Ilza's List

Top Recommendations

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• Turbulence by David Szalay

• Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

• A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee

• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

• Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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 Solid Picks​

• Friday - Nana Kwane Adjei-Brenyah

• The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

• The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste

• News of the World - Paulette Jones

• The Other Americans - Laila Lalami

• Stay and Fight - Madeline ffitch

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 Ilza's Interesting Picks​

• The Last Watchman of Old Cairo - Michael David Lukas

• A View of the Empire at Sunset - Caryl Phillips

• Washington Black - Esi Edugyan

• Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" - Zora Neale Hurston

• Shoe Dog - Phil Knight

• Gangster State - Pieter-Louis Myburgh

• The Gone Deaad - Chanelle Benz

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 Lalita's Top Picks​​

• Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson

• The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

• The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

• Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout

• Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips