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1. Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
2. Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson
3. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
4. Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
5. All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders
6. Imagine Me Gone, Adam Haslett
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.
8. The Trespasser, Tana French
9. My Name Is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout
10. Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer
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