Five Excerpts From This Year's Most Award-Winning Books

You might have noticed—you thinking person you!—that it is book awards season. As it is nearly impossible to read every selection on the longlist, shortlist, or even winner list, I have provided five excerpts that could, truly, have come from almost any of them.

Five Excerpts From This Year's Most Award-Winning Books

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