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1. Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
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2. Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson
3. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
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4. Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
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5. All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders
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6. Imagine Me Gone, Adam Haslett
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7. Swing Time, Zadie Smith
Two girls growing up in public housing in London both have a love for dance; only one has the talent to make a career of it. In adulthood, the narrator trades the poverty of London for the poverty of Muslim West Africa — until events send her back to her domineering mother and larger-than-life friend.
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8. The Trespasser, Tana French
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9. My Name Is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout
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10. Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer
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