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The annual Ten Best list is a small editorial selection spanning fiction and nonfiction, offering a consistent point of comparison across twenty years.
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Frederick Douglass
David W. Blight2018 selection · Nonfiction
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight was selected for The New York Times Book Review’s 2018 Ten Best Books list in nonfiction. The catalog records the selection as bibliographic fact and links readers to the newspaper’s original annual list.
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