Harvard Library staffers share their favorites — from music memoirs and manga to a 700-page novel and a YouTuber's horror mystery.
Table of contents: Fiction | Science fiction & fantasy | Nonfiction
Fiction
‘Straight Man’ / ‘Transcription’ / ‘The Extinction of Irena Rey’ / ‘More Weight: A Salem Story’ / ‘Barkskins’ / ‘The Summer Book’ / ‘Strange Houses’ / ‘Playground’ / ‘Hamnet’ / ‘The Stranger’s Child’ Skip to Science fiction & fantasy | Nonfiction
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‘Straight Man’by Richard Russo
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