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• Intermezzo

  Rooney, Sally

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  My favorite novel of the year and in my opinion, Sally Rooney's best book yet. The dialogue she writes is peerless and the humor she finds in a potentially bleak story is masterful. I just, loved, loved, loved this book.

• Come and Get It

  Reid, Kiley

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  This is a book I think a lot of people slept on this year. What it lacks in a propulsive plotline it makes up for with brilliant dialogue and characters. It's a novel for our times.

• Headshot

  a Novel

  Bullwinkel, Rita

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  This is a claustrophobic look into the world of amateur female boxing. It's short and intense and easily one of the best novels of the year.

• Honey

  Banta, Isabel

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  This is an absolute nostalgia-fest for the turn of the millenium. It follows three up-and-coming pop stars and has all the love triangles, sleazy managers and emotional breakdowns you could hope for. If you remember MTV after school and dial-up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blue Sisters

  Mellors, Coco

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  This was super melodramatic and completely ridiculous but it was also the novel I consumed the fastest this year. The perfect weepy summer read.

• Butter

  a Novel of Food and Murder

  Yuzuki, Asako, 1981-

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  If your up for something a little strange and sinister please read this book. There is a really good reason it has been such an international bestseller this year.

• Tell Me Everything

  a Novel

  Strout, Elizabeth, 1956-

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  If you have never read Elizabeth Strout stop right now and seek out all her earlier titles. If you have read Elizabeth Strout, sit back and enjoy all her usual brilliance with the added bonus of her most famous characters all finding themselves in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She's Always Hungry

  Clark, Eliza

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  I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak at this one before it has come out. Easily the best short story collection I read this year. It's really dark and totally gross and obsessed with parasites and spaceships and teenage angst.

• Long Island Compromise

  a Novel

  Brodesser-Akner, Taffy

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  I'm a sucker for a big family saga and this is a great one. It also gets bonus points for wrapping the family drama up inside a fantastic true crime plot with some brilliant humor.

• Creation Lake

  Kushner, Rachel

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  This one took some getting into, but once I did I couldn't stop reading. Rachel Kushner hasn't written a bad book yet.