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Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year is…
James was named Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year. This announcement on Instagram was kind of fun, but it was the right choice. I’ll be cannibalizing what I wrote about James in Book Riot’s upcoming Best Books of the Year post.
“james “” was the book I was most looking forward to in 2024 from the moment I heard it would be published. Huck Finn’s reimagining of Morpheus, the literary work of Percival Everett, was reason enough to be excited, but on top of that, the enthusiasm around him… american fiction And then his move to Doubleday, and this thing was set up to be in the majors. And it is a modern masterpiece. Hilarious, fascinating, provocative, and frightening. james It’s virtuosic. This is a miracle of page-turning reader entertainment combined with god-level literary experimentation and thematic depth. Things like this are rarely available, so when you do get one, it’s a celebration. ”
