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2016 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
The Singing Bones
The Singing Bones by Shaun Tan appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around for art lovers, eye-opening reads, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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