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44 Books Our Favorite Indie Booksellers Were Grateful for This Year

"The fiction, memoirs, poetry, cookbooks, and cultural criticism that got the experts through the year."
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The Lost Spells (Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris)
The Lost Spells
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Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris
Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces
2
Jenny Erpenbeck
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Aimee Nezhukumatathil)
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The Good Book of Southern Baking: A Revival of Biscuits, Cakes, and Cornbread (Kelly Fields)
The Good Book of Southern Baking: A Revival of Biscuits, Cakes, and Cornbread
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Kelly Fields
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
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Susanna Clarke
The Resisters (Gish Jen)
The Resisters
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Gish Jen
These Ghosts Are Family (Maisy Card)
These Ghosts Are Family
7
Maisy Card
Via Negativa (Daniel Hornsby)
Via Negativa
8
Daniel Hornsby
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West (Lauren Redniss)
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
9
Lauren Redniss
She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs (Sarah Smarsh)
She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs
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Sarah Smarsh
The Brother You Choose (Susie Day)
The Brother You Choose
11
Susie Day
Lobizona (Romina Garber)
Lobizona
12
Romina Garber
The Other Name (Jon Fosse)
The Other Name
13
Jon Fosse
Memorial (Bryan Washington)
Memorial
14
Bryan Washington
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V. E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
15
V. E. Schwab
Kalpa Imperial (Angélica Gorodischer)
Kalpa Imperial
16
Angélica Gorodischer
Ladybird, Collected (Meg Heriford)
Ladybird, Collected
17
Meg Heriford
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons From Marine Mammals (Alexis Pauline Gumbs)
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons From Marine Mammals
18
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
A Burning (Megha Majumdar)
A Burning
19
Megha Majumdar
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
20
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Boyfriend Material (Alexis Hall)
Boyfriend Material
21
Alexis Hall
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
22
Jenny Odell
Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Sower
23
Octavia Butler
Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (Melissa Maerz)
Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
24
Melissa Maerz
Legendborn (Tracy Deonn)
Legendborn
25
Tracy Deonn
Frying Plantain (Zalika Reid-Benta)
Frying Plantain
26
Zalika Reid-Benta
The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History (Andy Greene)
The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
27
Andy Greene
Sana Sana (Ariana Brown)
Sana Sana
28
Ariana Brown
The Cold Millions (Jess Walter)
The Cold Millions
29
Jess Walter
This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing (Jacqueline Winspear)
This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
30
Jacqueline Winspear
The Man Who Folded Himself (David Gerrold)
The Man Who Folded Himself
31
David Gerrold
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
32
Carol Anderson
A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South (Cinelle Barnes)
A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South
33
Cinelle Barnes
Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu)
Interior Chinatown
34
Charles Yu
Leonard and Hungry Paul (Rónán Hession)
Leonard and Hungry Paul
35
Rónán Hession
House of Earth and Blood (Sarah Maas)
House of Earth and Blood
36
Sarah Maas
An American Sunrise (Joy Harjo)
An American Sunrise
37
Joy Harjo
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinso)
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
38
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinso
Luster (Raven Leilani)
Luster
39
Raven Leilani
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
40
Brit Bennett
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