
By Violaine Huisman Leslie Camhi
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JUDGMENT AT SANTA MONICA
By E.J. Copperman
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THE SURVIVORS
By Alex Schulman Rachel Willson-Broyles
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THE WRONG END OF THE TELESCOPE
By Rabih Alameddine
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MISS KOPP INVESTIGATES
By Amy Stewart
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THE MEMOIRS OF STOCKHOLM SVEN
By Nathaniel Ian Miller
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THE SENTENCE
By Louise Erdrich
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HER HEART FOR A COMPASS
By Sarah Ferguson Marguerite Kaye
NONFICTION
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DEAR MEMORY
By Victoria Chang
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THE GREAT PEACE
By Mena Suvari
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THE SECRET OF LIFE
By Howard Markel
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ON ANIMALS
By Susan Orlean
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GUARDIANS OF THE TREES
By Kinari Webb
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CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?
By Daniel Sokatch Christopher Noxon
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THOSE WE THROW AWAY ARE DIAMONDS
By Mondiant Dogon Jenna Krajeski
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THE LOST CAFÉ SCHINDLER
By Meriel Schindler
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ONE FRIDAY IN APRIL
By Donald Antrim
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INTO THE FOREST
By Rebecca Frankel
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THE AMUR RIVER
By Colin Thubron
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CONCEPCION
By Albert Samaha
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THE GIRLS IN THE WILD FIG TREE
By Nice Leng'ete Elizabeth Butler-Witter
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TOUFAH
By Toufah Jallow Kim Pittaway
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PLEASE DON'T SIT ON MY BED IN YOUR OUTSIDE CLOTHES
By Phoebe Robinson
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IN THE WEEDS
By Tom Vitale
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RUSSIA UPSIDE DOWN
By Joseph Weisberg
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DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY
By Joseph Horowitz
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BELONGING AND BETRAYAL
By Charles Dellheim
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TO BREAK RUSSIA'S CHAINS
By Vladimir Alexandrov
TEEN
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WHEN CAN WE GO BACK TO AMERICA?
By Susan H. Kamei
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AMERICAN JAGUAR
By Elizabeth Webb
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A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH
By Darcie Little Badger
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WHEN WE MAKE IT
By Elisabet Velasquez
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INTO THE DYING LIGHT
By Katy Rose Pool
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HIMAWARI HOUSE
By Harmony Becker
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NOT HERE TO BE LIKED
By Michelle Quach
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THE SISTERS OF RECKONING
By Charlotte Nicole Davis
CHILDREN'S
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WAR
By José Jorge Letria André Letria Elisa Amado
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WITHOUT SEPARATION
By Larry Dane Brimner Maya Gonzales
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DUST & GRIM
By Chuck Wendig
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KALEIDOSCOPE
By Brian Selznick
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SHARKBLOCK
By Christopher Franceschelli Peskimo
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BORN TO SPARKLE
By Megan Bomgaars Pete Olczyk
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TIME FOR BED, OLD HOUSE
By Janet Costa Bates A.G. Ford
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THE BARN
By Leah H. Rogers Barry Root
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SEE THE DOG
By David LaRochelle Mike Wohnoutka
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FINAL SEASON
By Tim Green
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THE SAMOSA REBELLION
By Shanthi Sekaran Shehzil Malik
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THE ROBBER GIRL
By Franny Billingsley
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INFESTATION
By Heidi Lang Kati Bartkowski
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ROOM TO DREAM
By Kelly Yang
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THE GHOST OF MIDNIGHT LAKE
By Lucy Strange
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LAST GAMER STANDING
By Katie Zhao
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DANCING WITH DADDY
By Anitra Rowe Schulte Ziyue Chen
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SHACKLETON'S ENDURANCE
By Joanna Grochowicz Sarah Lippett
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A TRUE WONDER
By Kirsten W. Larson Katy Wu
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TRACKING TORTOISES
By Kate Messner Jake Messner
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ROBO-MOTION
By Linda Zajac
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ADA AND THE GALAXIES
By Alan Lightman Olga Pastuchiv Susanna Chapman
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THE LITTLEST YAK
By Lu Fraser Kate Hindley
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BEFORE WE SLEEP
By Giorgio Volpe Paolo Proietti Angus Yuen-Killick
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THE TROUBLED GIRLS OF DRAGOMIR ACADEMY
By Anne Ursu
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PLAYING THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT
By Varian Johnson
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LIVING WITH VIOLA
By Rosena Fung
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FOX
By Isabel Thomas Daniel Egnéus
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LIVING GHOSTS & MISCHIEVOUS MONSTERS
By Dan SaSuWeh Jones Weshoyot Alvitre
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¡¡MANU!!
By Kelly Fernández
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THIS MAGICAL, MUSICAL NIGHT
By Rhonda Gowler Greene James Rey Sanchez
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AFRICAN ICONS
By Tracey Baptiste Hillary D. Wilson
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THE DOG WALK
By Sven Nordqvist
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VOYAGE OF THE SPARROWHAWK
By Natasha Farrant
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THE BIG BATH HOUSE
By Kyo Maclear Gracey Zhang
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SOME DAYS
By Julie A. Stamm Chamisa Kellogg
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SMILE WITH AFRICAN STYLE
By Mylo Freeman
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SONNY ROLLINS PLAYS THE BRIDGE
By Gary Golio James E. Ransome
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HOW WAR CHANGED RONDO
By Romana Romanyshyn Andriy Lesiv Oksana Lushchevska
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WE SHALL OVERCOME
By Bryan Collier
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SAVING SORYA
By Trang Nguyen Jeet Zdung
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OTTO
By Jon Agee
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THEY STOLE OUR HEARTS
By Daniel Kraus Rovina Cai
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CUBA IN MY POCKET
By Adrianna Cuevas
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A FEAST FOR JOSEPH
By Terry Farish O.D. Bonny Ken Daley
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WHAT'S IN YOUR POCKET?
By Heather L. Montgomery Maribel Lechuga
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OLWEN FINDS HER WINGS
By Nora Surojegin Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin
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POOPER SNOOPER
By Jennifer Keats Curtis Julianne Ubigau Phyllis Saroff
INDIE
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SONJU
By Wondra Chang
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THE BEGONIA KILLER
By Jeff Bond
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ORCA
By Lynda V. Mapes Steve Ringman
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EXPLORE YOUR ENVIRONMENT
By Project Learning Tree
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DO NOT DISCLOSE
By Leora Krygier
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SEAN MOSES IS MARTIN LUTHER, THE KING JR.
By Moses D. Powe Angelina Valieva
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APPRECIATIONS
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