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    THE 10 BEST NOVELS

    by SARAH BEGLEY Dec 19, 2016 3 minutes
    Whitehead’s eighth book has won widespread acclaim and a National Book Award

    1. The Underground Railroad

    By Colson Whitehead

    In this reimagining of American history, the Underground Railroad is a literal one. After Cora, a slave on a Georgia plantation, is beaten and raped by her master, she flees north, encountering more peril along the way. Although the setting is surreal, the characters are grounded in the harsh reality of African-American history, toiling ever harder for survival even as the promise of freedom looms around the bend. Whitehead’s novel has earned well-deserved

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