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THE GOLDFINCHby Donna Tartt
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THE FLAMETHROWERSKushner writes well and plunges us deeply into the disparate worlds of the New York City art scene, European political... Full review >
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PACIFICby Tom Drury
The always fresh perspective of this one-of-a-kind writer will have you responding like his character, who “laughed with... Full review >
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THE LOWLANDThough Lahiri has previously earned greater renown for her short stories, this masterful novel deserves to attract an even... Full review >
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THE SONAn expertly written tale of ancient crimes, with every period detail—and every detail, period—just right. Full review >
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TRAVELING SPRINKLERIn sparkling and witty prose, Baker reminds readers why he’s one of the masters of the contemporary novel. Full review >
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LOOKAWAY, LOOKAWAYBarnhardt masterfully reimagines the Southern gothic: There is every kind of sordid deed committed, but there is also an... Full review >
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THE NIGHT OF THE COMETA fine story of everyday sadness and otherworldly joys. Full review >
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HARVESTby Jim Crace
Crace continues to occupy a singular place in contemporary literature. Full review >
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A THOUSAND PARDONSby Jonathan Dee
With his sixth novel, Pulitzer finalist Dee has written a page turner without sacrificing a smidgen of psychological... Full review >
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THE HOUSE OF RUMOURby Jake Arnott
A novel that combines the pleasures of genre fiction and the thematic richness of literary fiction, while blurring the line... Full review >
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JEEVES AND THE WEDDING BELLSFaulks has risen to the challenge splendidly with this "homage" to Wodehouse. Jeeves and Wooster live again! Full review >
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HAVISHAMby Ronald Frame
An intelligently imagined Dickens prequel. Full review >
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SCHRODERby Amity Gaige
Smart, comic, unsettling, yet strangely of a piece—not unlike its disarming lead character. Full review >
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HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH IN RISING ASIAby Mohsin Hamid
Another great success for Hamid and another illustration of how richly the colonial margins are feeding the core of... Full review >
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ENONby Paul Harding
Beautifully turned: Harding has defogged his style a bit and gained a stronger emotional impact from it. Full review >
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DOCTOR SLEEPby Stephen King
Satisfying at every level. King even leaves room for a follow-up, should he choose to write one—and with luck, sooner than... Full review >
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THE DINNERby Herman Koch
At its best, a chilling vision of the ugliness of keeping up appearances. Full review >
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THE BLIND MAN'S GARDENby Nadeem Aslam
Aslam sympathizes not with causes, but with people, and this is a memorable portrait of a people torn apart by war. Full review >
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LIFE AFTER LIFEProvocative, entertaining and beautifully written. It’s not quite the tour de force that her Case Histories (2004) was, but... Full review >
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ANGEL BABYA film waiting to happen, this book boasts memorable characters, evocative settings and a suspenseful plot. Full review >
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THE INFATUATIONSby Javier Marías ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Blindingly intelligent, engagingly accessible—it seems there’s nothing Marías can’t make fiction do. No wonder he’s... Full review >
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TRANSATLANTICby Colum McCann
A beautifully written novel, an experience to savor. Full review >
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LIFE AFTER LIFEMcCorkle’s masterful microcosm invokes profound sadness, harsh insight and guffaws, often on the same page. Full review >
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LONGBOURNby Jo Baker
Sequels and prequels rarely add to the original, but Baker’s simple yet inspired reimagining does. It has best-seller... Full review >
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WANT NOTFor readers who relish extravagant language, scathing wit and philosophical heft, this book wastes nothing. Full review >
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A TALE FOR THE TIME BEINGby Ruth Ozeki
A masterpiece, pure and simple. Full review >
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NIGHT FILMA touch too coyly postmodern at times, but a worthwhile entertainment all the same. Full review >
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BLEEDING EDGEOf a piece with Pynchon’s recent work—not quite a classic à la V. but in a class of its own—more tightly woven but no less... Full review >
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THE WOMAN WHO LOST HER SOULAn often depressing, cautionary and thoroughly excellent tale of the excesses of empire, ambition and the too easily... Full review >
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ASUNDERDark and peculiar, simultaneously sinister and playful, Aridjis’ modern gothic vision will charm those prepared to linger in... Full review >
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