Our Favorite Fiction of 2014

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Wilson, Daniel H. Robogenesis (Science Fiction) A sequel to the bestselling Robopocalypse is told through a series of narratives that finds new and former characters fighting to rebuild a warstricken world under threat of the surviving Archos machine code. —Recommended by Susie

Waters, Sarah The Paying Guests (Historical Fiction) Forced to take in lodgers in economically challenged 1922 South London, widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter find their lives profoundly and disturbingly changed by the arrival of a modern young couple. —Recommended by Becky

Weir, Andy The Martian (Science Fiction) Stranded on Mars by a dust storm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and harsh environmental challenges that test his ingenuity in unique ways. —Recommended by Ellen

Zevin, Gabrielle The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry (Contemporary) When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A. J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family, and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life. —Recommended by Jo, Becky, Andrea, Jane, Ellen, and Connie 24


Abbott, Megan

Straub, Emma

The Fever (Suspense) A small town becomes unraveled after a young teen has a scary, unexplained seizure in her high school class and rumors of a hazardous illness quickly move through the school and the community, spreading hysteria and destroying friendships and families. —Recommended by Connie

The Vacationers (Contemporary) Celebrating their 35th anniversary and their daughter's high-school graduation during a twoweek vacation in Mallorca, Franny and Jim Post confront old secrets, hurts, and rivalries that reveal sides of themselves they would rather conceal. —Recommended by Haley

Adler-Olsen, Jussi

Thomas, Matthew

The Marco Effect (Mystery) Denied Danish citizenship and an education by his oppressive gypsy clan leader, 15-year-old Marco is forced to beg and steal before fleeing in the wake of a murderous act, which comes under investigation of Detective Carl Mørck. —Recommended by Jo

Baker, Tiffany Mercy Snow (Contemporary) A tragic bus accident has devastating repercussions for two families from opposite sides of the tracks in a tiny New England paper milling town. —Recommended by Becky

Bloom, Amy Lucky Us (Historical Fiction) Iris, the hopeful star, and Eva, the sidekick, journey through 1940s America in search of fame and fortune. Iris’s ambitions take the pair across America, from small-town Ohio to sensuous Hollywood, and to the jazz clubs and golden mansions of Long Island. —Recommended by Jo 2

We Are Not Ourselves (Historical Fiction) Raised by her Irish immigrant parents in a 1940s Queens apartment where alcohol and company combine in mercurial ways, Eileen marries an unambitious scientist with whom she endures an increasingly psychologically dark family life. —Recommended by Connie

Toibin, Colm Nora Webster (Domestic Fiction) Struggling with grief and financial hardships after the death of her beloved husband, widow Nora struggles to support her four children and clings to secrecy in the intrusive community of her childhood before finding her voice. —Recommended by Connie

Ullmann, Linn The Cold Song (Suspense) The loving but difficult marriage between Siri and Jon is challenged during a summer visit on the coast of Norway by the disappearance of their nanny and the wrenching feelings of guilt suffered by everyone associated with her. —Recommended by Becky 23


Smiley, Jane Some Luck (Historical Fiction) An epic novel that spans 30 years in the lives of a farm family in Iowa, Some Luck tells a parallel story of the changes taking place in America from 1920 through the early 1950s. First in a trilogy about the Langdon family. —Recommended by Jo and Jane

Smith, April A Star for Mrs. Blake (Historical Fiction) A romantically charged, brilliantly realized novel set in the 1930s about five American women— Gold Star Mothers—who travel to France to visit the graves of their sons who served as World War I soldiers. —Recommended by Jane

Bohjalian, Chris Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands (Dystopian) Living in an igloo of ice and trash bags half a year after a cataclysmic nuclear disaster, Emily, convinced that she will be hated as the daughter of the drunken father who caused the meltdown, assumes a fictional identity while protecting a homeless boy. —Recommended by Becky

