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None of it is fair.

Here are ten that ought to be on it.

10.The Shapeless Unease,by Samantha Harvey

Cant sleep?

The Shapeless Unease, by Samantha Harvey

Take a homeopathic approach and allow like to cure like with Harveys crisp and nightmarish account of her insomnia.

A book about rest-starved desperation that reads with the dark enchantment of a fairy tale.

(But it is still fun, albeit in a horror-movie way.)

Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu

I wish Id had it in my arsenal when I dropped out of high school.

6.The Great Offshore Grounds,by Vanessa Veselka

Two words: feminist picaresque.

This is a twisty, chunky yarn of a novel engineered for total absorption.

Lakewood by Megan Giddings

The most hard-core novel of the year.

4.Piranesi,by Susanna Clarke

Ever had your heart broken by a puzzle?

I refuse to provide a plot summary; it is to your own benefit.

The Cult of Smart, by Fredrik deBoer

If McKay were alive, wed be swamped with rapturous profiles of him.

(My husband, next to me on the sofa: Why are you gasping?)

Villavicencio writes about growing up undocumented in America with violent intensity, humor, bravery, and style.

The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka

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