This week’s Best Book is a tie between two very different novels that share some themes: The Good Lord Bird by James McBride and Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi!

This week’s Best Book is The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout!

This week’s Best Book is The Hours by Michael Cunningham!

This week’s Best Book is The Known World by Edward P. Jones!

This week’s Best Book is King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett!

This week’s Best Book is Corrag by Susan Fletcher! Also recommended is Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart.

This week’s Best Book is Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood!

This week’s Best Book is Troubles by J. G. Farrell!

This week’s Best Book is Mountains of the Moon by I. J. Kay!

This week’s Best Book is Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer!