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    SUTTON

    SEPT. 25, 2012

  • FICTION

    SAY YOU'RE SORRY

    OCT. 2, 2012

THRILLER & SUSPENSE

SAY YOU'RE SORRY

by Michael Robotham

Subtle, smart, compelling and blessed with both an intelligent storyline and top-notch writing, this book will grab readers... Full review >

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    LIVE BY NIGHT

    OCT. 2, 2012

MYSTERY & DETECTIVE

LIVE BY NIGHT

by Dennis Lehane

Power, lust and moral ambiguity combine for an all-American explosion of fictional fireworks. Full review >

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    DEAD ANYWAY

    SEPT. 15, 2012

FICTION

DEAD ANYWAY

by Chris Knopf

An absorbing update of the classic film, D.O.A., that finds its author so completely in the zone that not a word is wasted,... Full review >

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    HOSTAGE

    AUG. 24, 2012

FICTION

HOSTAGE

by Elie Wiesel & translated by Catherine Temerson

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wiesel continues to remind us of the brilliant possibilities of the philosophical and political... Full review >

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    THE MIDDLESTEINS

    OCT. 23, 2012

FICTION

THE MIDDLESTEINS

by Jami Attenberg

A sharp-tongued, sweet-natured masterpiece of Jewish family life. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    PHANTOM

    OCT. 2, 2012

MYSTERY & DETECTIVE

PHANTOM

by Jo Nesbø

Where earlier novels provide a better introduction to Hole, this one best takes the full measure of the man. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    BUILDING STORIES

    OCT. 2, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

BUILDING STORIES

by Chris Ware

A dazzling document, beautifully if most idiosyncratically drawn; in this iteration, sure to become a collector’s item,... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    SWEET TOOTH

    NOV. 13, 2012

MYSTERY & DETECTIVE

SWEET TOOTH

by Ian McEwan

Britain’s foremost living novelist has written a book—often as drily funny as it is thoughtful—that somehow both subverts... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    TELEGRAPH AVENUE

    SEPT. 11, 2012

FICTION

TELEGRAPH AVENUE

by Michael Chabon

The evocation of “Useless, by James Joyce” attests to the humor and ambition of the novel, as if this were a Joyce-an remix... Full review >

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