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Ruth Dickey of The National Book Foundation
Malcolm Gladwell on REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT
Glory Edim on GATHER ME
Susanna Clarke on THE WOOD AT MIDWINTER
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Xaviera Simmons on THE 1619 PROJECT: A VISUAL EXPERIENCE
Nick Harkaway on KARLA'S CHOICE
Sabaa Tahir on HEIR
Dava Sobel on THE ELEMENTS OF MARIE CURIE
Mark Haddon on DOGS AND MONSTERS
Susan Minot on DON'T BE A STRANGER
Ta-Nehisi Coates on THE MESSAGE
Dan Jones on HENRY V
Abraham Chang on 888 LOVE AND THE DIVINE BURDEN OF NUMBERS
Ina Garten on BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS
Richard Osman on WE SOLVE MURDERS
Rumaan Alam on ENTITLEMENT and Danzy Senna on COLORED TELEVISION
Louise Erdrich on THE MIGHTY RED
Tammy Armstrong on PEARLY EVERLASTING
Richard Powers on PLAYGROUND
Wright Thompson on THE BARN
Sarah Smarsh on BONE OF THE BONE
Rebecca Nagle on BY THE FIRE WE CARRY
Timothy Snyder on On Freedom
Chelsea Bieker on MADWOMAN
Elizabeth Strout on TELL ME EVERYTHING
Attica Locke on GUIDE ME HOME
Rachel Kushner on CREATION LAKE
Elizabeth O'Connor on WHALE FALL
Coco Mellors on BLUE SISTERS
Poured Over Double Shot: Claire Dederer and Sonora Jha
Kate DiCamillo on THE PUPPETS OF SPELHORST
Edwidge Danticat on WE'RE ALONE
Abi Daré on AND SO I ROAR
Elif Shafak on THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY
Kailee Pedersen on SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS
Jay Ellis on DID EVERYONE HAVE AN IMAGINARY FRIEND (OR JUST ME)?
Gilbert Cruz on The Best Books of the 21st Century
Regina Porter on THE RICH PEOPLE HAVE GONE AWAY
Bret Anthony Johnston on WE BURN DAYLIGHT
Dinaw Mengestu on SOMEONE LIKE US
Siân Hughes on PEARL
Jessica Anthony on THE MOST
Lev Grossman on THE BRIGHT SWORD
Juliet Grames on The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia
Sarah Manguso on Liars
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on CATALINA
Kevin Barry on THE HEART IN WINTER
Liz Moore on THE GOD OF THE WOODS
Alisa Alering on SMOTHERMOSS
Tiya Miles on NIGHT FLYER
Taffy Brodesser-Akner on LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE
Riley Sager on MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
Timothy Egan on A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND
Claire Messud on THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY
Yume Kitasei on THE STARDUST GRAIL
Claire Lombardo on SAME AS IT EVER WAS
Julia Phillips on BEAR
Edmund White and Garth Greenwell on NOCTURNES FOR THE KING OF NAPLES
Robin Sloan on MOONBOUND
Rufi Thorpe on MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES
KB Brookins on PRETTY
Griffin Dunne on THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
Nicola Yoon on ONE OF OUR KIND
Morgan Talty on FIRE EXIT
Essie Chambers on SWIFT RIVER
Sarah Perry on ENLIGHTENMENT
Nina St. Pierre on LOVE IS A BURNING THING
Kevin Kwan on LIES AND WEDDINGS
Garth Risk Hallberg on THE SECOND COMING
Hari Kunzru on BLUE RUIN
R.O. Kwon on EXHIBIT
Sebastian Junger on IN MY TIME OF DYING
Carvell Wallace on ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE
Aimee Nezhukumatathil on BITE BY BITE
Miranda July on ALL FOURS
Zoë Schlanger on THE LIGHT EATERS
Rachel Khong on REAL AMERICANS
Colm Tóibín on LONG ISLAND
Genevieve Kingston on DID I EVER TELL YOU?
Salman Rushdie on KNIFE
Shannon Chakraborty on THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI
Elaine U. Cho on OCEAN'S GODORI
Amy Tan on THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES
Crystal Hana Kim on THE STONE HOME
Amanda Montell on THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING
Sarah Hart on ONCE UPON A PRIME
Carys Davies on CLEAR
Maggie Nelson on LIKE LOVE
Anne Lamott on SOMEHOW
Xochitl Gonzalez on ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST
Julia Alvarez on THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES
Leif Enger on I CHEERFULLY REFUSE
Lisa Ko on MEMORY PIECE
Vinson Cunningham on GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Hanif Abdurraqib on THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR
Poured Over Double Shot: Tessa Hulls and Griffin Hansbury
Percival Everett on JAMES
Téa Obreht on THE MORNINGSIDE
Lottie Hazell on PIGLET
Sloane Crosley on GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE