Reviews of the best new books, and previews of dozens of books publishing soon

A Ladder to the Sky
John Boyne
Published 11/13/18

A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success.

Golden Child
Claire Adam
Published 1/29/19

A deeply affecting debut novel set in Trinidad, following the lives of a family as they navigate impossible choices about scarcity, loyalty, and love.

At the Wolf's Table
Rosella Postorino
Published 1/29/19

The internationally bestselling novel based on the untold true story of the women conscripted to be Hitler's food tasters.

Extinctions
Josephine Wilson
Published 11/20/18

Funny, poignant, and galvanizing by turns, Josephine Wilson's award-winning novel explores many kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national, and personal - and what we might do to prevent them.

Newcomer
Keigo Higashino
Published 11/20/18

International bestseller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mindbender, Newcomer - as newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga is assigned to a baffling murder.

My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Published 11/20/18

A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.

Hazards of Time Travel
Joyce Carol Oates
Published 11/27/18

An ingenious, dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society, from the inventive imagination of Joyce Carol Oates.

Kingdom of the Blind
Louise Penny
Published 11/27/18

The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

The Houseguest
Amparo Dávila
Published 11/27/18

The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller.

Vita Nostra
Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
Published 11/13/18

The definitive English language translation of the internationally bestselling Russian novel - a brilliant dark fantasy with "the potential to be a modern classic" (Lev Grossman), combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes ...

A Ladder to the Sky
John Boyne
Published 11/13/18

A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success.

In Extremis
Lindsey Hilsum
Published 11/6/18

The devastating biography of Marie Colvin, the foremost war reporter of her generation, who was killed in Syria in 2012.

This Blessed Earth
Ted Genoways
Published 11/20/18

Is there still a place for the farm in today's America?

Future Home of the Living God
Louise Erdrich
Published 11/13/18

A startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event.

Happiness
Heather Harpham
Published 11/13/18

A shirt-grabbing, page-turning love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices.

In the Midst of Winter
Isabel Allende
Published 9/4/18

New York Times and worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn ...

Midwinter Break
Bernard MacLaverty
Published 9/4/18

For readers of Colm Toíbín, a moving portrait of a marriage in crisis and a couple's search for salvation.

Rebellion
Molly Patterson
Published 8/28/18

A sweeping debut that crosses continents and generations, Rebellion tells the story of Addie, Louisa, Hazel, and Juanlan: four women whose rebellions, big and small, are as unexpected as they are unforgettable.