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Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2017

Washington Post: 10 Best Books of 2017

H(A)PPY - Nicola Barker

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award: Fiction 2017

The Future Is History - Masha Gessen

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2017

The Gulf - Jack E. Davis

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2017

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky - Lesley Nneka Arimah

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2017

Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2017

The Power - Naomi Alderman

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: 100 Recommended Books of 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Top 10 Books of 2016

Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle: 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Boston Globe: John Freeman: 15 Best Fiction Books of 2016

Dennis Cooper: 52 Favorite Books of 2016

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2016

Library Journal: 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Time: Sarah Begley: Top 20 Books of 2016

The Lonely City - Olivia Laing

Maria Popova: 16 Favorite Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 10 Best Books of 2016

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari: The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Nix - Nathan Hill

Entertainment Weekly: The 20 Best Books of 2016

New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2016

The Nix - Nathan Hill

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016

Shrill - Lindy West

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2016

Here I Am - Jonathan Safran Foer

Harper’s Bazaar: The 13 Best Books of 2016

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter - Kia Corthron

The Center for Fiction: 2016 First Novel Prize

Swing Time - Zadie Smith

Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2016

Evicted - Matthew Desmond

Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

National Book Award: Fiction 2016

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2016

Solar Bones - Mike McCormack

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

In the Darkroom - Susan Faludi

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2016

The Sport of Kings - C.E. Morgan

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2016

The Sellout - Paul Beatty

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 50 Best Books of 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Top 10 Books of 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Harper’s Bazaar: 15 Best Books of 2015

Maria Popova: 15 Best Books of 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Los Angeles Times: David L. Ulin: Top 10 Books of 2015

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 11 Best Books of 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Entertainment Weekly: 11 Best Books of 2015

Washington Post: 10 Best Books of 2015

H Is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald

Vogue: The 10 Best Books of 2015

Gold Fame Citrus - Claire Vaye Watkins

BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari: The 10 Best Books of 2015

A.V. Club: 20 Favorite Books of 2015

New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2015

All the Things We Never Knew - Sheila Hamilton

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction Books of 2015

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