FICTION

THE ARRANGEMENT

by Sarah Dunn

Dunn’s dryly humorous story about a marriage that goes dangerously off-road never loses its groove. Full review >

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A PIECE OF THE WORLD

by Christina Baker Kline

It’s thin on plot, but Kline’s reading group–friendly novel delivers a character portrait that is painterly, sensuous, and... Full review >

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

by Neil Gaiman

Superb. Just the thing for the literate fantasy lover and the student of comparative religion and mythology alike. Full review >

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HISTORY

HOMO DEUS

by Yuval Noah Harari

A relentlessly fascinating book that is sure to become—and deserves to be—a bestseller. Full review >

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FICTION

A SEPARATION

by Katie Kitamura

A minutely observed novel of infidelity unsettles its characters and readers. Full review >

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EXIT WEST

by Mohsin Hamid

One of the most bittersweet love stories in modern memory and a book to savor even while despairing of its truths. Full review >

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FICTION

QUICKSAND

by Malin Persson Giolito ; translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles

Giolito gives us the unsettling monologue of a teenage girl as she works her way through her role in murder. It is a... Full review >

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FICTION

THE STOLEN CHILD

by Lisa Carey

Magical realism of the best kind, utterly devoid of whimsy. Full review >

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