Favorite Books of the Year: Brazos Bookstore

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BRAZOS BOOKSTORE (HOUSTON)

Benjamin Rybeck (marketing director): Fortune Smiles, Adam Johnson · Don’t Suck, Don’t Die, Kristin Hersh · The New and Improved Romie Futch, Julia Elliott · The Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli · Delicious Foods, James Hannaham

Annalia Linnan (marketing assistant): Get in Trouble, Kelly Link · Multiply/Divide, Wendy S. Walters · The Things We Don’t Do, Andrés Neuman · The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr · My Feelings, Nick Flynn

Keaton Patterson (buyer): War, So Much War, Merce Rodereda · The Sellout, Paul Beatty · The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson · Tram 83, Fiston Mwanza Mujila · The Wake, Paul Kingsnorth

Liz Wright (kids specialist): The Fair Fight, Anna Freeman · Barbara the Slut and Other Stories, Lauren Holmes · The Book of Speculation, Erika Swyler · Dumplin‘, Julie Murphy · Uprooted, Naomi Novik

Mark Haber (floor manager): Art of Flight, Sergio Pitol · H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald · War, So Much War, Merce Rodereda · Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli · The Door, Magda Szabó