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A young woman struggles to understand herself in Catherine Chung’s luminous debut; Alison Bechdel returns with a psychologically complex, ambitious, illuminating successor to Fun Home; Laura Vaccaro Seeger applies her die-cut genius to the color green, with sublime results
A hard-shelled, sporadically soft-hearted protagonist shines in Bernard Cornwell’s latest; acclaimed novelist Rick Moody shows off his considerable gifts for parsing music; an abandoned bus becomes a flourishing urban community center in Bob Graham’s latest; and more
Lauren Groff delivers an astonishing second novel filled with revelations; Winston Groom provides essential reading for Civil War buffs and a great overview of a key battle for neophytes; Multiple-award–winner Sonya Hartnett crosses from YA to chapter books, ably abetted by Ann James; and more
Nathan Englander offers up a rich, emotionally complex collection of short stories; Philip Taubman provides a timely portrait of an alliance of former Cold War mavens now committed to nuclear disarmament; Shane W. Evans follows up last year’s stunning Underground with an equally powerful look at the 1963 March on Washington; and more
Chris Pavone delivers a highly enjoyable debut thriller with unexpected twists and turns sure to keep readers guessing; Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith deliver a gripping and almost certainly definitive account of the life of Vincent van Gogh; Vaunda Micheaux Nelson & R. Gregory Christie bring to life an unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement; and more
Jesmyn Ward tells the story of a family torn apart by grief and loss; Pulitzer winner Katherine Boo delivers the best book yet written on India in the throes of a brutal transition; Meg Rosoff returns to the literature with a wry, deliciously blasphemous take on Creation; and more
Ayad Akhtar pens a fine novel centered on questions of religious and ethnic identity; Walter Isaacson delivers an impeccably researched, vibrant biography of Steve Jobs; Veera Hiranandani gives 21st-century readers a Margaret Simon for their times in her debut for children; and more
Gregory Maguire completes his series The Wicked Years with a fun, action-filled novel; The American Society of Magazine Editors presents a bounty of periodical perfection; Nick Lake explores two Haitis: the one born from revolution and the other ravaged by earthquake; and more
A time portal and the Kennedy assassination factor into Stephen King’s latest winner; Matthew White delivers a brilliant and endlessly arguable book about historical atrocities; Barry Denenberg memorializes the Titanic in a lushly designed, oversized volume; and more
Italian master Umberto Eco delivers another bracing and controversial mystery novel; Mark Ribowsky pens a definitive biography of iconic sports broadcaster Howard Cosell; Beka Cooper, kickass cop, returns in Tamora Pierce’s gutsy fantasy/police procedural; and more
Chef Jacques Pepin returns with a book of fabulous recipes retooled for the modern kitchen; a child-prodigy violinist fights to establish herself as an adult in Jessica Martinez’s debut; things aren’t what they seem in Haruki Murakami’s ambitious, thoroughly stunning novel; and more
Ha Jin delivers a historical novel about the brutality of war that makes a profound impact; Jonathan Lethem gathers his nonfiction in a collection displaying a strong sense of purpose; Ann Cameron, along with Lauren Castillo, gives kids the stories Spunky (the dog) tells; and more
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