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Changó’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes

by William Kennedy

Appears on three lists

Best Books of 2011: Publishers Weekly

Fiction 2012: Carnegie Medal
100 Notable Books of 2011: New York Times: New York Times

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The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Rolling Stone
2014 Award The Booker Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award The Booker Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
2021 Award The Booker Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

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Kiss of the Spider Woman Bill Condon
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Swing Time Zadie Smith
Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued Julian Castronovo
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski
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