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.

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!

Benjamin Dreyer graduates to our Hall of Fame, making room for new Colson Whitehead, while Sally Rooney pulls off the extremely rare double listing.

One big name graduates to our hall of fame as a new (even bigger) name joins the list.