Refusing to grow up plays better in Never Never Land than in modern-day Manhattan.

• Fiction,

A young Tamil man brings his bride to his rural, tradition-bound village.

• Fiction,

This chilling debut envisions our judgmental parenting culture run amok.

• Fiction,

A sincere — if predictable — appeal to start doing the right thing.

• Non-Fiction,
• Science,
• Social Science,

A multilayered tale of cruelty and redemption told through the eyes of a century-old book.

• Fiction,
• Literary,

This laudable work is less an account of the 1862 clash than of five notable figures who served on or near the battlefield.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,

This lush collection eschews easy drama for vivid truths.

• Fiction,
• Short Stories,

An inspired look at two of our nation’s masters.

• Non-Fiction,
• Art & Architecture,