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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Have Defined the 2010s (So Far)

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Have Defined the 2010s (So Far)

Up Next, the 10 Books That Defined the 2020s

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Connor

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Connor

The Author of The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle on Short Sentences
and Dedicated Daydreaming

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalist Christopher Paul Curtis

Meet National Book Award Finalist Christopher Paul Curtis

The Author of The Journey of Little Charlie on Writer's Block and Coaching in the Minor Leagues

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2018

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 2000s

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 2000s

We've Got Stars Directing Our Fate

By Emily Temple | October 29, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalists M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Meet National Book Award Finalists M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

The Authors of The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge on Twin Peaks, Boris Pasternak, and Vladimir Lenin

By Emily Temple | October 29, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elizabeth Acevedo

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elizabeth Acevedo

The Author of The Poet X on Night Noises and Lucille Clifton

By Emily Temple | October 29, 2018

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1990s

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1980s

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1970s

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1970s

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1960s

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Apparently This Was an Important Decade in American History

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1950s

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1940s

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Anthea Bell, Translator of Sebald, Kafka, and <em>Asterix</em>, Has Died at 82

Anthea Bell, Translator of Sebald, Kafka, and Asterix, Has Died at 82

She Was One of our Greatest English Translators

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1930s

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1930s

The Fourth Dimension of This List

By Emily Temple | October 18, 2018

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1920s

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Part Three of Your New Favorite Series

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