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The lists highlight standout titles across genres, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and middle grade/young adult literature. Additional selections cover picture books and early readers, showcasing a wide range of authors, publishers, and themes. The announcement also previews forthcoming awards, state house celebration timing, and the first annual prize for translated literature.","View as Webpage  \nMassachusetts Book Awards News Must-Read MassBooksfor 2023Announced!  \nJust in time for summer reading, the Must-Read titles in the 23rd Annual Massachusetts Book Awards were announced this morning, May 8th, at the Massachusetts Library Association conference in Falmouth.  \nMust-Read Fiction  \nAtomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum (Grand Central) The Beckoning World by Douglas Bauer (U of Iowa Press) Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)  \nHow to Fall Out ofLove Madly by Jana Casale (Dial Press)  \nThe Miraculous True History of NomiAli by Uzma Aslam Khan (Deep Vellum) Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press)  \nPictures of the Shark by Thomas H. McNeely (Texas Review)  \nShadows ofBerlin by David R. Gillham (Sourcebooks Landmark) Thank You, Mr. Nixon by Gish Jen (Vintage)  \nTides by Sara Freeman (Grove Press)  \nTracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta (Scribner)  \nVigil Harbor by Julia Glass (Pantheon)  \nMust-Read Nonfiction  \nBy Hands Now Known by Margaret A. Burnham (W.W. Norton) Civil Rights Queen by Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Pantheon) How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (One World)  \nThe Imposter’s War by Mark Arsenault (Pegasus) Rebels at Sea by Eric Jay Dolin (Liveright)  \nSix Walks by Ben Shattuck (Tin House)  \nTeaching White Supremacy by Donald Yacovone (Pantheon)  \nThe Third Person by Emma Grove (Drawn & Quarterly)  \nThis is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas (W.W. Norton) Ways and Means by Roger Lowenstein (Penguin Press)  \nWe Refuse to Forget by Caleb Gayle (Riverhead)  \nWinslow Homer: American Passage by William R. Cross (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)  \nMust-Read Poetry  \nAmerican Treasure by Jill McDonough (Alice James) Headstone by Mark Elber (Passager)  \nHyperphantasia by Sara Deniz Akant (Rescue)  \nLet the World Have You by Mikko Harvey (House of Anansi) On the Mercy Me Planet by Maya Janson (Blue Edge) Previously Owned by Nathan McClain (Four Way)  \nThe Queen of Queens by Jennifer Martelli (Bordighera) Sleeping in the Dead Girl’s Room by Cynthia Bargar (Lily Poetry)  \nStar Lake by Arda Collins (The Song Cave)  \nThe Study of Human Life by Joshua Bennett (Penguin Books) WeAre Mermaids by Stephanie Burt (Graywolf)  \nThe World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi (Ecco)  \nMust-Read Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature  \nCress Watercress by Gregory Maguire (Candlewick)  \nA Dragon Used to Live Here by Annette LeBlanc Cate (Candlewick) Gold Mountain by Betty G. Yee (Carolrhoda Lab)  \nHealer & Witch by Nancy Werlin (Candlewick)  \nHidden Powers by Jeannine Atkins (Atheneum BYR) The Moth Girl by Heather Kamins (G.P. Putnam's BYR) Myracles in the Void by Wes Dyson (WONDERLOVE)  \nNo Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado (Holiday House) The Polter-Ghost Problem by Betsy Uhrig (Margaret K. McElderry)  \nA Scatter ofLight by Malinda Lo (Dutton BYR) Slip by Marika McCoola (Algonquin YR) Trouble at Turtle Pond by Diana Renn (Fitzroy)  \nMust-Read Picture Book/Early Readers  \nDiving Deep: Using Machines to Explore the Ocean by Michelle Cusolito; Nicole Wong, illus. (Charlesbridge)  \nGoodNight, Little Bookstore by Amy Cherrix; E.B. Goodale, illus. (Candlewick) Hope is an Arrow by Cory McCarthy; Ekua Holmes, illus. (Candlewick)  \nI’ll Go and Come Back by Rajani LaRocca (Candlewick)  \nLulu and Zoey by Carrie Finison (Running Press Kids)  \nMy Pet Feet by Josh Funk (Simon & Schuster BYR)  \nSanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women by Christine McDonnell (Candlewick)  \nShow and Tell! Great Graphs and Smart Charts by Stuart J. Murphy (Charlesbridge)  \nSunday Pancakes by Maya Tatsukawa (Dial BYR)  \nTwinkle, Twinkle, Winter Night by Megan Litwin (Clarion)  \nWhose Nest is Best? by Heidi E. Y. Stemple (Little Simon)  \nWombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy; Brian Lies, illus. (Margaret Quinlin)  \nAwards & Honors will be named from these long lists in September, and the annual State House celebration will beheld on October 24th. 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