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John Darnielle on DEVIL HOUSE

Weike Wang on JOAN IS OKAY

Bernardine Evaristo on MANIFESTO: ON NEVER GIVING UP

Jami Attenberg on I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET YOU: WRITING MY WAY HOME

Anna Malaika Tubbs on THE THREE MOTHERS

Hanya Yanagihara on TO PARADISE

Xochitl Gonzalez on OLGA DIES DREAMING

Jessamine Chan on THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS

Noah Hawley on ANTHEM

Poured Over: David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon From Page to Screen

Mary Beard on TWELVE CAESARS

Juhea Kim on BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND

Michelle Zauner on CRYING IN H-MART

Rachel Smythe on LORE OLYMPUS

Brené Brown on ATLAS OF THE HEART

Louise Penny on THE MADNESS OF CROWDS

Jung Yun on O BEAUTIFUL

T.J. Klune on UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR

Nikole Hannah-Jones on THE 1619 PROJECT

Natashia Deon on THE PERISHING

Louise Erdrich on THE SENTENCE

Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman on ROXY

Kal Penn on YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS

Gary Shteyngart on OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS

Drew Magary on THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT

Alice Hoffman on THE BOOK OF MAGIC

Joshua Ferris on A CALLING FOR CHARLIE BARNES

Elizabeth Strout on OH WILLIAM!

Andrea Elliott on INVISIBLE CHILD

Nick Offerman on WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY

Beth Macy on DOPESICK

Alix E. Harrow on THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES

Naomi Novik on THE LAST GRADUATE

Wiley Cash on WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME

Phoebe Robinson on PLEASE DON'T SIT ON MY BED IN YOUR OUTSIDE CLOTHES

Anthony Doerr on CLOUD CUCKOO LAND

Ruth Ozeki on THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS

Brendan Kiely on THE OTHER TALK

Richard Powers on BEWILDERMENT

Mary Roach on FUZZ

Colson Whitehead on THE HARLEM SHUFFLE

Qian Julie Wang on BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

Joy Harjo on POET WARRIOR

Lauren Groff on MATRIX

B.B. Alston on AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS

Min Jin Lee on THE GREAT GATSBY

Linden Lewis on THE SECOND REBEL

Kat Chow on SEEING GHOSTS

Miranda Cowley Heller on THE PAPER PALACE

Silvia Moreno-Garcia on VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

Kristin Hannah on FOUR WINDS

Naomi Hirahara on CLARK AND DIVISION

Charlotte McConaghy on ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES

Ash Davidson on DAMNATION SPRING

Ben Macintyre on AGENT SONYA

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. on BEGIN AGAIN

Carolyn Ferrell on DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN

Helen MacDonald on VESPER FLIGHTS

Catherine Raven on FOX & I

Sam Kean on THE ICEPICK SURGEON

Matt Haig on THE BOOK OF COMFORT

S. A. Cosby on RAZORBLADE TEARS

Ayad Akhtar on HOMELAND ELEGIES

Casey McQuiston on RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE

Kiese Laymon on LONG DIVISION

Laura Lippman on DREAM GIRL

Kristen Arnett on WITH TEETH

John MacLean on HOME WATERS

Danielle Henderson on THE UGLY CRY

Clint Smith on HOW THE WORD IS PASSED

Ashley C. Ford on SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER

Maggie O'Farrell on HAMNET