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The Wayfinder

by Adam Johnson

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The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around historical fiction, seriously great writing, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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