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Kirkus Reviews 2020

Best Books of the Year

Congratulations to the stellar Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020 from Tor, Tordotcom, and Tor Teen!

The instant New York Times bestseller and  “one of the most propulsive, compulsive and captivating novels in recent memory” (The Washington Post).

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TOR BOOKS

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TORDOTCOM

Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in Master of Poisons.

“Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story…in a word: Awesome.”
—N. K. Jemisin,
New York Times bestselling author

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TOR BOOKS

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TORDOTCOM

Hugo Award finalist Daniel Polansky crafts an innovative, mind-bending fantasy mystery in The Seventh Perfection.

Prophecies unfold, legends turn real, and a war of mythical proportions endangers the realm in Ilana C. Myer’s epic fantasy The Poet King, the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed Fire Dance, continuing The Harp and Ring Sequence.

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TOR BOOKS

From award-winning author Mark Oshiro comes a powerful coming-of-age fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories come to life.

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TOR TEEN

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TOR TEEN

Unwanted betrothals, assassination attempts, and a battle for the crown converge in Danielle L. Jensen's Dark Skies, a new series starter set in the universe of the YA fantasy Sarah J. Maas called "everything I look for in a fantasy novel."

The instant New York Times bestseller and  “one of the most propulsive, compulsive and captivating novels in recent memory” (The Washington Post).

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue cover

TOR BOOKS

Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in Master of Poisons.

9781250260543.jpg

TORDOTCOM

“Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story…in a word: Awesome.”
—N. K. Jemisin,
New York Times bestselling author

9781250175342.jpg

TOR TEEN

Hugo Award finalist Daniel Polansky crafts an innovative, mind-bending fantasy mystery in The Seventh Perfection.

9781250767561.jpg

TORDOTCOM

Prophecies unfold, legends turn real, and a war of mythical proportions endangers the realm in Ilana C. Myer’s epic fantasy The Poet King, the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed Fire Dance, continuing The Harp and Ring Sequence.

9780765378347.jpg

TOR BOOKS

From award-winning author Mark Oshiro comes a powerful coming-of-age fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories come to life.

9781250169211.jpg

TOR TEEN

Unwanted betrothals, assassination attempts, and a battle for the crown converge in Danielle L. Jensen's Dark Skies, a new series starter set in the universe of the YA fantasy Sarah J. Maas called "everything I look for in a fantasy novel."

9781250317766.jpg

TOR TEEN

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