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Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell
★★★★· Published 2020· 574 pages
David Mitchell follows a made-up London band through the psychedelic '60s. Fun and full of heart, with his usual sneaky connections to his other books.
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★ 5Counterfeit
Kirstin Chen
Two women run a counterfeit-handbag scheme, told as a very unreliable confession. Clever, twisty, and a blast.