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by Alice McDermott

There is no high drama here, but Marie and Gabe are compelling in their basic goodness, as is McDermott’s elegy to a... Full review >

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by Elizabeth Gilbert

A brilliant exercise of intellect and imagination. Full review >

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by 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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by Jhumpa Lahiri

Though Lahiri has previously earned greater renown for her short stories, this masterful novel deserves to attract an even... Full review >

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by Margaret Atwood

By no means her finest work, but Atwood remains an expert thinker about human foibles and how they might play out on a grand... Full review >

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by Marisha Pessl

A touch too coyly postmodern at times, but a worthwhile entertainment all the same. Full review >

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by Wilton Barnhardt

Barnhardt masterfully reimagines the Southern gothic: There is every kind of sordid deed committed, but there is also an... Full review >

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by Gabi Gleichmann ; translated by Michael Meigs

Full of wit and mystery. Memorable and sure to be one of the big novels of the season. Full review >

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by Graeme Simsion

A sparkling, laugh-out-loud novel. Full review >

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by 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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