3 DEMON COPPERHEAD (Harper Perennial, $21.99). By Barbara Kingsolver. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a boy born in a ...

1 JAMES (Doubleday, $28). By Percival Everett. A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” told from the point of view of Jim as he flees from enslavement. 2 SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (Grove, $20) ...

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so it was important to me to include independently published books on this best-of list. With the proliferation of indie audio publishing and the enduring popularity of e-books, there is no longer ...

A few weeks ago, I was sorting through old newspapers and asked Dawn if she wanted The Washington Post’s guide to the best books of 2024. “I don’t need that to tell me what to read,” she said.