“Before She Disappeared,” by Lisa Gardner (Dutton)
Frankie Elkin is a nomad. Owning only what she can carry, she wanders from town to town hunting for missing people whom the police have...
“A Swim in a Pond in the Rain,” by George Saunders (Random House)
Have you ever wondered what makes a story great? George Saunders has, and at Syracuse University, where he has taught for...
“Bone Canyon,” by Lee Goldberg (Thomas & Mercer)
In the wake of wildfires ravaging Southern California hillsides, a Hollywood screenwriter discovers a human skull fragment on the edge of his...
“The Prophets,” by Robert Jones Jr. (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
In Robert Jones Jr.’s “The Prophets,” Samuel and Isaiah are two enslaved men in love on a Deep South plantation. They spend their...
“The Other Mother” by Matthew Dicks (St. Martin’s Press)
In “The Other Mother” by Matthew Dicks, 13-year-old Michael wakes up one day to discover something mysterious about the woman in the...
“Fool Me Twice,” by Jeff Lindsay (Dutton)
Riley Wolfe has surely met his match in “Fool Me Twice,” the second novel in Jeff Lindsay’s series about the self-proclaimed world’s greatest...
“Blind Vigil,” by Matt Coyle (Ocean View Publishing)
It seems unlikely that a sightless private detective could be of much use, but in “Blind Vigil,” the seventh book in Matt Coyle’s series...
“Eddie’s Boy,” by Thomas Perry (Mysterious Press)
The hitman known as the butcher’s boy is back, forced out of retirement at age 61 to confront an implacable old enemy who wants him...
“The Law of Innocence,” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
After celebrating his latest trial victory at a local pub, Los Angeles criminal lawyer Mickey Haller gets behind the wheel of his...
Cecily Von Ziegesar, “Cobble Hill” (Atria)
With “Cobble Hill,” acclaimed “Gossip Girl” author Cecily Von Ziegesar has brought readers a brand new — and fascinating— cast of characters....
“To Be a Man,” by Nicole Krauss (HarperCollins)
After publishing four novels to great acclaim, Nicole Krauss has come out with her first collection of short fiction, “To Be a Man,” and the...
“White Ivy,” by Susie Yang (Simon & Schuster)
Dark, suspenseful, and beautifully written, Susie Yang’s “White Ivy” is the story of Ivy Lin, a Chinese Immigrant growing up in Massachusetts...
“Memorial,” by Bryan Washington (Riverhead Books)
“Memorial,” by Bryan Washington, follows the complex relationship between Benson, a Black day care teacher, and Mike, a Japanese American...
“A Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Earth,” by Chris Smaje (Chelsea Green)
Peter Frampton, “Do You Feel Like I Do?” (Hachette Books)
When Peter Frampton was a child, he busted his father on Christmas morning giving him an acoustic guitar dressed as Santa. “And from...
“The Sentinel,” by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte Press)
The cover of “The Sentinel,” the 25th thriller in the wildly popular Jack Reacher series, declares that it was written by Lee...
“Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship,” by Harvey Araton (Penguin Press)
In 2018, the sportswriter Harvey Araton wrote an obituary for The New York Times about a diehard New York...
“A Song for the Dark Times,” by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
Ian Rankin’s best-known character, John Rebus, typically resides in the dark world of the human soul and things are no different in...
“The Searcher,” by Tana French (Viking)
Cal Hooper, a Chicago cop whose wife has left him for reasons he does not yet understand, tells himself he’s done with police work. He retires from...
Phil Klay’s “Missionaries” (Penguin)
Phil Klay’s “Redeployment” was a masterwork in mostly spare prose, its tonal range from laugh-out-loud, Joseph Heller-esque absurdity to soul-crushing...
“Hush,” by Dylan Farrow (Wednesday Books)
Dylan Farrow is best known for accusing her adoptive father, Woody Allen, of molesting her when she was 7 in her mother Mia Farrow’s Connecticut...
Jane Igharo’s “Ties that Tether” (Penguin Random House)
Jane Igharo’s “Ties That Tether” tells the story of Azere, a Nigerian immigrant living in Canada who at 12, made a promise to her...
“Just Like You,” by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books)
Has the world ever needed a Nick Hornby book more than it does today? The British novelist who gave us “High Fidelity” and “About a Boy” is...
“Next to Last Stand,” by Craig Johnson (Viking)
In “Next to Last Stand,” the 16th book in Craig Johnson’s popular mystery series, Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire is feeling his age....
“The Book of Two Ways,” by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine)
Jodi Picoult’s “The Book of Two Ways” follows Dawn Edelstein, a death doula with a physicist husband and a teenage daughter. Dawn’s job...
“Homeland Elegies,” by Ayad Akhtar (Little, Brown and Company)
An elegy is a mournful poem expressing regret for something lost. Ayad Akhtar’s brilliant new novel, “Homeland Elegies,” mourns...
“Just Us: An American Conversation,” by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
The African American man whose beating by Los Angeles police ignited civil upheaval in 1992 famously said later:...
“Monogamy,” by Sue Miller (HarperCollins)
Even after reading all 338-plus pages of Sue Miller’s new novel, it’s hard to tell if the noun of the title is aspirational or unattainable. And...
“Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise,” by Mike Lupica (Putnam)
The body of a stranger who had been dropped off by a car service at the gate of the richest family in fictional Paradise,...
“Having and Being Had,” by Eula Biss (Riverhead Books)
When it comes to capitalism, Eula Biss is a skeptic. And yet, as a university professor and homeowner, she’s invested in the system....
“Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It,” by Tom Philpott (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Americans long have taken abundant and cheap food for granted,...
“Shadows of the Dead,” by Spencer Kope (Minotaur)
“Shadows of the Dead,” the third thriller in Spencer Kope’s “Special Tracking Unit” series, opens with a car crash, the discovery of a bound...
“After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America," by Jessica Goudeau, (Viking)
In this book we take a journey into American culture through the eyes of Mu Naw from...
“Then She Vanished,” by T. Jefferson Parker (Putnam)
With each new book in T. Jefferson Parker’s series featuring San Diego private detective Roland Ford, the less the yarns resemble private...
“A Saint from Texas,” Edmund White (Bloomsbury Publishing)
There is a lot to appreciate in Edmund White’s “A Saint from Texas:” the artful prose, the vivid storytelling, the darkly whimsical...
“The Hollow Ones: The Blackwood Tapes Vol. 1,” by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (Hachette Book Group)
The writing team behind “The Strain” trilogy is back with a new evil incarnate....
“The First to Lie,” by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)
The first liar we meet in Hank Phillippi Ryan’s “First to Lie” is Nora, a pharmaceutical representative whose job is to push Monifan, a...
“Strong from the Heart,” by Jon Land (Forge)
Fans of Jon Land’s thrillers featuring fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong will be pleased to hear that the new book in the series is a...
“One Last Lie,” by Paul Doiron (Minotaur)
Fifteen years ago, a young Maine game warden went undercover to investigate a poaching ring in Maine’s north woods and was never heard from again;...
“Death in Her Hands,” by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press)
Dark doesn’t even begin to describe Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel, “Death in Her Hands.” Try horrifying, macabre,...
“Thin Girls,” by Diana Clarke (HarperCollins)
Dark, poignant and gripping, Diana Clarke’s “Thin Girls” is sure to be unlike anything else you’ve read.