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The staff of the Book Review recommends unforgettable books that made our personal best-of-the-year lists.

One fiction, one nonfiction (which he turns to at night). In “Future Boy,” he recalls juggling signature roles in “Back to the Future” and “Family Ties.”

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.

Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.

In “Cape Fever,” a young maid finds herself dealing with ghosts from the past and a manipulative employer.

An award-winning poet and writer of fiction, she moonlighted as a competitive horsewoman and owned a horse farm outside Columbia, S.C.

In “The Sea Captain’s Wife,” Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the thrilling story of Mary Ann Patten, the first female captain of a merchant clipper ship.

James Marshall’s “George and Martha” books are witty and complex in their depictions of transformative friendship.

Here are the books our columnist loved the most this year.