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Story summary
- In 2025, Washington Post book critic Ron Charles highlighted five notable titles.
- The Slip by Lucas Schaefer follows two teenagers in a boxing gym in Austin, Texas.
- Guilty by Definition, Susie Dent, follows a dictionary editor uncovering clues about her sister's disappearance.
- Black Moses by Caleb Gayle chronicles Edward McCabe's fight for Black empowerment during Jim Crow era.
- The Antidote by Karen Russell blends fable and history in Depression-era Nebraska.
