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BookBrowse's Best of Year Books

Every November, BookBrowse polls its subscribers to identify the best books of the past 12 months. 20 books are selected as "Best of Year" titles, including four Award Winners: Best Fiction, Best Nonfiction, Best Young Adult and Best Debut.

Below you can see our Best of Year Books all the way back to 2000.

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How These Books are Selected

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