Crossroads

By Jonathan Franzen

Crossroads

A 1970s Chicago family weathers change — personal, social, and spiritual — amid larger cultural upheaval.

The Book of Goose: A Novel

A young woman reflects on a complicated long-ago friendship.

Panics

By Barbara Molinard; translated by Emma Ramadan

Panics

A maddeningly abstruse story collection from France.

Silverview

By John le Carré

Silverview

The late spymaster’s world is still cold.

The Mother Next Door

By Tara Laskowski

The Mother Next Door

This fun, twisty thriller is just right for Halloween.

Lessons: A Novel

By Ian McEwan

Lessons: A Novel

An aging everyman learns — beautifully — from life.

Has Anyone Seen My Toes?: A Novel

The silly pandemic story you didn’t know you needed.

Kibogo

By Scholastique Mukasonga; translated by Mark Polizzotti

Kibogo

A spare, multilayered fable about colonial Rwanda.