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Seattle Staff Faves 2021: Fiction

No Heaven for Good Boys

Bush, Keisha
A Psalm for the Wild-built

Chambers, Becky
Black Water Sister

Cho, Zen
Defekt

Cipri, Nino
A Master of Djinn

Clark, P. Djèlí
Razorblade Tears

Cosby, S. A.
What's Mine and Yours

Coster, Naima

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Seattle Staff Faves 2021: Nonfiction

A Little Devil in America

Abdurraqib, Hanif
We Hereby Refuse

Abe, Frank
Craft

Adamson, Glenn
The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Bechdel, Alison
Making It

Blades, Jay
World Travel

Bourdain, Anthony
Punch Me up to the Gods

Broome, Brian

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Seattle Staff Faves 2021: Teen

Ace of Spades

Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah
Firekeeper's Daughter

Boulley, Angeline
Cheer Up!

Frasier, Crystal
Before We Disappear

Hutchinson, Shaun David
Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Lo, Malinda
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World

Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
Iron Widow

Zhao, Xiran Jay

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Seattle Staff Faves 2021: Kids

The Sea in Winter

Day, Christine
Milo Imagines the World

de la Peña, Matt
We All Play

Flett, Julie
We Move Together

Fritsch, Kelly
The Last Cuentista

Higuera, Donna Barba
A Home Under the Stars

Musser, Andy Chou
Mel Fell

Tabor, Corey R.

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2021 Cookbooks

Let's Make Dumplings!

Amano, Hugh
Sumac

Atassi, Anas
Parwana

Ayubi, Durkhanai
New Native Kitchen

Bitsoie, Freddie/ Fraioli, James O./ Bacon, Quentin (PHT)/ Trujillo, Gabriella (ILT)
Black Food
Provecho

Castrejon, Edgar
Cooking at Home

Chang, David

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