The Millions Top Ten: January 2020

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Colson Whitehead's latest novel, The Nickel Boys, capped off six straight appearances on our Top Ten by ascending to our Hall of Fame.
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The Millions Top Ten: December 2019

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Millions staffer Adam O'Fallon Price's novel The Hotel Neversink rose two spots in our Top Ten, and now ranks higher than Margaret Atwood's The Testaments.
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A Year in Reading: Nick Moran

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All of us are viewing but one face of the cultural sphere. The one I see will always be different from yours, but damned if I won't try to show it to you.
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The Millions Top Ten: October 2019

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In October's Top Ten, Ben Lerner's The Topeka School makes its way onto the list. See which titles remained and which almost made it.
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The Millions Top Ten: September 2019

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Meteoric rises for J. Robert Lennon and Yoko Ogawa propelled Pieces for the Left Hand and The Memory Police into the upper-half of this month’s countdown.
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The Millions Top Ten: August 2019

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Major shakeups led to half of our list being populated by newcomers. Welcome J. Robert Lennon, Téa Obreht, Yoko Ogawa, Helen Phillips, and Olga Tokarczuk!
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The Millions Top Ten: July 2019

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Benjamin Dreyer graduates to our Hall of Fame, making room for new Colson Whitehead, while Sally Rooney pulls off the extremely rare double listing.
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The Millions Top Ten: May 2019

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Two newcomers joined the list this month: Halle Butler's second novel, The New Me, and Sally Rooney's unconventional bildungsroman, Normal People.
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The Millions Top Ten: April 2019

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One big name graduates to our hall of fame as a new (even bigger) name joins the list.
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The Millions Top Ten: February 2019

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Your latest must-reads include a New York Times bestseller, two National Book Award picks, and some (very) experimental essays.
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The Millions Top Ten: November 2018

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TK TK TK
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A Year in Reading: Nick Moran

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I don't think anyone's ever read anything at Sweet's Lounge on the Gulf coast of Mississippi, but you could play "chicken shit bingo" there for a couple bucks and write a story about it afterwards. I'd read that.
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The Millions Top Ten: October 2018

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Only the lightest, feather soft jostling on the top half of our list this month. From there, things get more interesting.
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