10 New Books by Old Favorites

by Colson Whitehead

Inspired by disclosures of a real-life Florida reform school’s long-standing corruption and abusive practices, Whitehead’s... Full review >

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by Joyce Carol Oates

What’s most memorable about these twin blasts from the past is Oates’ mastery of distinctly different flavors of nightmare,... Full review >

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by Richard Russo

At a rough time for masculinity, Russo's flawed but always decent characters are repositories of the classic virtues of... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

McCall Smith knows how to turn a phrase, but this novel never rises above a low simmer. Full review >

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by Svetlana Alexievich ; translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky

As usual, Alexievich shines a bright light on those who were there; an excellent book but not for the faint of heart. Full review >

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by Zoe Aarsen

A lively and captivating teen paranormal ride. Full review >

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by Chuck Klosterman

A colorful, somewhat wicked collection of stories that are touching as often as they are laugh-out-loud funny. Full review >

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by Nora Roberts

Another success for the publishing phenom. Full review >

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by Stephen Hunter

Fast-moving, violent, and entertaining, this is genuine good-guy–versus–bad-guy stuff. Full review >

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by Ace Atkins

Like James Lee Burke’s Louisiana, Atkins’ violent Mississippi idylls seem more and more clearly shaped as installments in an... Full review >

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