The editors of the New York Times Book Review are out with their annual list of the best reads of the year. The top 10, which aren't ranked in order:
- The Association of Small Bombs, Karan Mahajan, fiction. Review here.
- The North Water, Ian McGuire, fiction. Review here.
- The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead, fiction. Review here.
- The Vegetarian, Han Kang, fiction. Review here.
- War and Turpentine, Stefan Hertmans, fiction. Review here.
- At the Existentialist Cafe, Sarah Bakewell, nonfiction. Review here.
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, Jane Mayer, nonfiction. Review here.
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond, nonfiction. Review here.
- In the Darkroom, Susan Faludi, nonfiction. Review here.
- The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, Hisham Matar, nonfiction. Review here.
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