"Dare Me," Megan Abbott's taught cheerleader thriller, doesn't let up.
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The Day of the Owl
Rumors of Italian government complicity with the Mafia are age-old, but Sciascia pulled no punches.
The Investigation
Philippe Claudel's parable about the real and the not feels like a rehash.
London “Is”
Probing a city that is (and always has been) the sum of nooks, crannies, commerce, and violence.
Seven Lies
There's a Brian Moore dimension to poet James Lasdun's exquisite second novel.
Almost Never
A garden of sexual delights from the late Mexican novelist Daniel Sada.
Contempt
Alberto Moravia's novel of marital collapse reads like slowly shattering glass.
The Devil in The Hills
Cesare Pavese cruel postwar landscape doesn't spare the Italian countryside.
The Red House
Mark Haddon capably equips two British families with dreams and nightmares.
State of England
Martin Amis asks, "Who let the dogs in?" but his scathing novel has the answer.
Varamo
Not even Billy Wilder on LSD can come close to César Aira's flights of fancy.
Home
Toni Morrison's elegant novella is never quite at home with itself or its people.