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Alternating chapters titled "Him" and "Her" detail the inner secrets of a marriage heading toward disaster. You may figure out who's done it, but it's not until the last few pages that you know why. This is the adult thriller of the season. Do not start before going to bed and cuddling with your significant

Three cultures (Hispanic, white, and Native American) collide in Texas through the story of one man and subsequent generations. A cross between James Michener and Cormac McCarthy's work, The Son exposes the foundations of current American

Tana French has done it again: she's constructed a world that you never want to leave. First, there's a missing girl, then, 20 years later, a murder ? and when you’ve finished the book, you may just want to start all over

In Closing Time, Joe Queenan turns his acerbic perspective toward his own childhood, and tells the funny, bitter, honest story of how his father's alcoholism affected the family. There is no happy ending, no redemptive scenes of forgiveness. Queenan tells a story of his endurance and triumph with no self-pity or romanticism. Read this book and celebrate the unquenchable human

McCann chooses to describe one day in the life of New York City, the day in 1974 that the aerialist walked between the not-quite-finished Twin Towers. The chasm between rich and poor, the joy of connection, and the inevitability of our mortality are told through the lives of six different New Yorkers, including that incredible man dancing on that thin wire who epitomizes joy and triumph, if only for a short and precarious time. If you love New York, you’ve got to read this book. If you love the human journey towards the possible, you’ve got to read this book.

Wang Gang's English is an incredible novel about the impact of deception on an individual and society, told through the voice of a 12-year-old boy who is coming to terms with his life during the aftermath of the Cultural

Like Diana Gabaldon, Andrew Davidson immerses you in a different reality and takes you on a roller-coaster ride. This is an unusual story about the power of love to transcend physical limitations and to transform ugliness into beauty. It's all in the eyes of the beholder, as we are often told. This book makes you believe that simple truth.