Nonfiction
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasick and Monica Murphy
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us by Frans de Waal
The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery by Wendy Moore
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Journalism/Longform
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
The Paris Review
Searching for Lost Time in the World’s Most Beautiful Calendar
by Jason Farago
The New York Times
Fiction
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Joanna Stafford series by Nancy Bilyeau
The Crown
The Chalice
The Tapestry
Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin
Mistress of the Art of Death
The Serpent's Tale
Grave Goods
A Murderous Procession
Margaret of Ashbury series by Judith Merkle Riley
A Vision of Light
In Pursuit of the Green Lion
The Water Devil
The Crown
The Chalice
The Tapestry
Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin
Mistress of the Art of Death
The Serpent's Tale
Grave Goods
A Murderous Procession
Margaret of Ashbury series by Judith Merkle Riley
A Vision of Light
In Pursuit of the Green Lion
The Water Devil