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2022 selection · Young readers
The Keeper
The Keeper by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, illustrated by Marco Finnegan appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around mysteries & thrillers, young adult, comics & graphic novels, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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You want an NPR-recommended mysteries & thrillers, young adult, comics & graphic novels title from 2022.
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The Lie Tree
- NPR Books We Love
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Fatale Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
- NPR Books We Love
Fatale Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around comics & graphic novels, let’s talk about sex, mysteries & thrillers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.