The Millions Top Ten: June 2022

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Vanessa Hua's 'Forbidden City,' Elif Batuman's 'Either/Or,' 'Refuse to Be Done,' and more.
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Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2022 Book Preview

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In what has proved to be an endlessly trying year, we hope this list—which contains more than 175 books—will provide opportunities for you to be delighted, excited, and surprised.
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The Millions Top Ten: May 2022

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From an illustrated edition of Ulysses to the latest novel by Emily St. John Mandel, here are the top ten books Millions readers are buying.
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The Millions Top Ten: April 2022

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Our list's true newcomers are Matt Bell and Sequoia Nagamatsu, who join in the sixth and tenth positions for 'Refuse to Be Done' and 'How High We Go in the Dark,' respectively.
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May Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)

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May brings new books from our own Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Elif Batuman, Caio Fernando Abreu, and Hernan Diaz—just to name a few.
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Ten Essential Fictional Frenemies

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There is no “Frenemies” section in the greeting card aisle at CVS. But here are 10 novels that can maybe make us feel a bit more understood.
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Reading Behind Bars: Eleven Essential Books About Prison

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Be warned: It ain’t pretty.
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April Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)

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This month's preview features three books by Millions staffers: Emily St. John Mandel, Ed Simon, and Bill Morris.
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The Millions Top Ten: February 2022

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It's not surprising to see Ward Farnsworth’s The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook on this month's list. Once again, it's Ed Simon's fault.
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Ten Groundbreaking True Crime Books

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Crime fiction may desire order out of chaos, but true crime grapples with the chaos while hoping for catharsis in the meantime. These books helped me make sense of the world's darkest corners.
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March Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)

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This month, we've got our eye on new books from the likes of Elaine Hsieh Chou, Sarah Moss, Matt Bell, and Elena Ferrante.
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The Millions Top Ten: January 2022

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Ludwig Wittgenstein, if your ghost is reading this, take consolation in the fact that Ed Simon’s piece got Millions readers so excited about your work that for five months they dutifully purchased copies of your 100-year-old book.
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Nine Haunting Postapocalyptic Novels

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The paradox of imagined apocalypses is that they’re always more about the present than the future. Here's a list of a few haunting and evocative titles.
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February Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)

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February brings new work from Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Haigh, and Marlon James, and moving debuts from Kiare Ladner, Maayan Eitan, and Neda Toloui-Semnani.
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Writers to Watch: Spring 2022

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Adoption narratives, genre-bending novels about the horrors and inequities of life, and promising collections round out this season’s notable fiction debuts.
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Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2022 Book Preview

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Surprise, surpise we've got an even longer list of books to ring in the new year. At 193 titles, you'll surely find a book or two to suit your mood.
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The Millions Top Ten: December 2021

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This month we say goodbye to Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake, and in its place, welcome Karl Ove Knausgaard's The Morning Star.
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