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The Secret River
by Kate Grenville“Magnificent . . . an unflinching exploration of modern Australia’s origins. . . . Grenville’s psychological acuity, and the sheer gorgeousness of her descriptions of the territory being fought over,…
The Anniversary
by Stephanie BishopLonglisted for the Stella Prize For fans of Lisa Halliday and Susan Choi, The Anniversary is a simmering page-turner about an ascendant writer, the unresolved death of her husband, and…
Troll
by Johanna Sinisalo“[An] imaginative and engaging novel of urban fantasy. . . . Overlapping narrative voices nicely underscore the moral of Sinisalo’s ingeniously constructed fable: The stuff of ancient legend shadows with…
Water from the Well
by Myra McLarey“An intricate weave of lives that run from 1900 to the 1970s . . . the characters move to a kind of narrative music . . . [McLarey] has a…
Big Girls Don’t Cry
by Fay Weldon“Weldon’s clever comparisons of yesterday’s mores to today’s spice up this bubbling feminist brew, offering a study of the costs and consequences of the idealistic life that is sharp, funny,…
About Face
by Donna Leon“Leon . . . is so generous with the humanizing details that make this series special. There are long walks in Brunetti’s warm company and lively talks with his clever…
Bear Is Broken
by Lachlan SmithA twisty debut thriller in the tradition of Brad Meltzer’s The Tenth Justice, about a young San Francisco lawyer who must investigate the shooting of his older brother, a controversial…
The End of Vandalism
by Tom Drury“Brilliant, wonderfully funny . . . It’s hard to think of any novel—let alone a first novel—in which you can hear the people so well. This is indeed deadpan humor,…
City of God
by Paulo LinsThe searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from the Brazilian street….
The Hiding Place
by Trezza Azzopardi“A harrowing and remarkable self-assured first novel [by an author of] copious and galvanic talents.” –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times…
