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by Juan Goytisolo & translated by Peter Bush

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by Wang Anyi

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by James Kelman

Though it’s a vivid reminder that childhood is a foreign country, the book is way too long and self-indulgent. Full review >

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by John le Carré

While other novelists are doing everything they can to inflate their tales of cloak and dagger, trust Le Carré (A Most... Full review >

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by Amin Maalouf & translated by Catherine Temerson

A shimmering portrait of a clan molded by history and personal whim. Full review >

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by David Malouf

A splendid, creative précis of ancient events that still reverberate. Full review >

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by Dacia Maraini & translated by Martha King

Simple, sobering riffs of whodunit stuff, with cumulative accents on the downbeat. Full review >

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by Rohinton Mistry

Nevertheless, a powerfully lurid picture of Bombay’s multiplicity, energy, and squalor is built up with masterly skill. And... Full review >

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by Philip Pullman & illustrated by John Lawrence

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by Marilynne Robinson

Comes astonishingly close to matching its amazing predecessor in beauty and power. Full review >

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by Philip Roth

But maybe Bucky’s nemeses include Bucky himself—a layer of meaning that makes this novel something other than another... Full review >

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by Su Tong & translated by Howard Goldblatt

Not Su Tong’s best, but he’s always well worth reading. Full review >

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by Anne Tyler

In Tyler’s novels (Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, 1982; the Pulitzer Prize–winning Breathing Lessons, 1988), to... Full review >

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