December 1, 2021
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Featuring 317 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s and YA books; also in this issue: Kirkus Prize coverage; the best children’s and YA books of 2021; Tracy Subisak, Adrianna Cuevas, Zack Smedley, and more children’s and YA authors discuss their new titles and the experience of publishing a book in 2021; Neel Patel; Ann Patchett on “what matters most in this precarious and precious life”
Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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BATTLE OF THE LINGUIST MAGES
By Scotto Moore
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DEFENESTRATE
By Renee Branum
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LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
By Kim Fu
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PRESENT TENSE MACHINE
By Gunnhild Øyehaug Kari Dickson
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ENGINES OF EMPIRE
By R. S. Ford
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SHIT CASSANDRA SAW
By Gwen E. Kirby
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THE PAGES
By Hugo Hamilton
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THE EMPLOYEES
By Olga Ravn Martin Aitken
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VLADIMIR
By Julia May Jonas
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ONE STEP TOO FAR
By Lisa Gardner
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YOU CAN RUN
By Rebecca Zanetti
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POLLAK'S ARM
By Hans von Trotha Elisabeth Lauffer
NONFICTION
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YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS
By Kal Penn
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THE ZEN OF THERAPY
By Mark Epstein
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WATERGATE
By Garrett M. Graff
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WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN
By Michael Kazin
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FUNNY FARM
By Laurie Zaleski
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RED CARPET
By Erich Schwartzel
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HANNIBAL
By Philip Freeman
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ARE THE ARTS ESSENTIAL?
By Alberta Arthurs Michael DiNiscia
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THE TREELINE
By Ben Rawlence Lizzie Harper
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HOW TO BE PERFECT
By Michael Schur Todd May
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BETRAYAL
By Jonathan Karl
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THE WUHAN LOCKDOWN
By Guobin Yang
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BLACK JOY
By Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
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BUSTER KEATON
By James Curtis
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KEATS
By Lucasta Miller
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SENTIENT
By Jackie Higgins Caroline Church
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INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE
By Dennis Duncan
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THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS
By Jessie Singer
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GOING THERE
By Katie Couric
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ONE QUARTER OF THE NATION
By Nancy Foner
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IN LOVE
By Amy Bloom
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AMERICAN INJUSTICE
By David S Rudolf
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THE ARTISANS
By Shen Fuyu Jeremy Tiang
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WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
By David Sipress
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DAVOS MAN
By Peter S. Goodman
TEEN
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THIS WOVEN KINGDOM
By Tahereh Mafi
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I MUST BETRAY YOU
By Ruta Sepetys
CHILDREN'S
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BEAUTY WOKE
By NoNieqa Ramos Paola Escobar
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STITCH BY STITCH
By Connie Schofield-Morrison Elizabeth Zunon
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ON THE MOVE
By Michael Rosen Quentin Blake
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LOVE IS HERE
By Mike Malbrough
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THE WITCH, THE SWORD, AND THE CURSED KNIGHTS
By Alexandria Rogers
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NOT ENOUGH LOLLIPOPS
By Megan Maynor Micah Player
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VOLCANOES
By Gail Gibbons
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APPLE AND MAGNOLIA
By Laura Gehl Patricia Metola
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WE ARE WOLVES
By Katrina Nannestad Martina Heiduczek
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OMAR RISING
By Aisha Saeed
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DEAR READER
By Tiffany Rose
INDIE
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CRIMINALS
By Mike Karpa
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BANNED FROM CALIFORNIA
By Robert C Steele
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MANDALAY HAWK'S DILEMMA
By Peter Aronson
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THE TOWER PRINCESS
By Michelle Tocher Richard Row
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LEAVING THE SAFE HARBOR
By Tanya Hackney
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THE AUCTION
By Tom Galvin
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GRAY
By Dawn Moore Roy
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A GIRL CALLED RUMI
By Ari Honarvar
More In This Issue
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Best of 2021: Our Editor-in-Chief’s Favorite Reads -
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Best of 2021: Our Favorite Middle-Grade Books -
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Best of 2021: Our Favorite Picture Books -
