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The Imperfectionists

A novel mourning the death of journalism, centered on the decline and fall of an English-language paper in Rome.

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The Lonely Polygamist

A gifted and confident storyteller plots the loneliness of a husband of four and father of 28.

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Private Life

The latest novel from Jane Smiley anatomizes a marriage in an era of tumultuous change.

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Apologize, Apologize!

A sparkling, sprawling comedy of a square peg in a family of screwballs.

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The Lake Shore Limited

Sue Miller's novel puts old friends on a collision course.

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Parrot and Olivier in America

The award-winning novelist spins a tale of mismatched master and servant, lost in America.

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Kapitoil

A Qatari computer whiz tries to reprogram himself as an American financial genius. Read more...

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Anthill

The award-winning philosopher and writer on science branches out with a unique work of fiction.

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The Museum of Eterna's Novel

A self-consciously tangled work of fiction follows a labyrinthine path in pursuit of the nature of love. Read more...

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2017

A near-future thriller set in a Russia both familiar and strange. Read more...

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Matterhorn

An ambitious new novel recreates the chaos of jungle combat in Vietnam -- from one who took part.

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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

An enigmatic tragedy is the catalyst for this tale of a girl's negotiation of her multi-ethnic identity. Read more...

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Solar

From the author of Atonement and Saturday, a darkly comic take on modern science and climate change.

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So Much for That

A woman's battle with cancer resonates with a wider sense of crisis over health care.

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Three Days Before the Shooting . . .

A new edition of Ralph Ellison’s unfinished second novel, a monumental story of politics and violence in America.

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