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12/29/2020: Seattle Times critic picks 20 of the most eagerly awaited books of 2021

The entire column with mini-reviews, here.

Books: 
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life Cover Image

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life (Hardcover)

By George Saunders
$28.00
ISBN: 9781984856029
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Random House - January 12th, 2021
Concrete Rose Cover Image

Concrete Rose (Hardcover)

By Angie Thomas
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062846716
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Balzer + Bray - January 12th, 2021
Just as I Am: A Memoir Cover Image

Just as I Am: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Cicely Tyson
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062931061
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: HarperCollins Publishers - January 26th, 2021
Let Me Tell You What I Mean Cover Image

Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Hardcover)

By Joan Didion
$23.00
ISBN: 9780593318485
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Knopf - January 26th, 2021
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 Cover Image

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593134047
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: One World - February 2nd, 2021
The Survivors: A Novel Cover Image

The Survivors: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jane Harper
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250232427
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Flatiron Books - February 2nd, 2021
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Foregone: A Novel Cover Image

Foregone: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Russell Banks
$28.99
ISBN: 9780063036758
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Ecco - March 2nd, 2021
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Klara and the Sun: A novel Cover Image

Klara and the Sun: A novel (Hardcover)

By Kazuo Ishiguro
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593318171
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Published: Knopf - March 2nd, 2021
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Later Cover Image

Later (Paperback)

By Stephen King
$14.95
ISBN: 9781789096491
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Hard Case Crime - March 2nd, 2021
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The Committed Cover Image

The Committed (Hardcover)

By Viet Thanh Nguyen
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802157065
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Grove Press - March 2nd, 2021
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My Broken Language: A Memoir Cover Image

My Broken Language: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Quiara Alegría Hudes
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399590047
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Published: One World - April 6th, 2021
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The Souvenir Museum: Stories Cover Image

The Souvenir Museum: Stories (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth McCracken
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062971289
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Published: Ecco - April 13th, 2021
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Whereabouts: A novel Cover Image

Whereabouts: A novel (Hardcover)

By Jhumpa Lahiri
$24.00
ISBN: 9780593318317
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Published: Knopf - April 27th, 2021
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Second Place: A Novel Cover Image

Second Place: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rachel Cusk
$25.00
ISBN: 9780374279226
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - May 4th, 2021
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Project Hail Mary: A Novel Cover Image

Project Hail Mary: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Andy Weir
$28.99
ISBN: 9780593135204
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Published: Ballantine Books - May 4th, 2021
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While Justice Sleeps Cover Image

While Justice Sleeps (Hardcover)

By Stacey Abrams
$28.00
ISBN: 9780385546577
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Published: Doubleday Books - May 11th, 2021
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Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir Cover Image

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Ashley C. Ford
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250305978
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book - June 1st, 2021
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The Nature of Middle-earth Cover Image

The Nature of Middle-earth (Hardcover)

By J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (Editor)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780358454601
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - September 2nd, 2021
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The Turnout Cover Image

The Turnout (Hardcover)

By Megan Abbott
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593084908
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - July 6th, 2021
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Harlem Shuffle (Hardcover)

By Colson Whitehead
$28.95
ISBN: 9780385545136
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: Doubleday Books - September 14th, 2021