Public Picks Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/public-picks/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:23:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Public Picks Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/public-picks/ 32 32 Public Picks 2020 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2020/ Fri, 22 May 2020 15:00:10 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=36167 Each year around this time we send our readers into summer with a thoughtfully curated list of the titles appearing over the past 12 months that dazzled, moved, and challenged us most.

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]]> Public Picks 2019 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2019/ Fri, 17 May 2019 14:00:33 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=28300 Each year around this time we send our readers into summer with a curated list of the titles that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us most over the past year. For this, the seventh-annual edition of Public Picks, we’ve asked our editors for the Public Thinker series, Literary Fiction, Higher Education, Children’s & Young Adult Literature, […]

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]]> Public Picks 2018 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2018/ Mon, 21 May 2018 15:00:39 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=20931 Each year around this time we send our readers into summer with a thoughtfully curated list of the titles that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us most over the past 12 months. For this, the sixth-annual edition of Public Picks, we’ve asked our section editors for Literary Fiction, Children’s & Young Adult Literature, Art, Urbanism, Capitalism, […]

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]]> Public Picks 2017 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2017/ Fri, 26 May 2017 15:00:11 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=12650 Each year around this time we try to send our readers into summer with a thoughtfully curated list of the books that wowed, charmed, and provoked us most over the past 12 months. For this, the fifth-annual edition of Public Picks, we’ve asked our section editors—for Global Black History, Literary Fiction, Comics, Children’s & Young […]

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]]> Public Picks 2016 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2016/ Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2016/ Finals have been graded, graduates have been feted, and the days are still getting longer. That means one thing: time to start planning your summer reading! Each year around this time, the editorial staff at Public Books gathers together to draw up a list of our favorite books of the past 12 months. The list […]

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]]> Public Picks 2015 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2015/ Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2015/ Welcome to the third annual edition of Public Picks, a selection of the books and art that most interested and excited our editorial staff over the past year. As with previous years’ Picks (2013, 2014), we aimed for a list that combines the best of the best with more idiosyncratic works that you may have missed. With admiring […]

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]]> Public Picks 2014 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2014/ Thu, 15 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2014/ Welcome to the second annual edition of Public Picks, a selection of the books and art that most interested and excited our editorial staff over the past year. As in last year’s Picks, we aimed for a list that combines the best of the best with more idiosyncratic works that you may have missed. With admiring nods to […]

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]]> Public Picks 2013 https://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2013/ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/public-picks-2013/ Since we launched Public Books twelve months ago more than a hundred essays and reviews have appeared on the site, discussing works in a striking variety of genres and media, and our editors have considered nigh on a thousand candidates for review. It would seem an occasion to look back and take stock. At the […]

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