A 13-year-old boy comes of age in Mississippi while his black mother takes him and his toddler sister to pick up their white father, who is getting released from the state penitentiary.
A bereaved detective confronts his past and works to clear his name when he becomes a suspect during an investigation into the murder of the man who killed his wife.
A version of this list appears in the January 21, 2018 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 6, 2018.
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