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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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WINNER 254,774 votes
Atmosphere
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Taylor Jenkins Reid returns to her stomping grounds of richly drawn historical fiction with Atmosphere, set in and around NASA’s Space Shuttle program in the 1980s. This is Reid’s fourth win in this category, following Daisy Jones & the Six (2019), Malibu Rising (2021), and Carrie Soto Is Back (2023).

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