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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Emily St. John Mandel’s Exit Party, Ben Macintyre’s Redwood, Kate Atkinson’s Our Noble Selves, and Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. *

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Here are the best reviewed books of the week, according to Book Marks:

1. Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf) - 16 Rave, 2 Positive, 1 Mixed, and 1 Pan. Lincoln Michel from The New York Times Book Review describes the novel as "ambitious and captivating" and praises Mandel's ability to craft memorable characters. The book combines thrills and mysteries with speculative ruminations, reminiscent of Mandel's earlier crime novels and later works like Station Eleven.

2. Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday) - 6 Rave and 2 Positive. Sam Sacks from The Wall Street Journal finds humor in the mismatch between the grizzled cynicism and national heritage of this workplace comedy. Atkinson's immaculate prose style, dry wit, and narrative legerdemain make this historical farce a testament to her versatility as a writer.

3. The Rouse by China Miéville (Del Rey) - 4 Rave and 1 Mixed. Jeff VanderMeer from The New York Times Book Review describes this novel as a haunting of a haunting, a terror that grows familiar and heightened over time. Miéville's intimate epic is an example of controlled sprawl that allows the reader to live within the story and catch glimpses of other forces in the darkness.

4. The Newer World by Sebastian Barry (Viking) - 3 Rave, 2 Positive, 2 Mixed, and 1 Pan. Sara Collins describes this book as a near-miracle, with Barry's language soaring to "soaring" registers and a vertiginous high wire of prose. The novel is part Bildungsroman and part picaresque, showcasing Barry's astonishing control of language.

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