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Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Best-selling author known for A Woman of Substance - Her books have sold more than 91 million copies and have been published ...

A good historical novel has the power to transport us back to a different time ... all the recent books offering female-focused retellings of old legends and sagas, they’re among the very best.