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2018 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
Spinning Silver
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik appears in NPR’s 2018 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around seriously great writing, sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, rather long, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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