Featuring 275 Industry-First Reviews of Fiction, Nonfiction, Children'sand YA books KIRKUSVOL. LXXXVII, NO. 21 | 1 NOVEMBER 2019 REVIEWS Erin Morgenstern The author of The Night Circus is back with The Starless Sea— a sprawling, fantastical novel about the power of stories. p. 14 Also in this issue: André Aciman, Jeanine Basinger, Ken Follett, Oge Mora, and more from the editor’s desk: Chairman Listmania! HERBERT SIMON President & Publisher BY TOM BEER MARC WINKELMAN # Chief Executive Officer MEG LABORDE KUEHN
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