Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

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A good historical novel has the power to transport ... deftly reconstructs their secret relationship, blending fact and ...

A good historical novel has the power to transport us back to a ... Robert Harris’s novel deftly reconstructs their secret relationship, blending fact and fiction by weaving Asquith’s real letters ...