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Night Side of the River: Ghost Stories
By Jeanette Winterson
This eerie, incisive collection haunts in more ways than one.
Brooklyn Crime Novel
By Jonathan Lethem
Neighborhood kids weather the grittier parts of gentrification.
The Book of Goose
By Yiyun Li
A young woman reflects on a complicated long-ago friendship.
The Enchanters: A Novel
By James Ellroy
This over-the-top potboiler may be too much for all but the author’s diehard fans.
Bad Questions: A Novel
By Len Kruger
A preteen boy poses endless queries in this quirky 1970s bildungsroman.
Lessons
By Ian McEwan
An aging everyman learns — beautifully — from life.
The Heart of It All: A Novel
By Christian Kiefer
A poignant tale of small-town Ohioans struggling to preserve the best in themselves.
Starter Villain
By John Scalzi
Charlie struggles to be a bad guy. Maybe his cat can tell him what to do.
