Just when we need it most, the American novel has never felt more relevant and important. Our picks for the best books of 2016 include masterly debuts, unforgettable female characters, and empathy-enlarging themes. Explore them all below. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead Whitehead's National Book Award-winner about a 16-year-old girl's bid for freedom is blazingly ingenious and heart-crackingly propulsive, revealing, with a conceit both simple and daring, "the true face of America":...
Just when we need it most, the American novel has never felt more relevant and important. Our picks for the best books of 2016 include masterly debuts, unforgettable female characters, and empathy-enlarging themes. Explore them all below. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead Whitehead's National Book Award-winner about a 16-year-old girl's bid for freedom is blazingly ingenious and heart-crackingly propulsive, revealing, with a conceit both simple and daring, "the true face of America":...
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