![]() ![]() ![]() It’s 1990s Nebraska, and a group of four contestants is close to completing an escape room known for its horrors. 5 | Read our review ‘ Reprieve,’ by James Han Mattson Russell, an associate pastor whose ethical code is wavering, and Marion, who deals with long-buried traumas, head up the family, which goes on to confront moral and spiritual questions.įarrar, Straus & Giroux, Oct. Set in the 1970s in a Chicago suburb, this novel, the first in a planned trilogy, follows the Hildebrandt family. 28 | Read our review | Read our profile of Doerr ‘ Crossroads,’ by Jonathan Franzen In his first novel since he won a Pulitzer Prize for “All the Light We Cannot See,” Doerr follows five characters across a millennium, from 15th-century Constantinople to a futuristic spaceship, all linked by a love of books, myth and storytelling. 28 | Read our review | Read our profile of Soyinka ‘ Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ by Anthony Doerr The Nobel laureate’s first novel in nearly 50 years reads like a sendup of an imaginary Nigeria, equally a mystery and political satire, centered on a black market for human flesh and the doctor trying to get to the bottom of what’s going on. ‘ Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,’ by Wole Soyinka 14 | Read our review | Read our profile of Whitehead Our reviewer called this, Whitehead’s first novel since he won Pulitzer Prizes for “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys,” “a rich, wild book.”ĭoubleday, Sept. In 1960s Harlem, Ray Carney, a furniture salesman, is trying to lead a mostly upright life - until he’s drawn into a heist that goes awry. 14 | Read our review ‘ Harlem Shuffle,’ by Colson Whitehead 7 | Read our review ‘ Apples Never Fall,’ by Liane Moriartyįamily tensions bubbling over in Australia, jump cuts between past and present - it’s another novel from Moriarty, known for books like “Big Little Lies” and “Nine Perfect Strangers.” This time, she focuses on the Delaney family, headed by two retired tennis stars, and the fallout after their mother goes missing. Translated by Sandra Smith.ĭe Beauvoir may be most closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre, but this loosely autobiographical novel, written in 1954 and put aside for decades, suggests that her more significant relationship was with her childhood friend Zaza.Įcco, Sept. 7 | Read our review | Read our profile of Rooney ‘ Inseparable,’ by Simone de Beauvoir. Her close friendship with Eileen anchors the book, with their email exchanges alighting on everything from political and social upheaval to their romantic lives.įarrar, Straus & Giroux, Sept. Here’s a third smart, sexy novel from Rooney, who received widespread acclaim for her first two, “Conversations With Friends” and “Normal People.” This book has a clear autobiographical bent: Alice is a young novelist who has rocketed to worldwide fame. ‘ Beautiful World, Where Are You,’ by Sally Rooney ![]()
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