Six Prizewinning Books Worth the Hype

These books really are winners

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Surely I’m not alone in thinking that just because a book won a prize, that doesn’t make it a great book. For starters, there are so many things that can make a book great — the writing, the format, the characters, the plot, the cultural moment it captures, the subject matter, and more — and it’s possible for a book to have a ton of promise without…