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BEA 2012 Recommended Fiction (page 2)


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Cover art for CANADA
FICTION
Released: May 22, 2012

"At the start of the novel's coda, when Dell explains that he teaches his students "books that to me seem secretly about my young life," he begins the list with The Heart of Darkness and The Great Gatsby. Such comparisons seem well-earned."
A great American novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE INNOCENTS
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"Even if the plot and themes are second-hand, this is an emotionally and intellectually astute debut."
Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence gets a reboot in this novel set in a present-day London Jewish enclave. Read full book review >
Cover art for GONE GIRL
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"One of those rare thrillers whose revelations actually intensify its suspense instead of dissipating it. The final pages are chilling."
A perfect wife's disappearance plunges her husband into a nightmare as it rips open ugly secrets about his marriage and, just maybe, his culpability in her death. Read full book review >
Cover art for SUMMERLAND
FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012

"Despite some well-worn plot expedients and an unduly preachy denouement, a sensitive glimpse into the lives of damaged people groping their way toward healing."
Hilderbrand's latest Nantucket-based tale details the impact of a tragic accident on three families. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE AGE OF MIRACLES
FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012

"Riveting, heartbreaking, profoundly moving."
In Walker's stunning debut, a young California girl coming-of-age in a dystopian near future confronts the inevitability of change on the most personal level as life on earth withers. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
FICTION
Released: July 2, 2012

"A good time for fans of the likes of Charlie Huston and Charles Stross."
Award-winning film composer Larson (The Dewey Decimal System, 2011) returns with another episode in the life of a man dubbed "Dewey Decimal." Read full book review >