Butler, Nickolas Shotgun Lovesongs (Contemporary) Sharing a childhood in small-town Wisconsin before going their separate ways with careers and families, Hank, Leland, Kip, and Ronny are reunited during a visit marked by culture clashes, respective pursuits of meaning, and a woman who inspires passion in each of them. —Recommended by Andrea, Ellen, Becky, Jo, Jane and Connie

Spencer-Fleming, Julia Through the Evil Days (Mystery) When a raging fire quickly becomes a double homicide and kidnapping, expectant parents chief of police Russ Van Alstyne and reverend Clare Fergusson must deal with personal and professional issues they never before encountered. —Recommended by Andrea and Connie

Cain, Chelsea One Kick (Mystery) A debut installment in a new series introduces Kick Lannigan, a famous kidnapping survivor who as an adult uses her martial-arts mastery and affiliation with a wealthy patron to find and rescue missing children. —Recommended by Andrea and Jo

Sternbergh, Adam

Cash, Wiley

Shovel Ready (Suspense) Spademan used to be a garbage man. That was before the dirty bomb hit Times Square, before his wife was killed, and before New York City became a blown-out shell of its former self. Now he’s a hit man. —Recommended by Mark

This Dark Road to Mercy (Suspense) After their mother dies unexpectedly, 12-year-old Easter and her 6-year-old sister Ruby are kidnapped by their errant father Wade, while their court-appointed guardian races against time to find them before a vengeful killer does. —Recommended by Becky

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Crombie, Deborah

Shipstead, Maggie

To Dwell in Darkness (Mystery) Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his new murder investigation team are called to investigate a deadly bombing. While putting together the puzzle, they uncover an unexpected pattern, including the disappearance of a mysterious bystander. —Recommended by Jane

Astonish Me (Domestic Fiction) Helping a world-famous dancer to defect from the Soviet Union to the United States, ballerina Joan watches her friend's career soar while her own declines in the wake of her pregnancy and marriage, a situation that eventually exposes difficult secrets. —Recommended by Andrea

Doerr, Anthony

Shotwell, Vivien

All the Light We Cannot See (Historical Fiction) Marie-Laure, a blind French girl on the run from the German occupation, and Werner, a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker, struggle with their respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast. —Recommended by Jo, Andrea, and Ellen

Doughty, Louise

Vienna Nocturne (Historical Fiction) A tale inspired by the romance between Mozart and prodigy soprano Anna Storace follows her transformation from an ambitious and carefree girl to a passionate young woman facing the dilemmas of her choices in eighteenth-century Vienna. —Recommended by Andrea

Simsion, Graeme

The Apple Tree Yard (Suspense) Sitting in a courtroom after being charged with murder, a geneticist and happily married mother of two reflects on her affair with a secret lover who claimed a connection to the British government. —Recommended by Becky

The Rosie Effect (Contemporary) After his wife, Rosie, announces that she is pregnant, Don Tillman sets out to learn everything he can about becoming a father while also helping his best friend, Gene, reconcile with his wife, Claudia. —Recommended by Connie and Jo

Elo, Elizabeth

Slaughter, Karin

North of Boston (Suspense) Surviving a fishing boat collision that ends her friend's life, Boston girl Pirio Kasparov, convinced that the incident was not an accident, is tapped to participate in a research project with a journalist who helps her unravel a plot involving the whaling grounds off Baffin Island. —Recommended by Andrea, Connie, Becky 4

Cop Town (Historical Suspense) Atlanta 1974: As a brutal murder and a furious manhunt rock the police department, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the job will also be her last. She’s determined to defy her privileged background by making her own way—wearing a badge and carrying a gun. —Recommended by Connie 21


Robinson, Marilynne Lila (Historical Fiction) Abandoning her homeless existence to become a minister's wife, Lila reflects on her hardscrabble life on the run with a canny young drifter and her efforts to reconcile her painful past with her husband's gentle Christian worldview. —Recommended by Jo and Connie

Robinson, Peter Children of the Revolution (Mystery) After the body of a disgraced college lecturer is found on an abandoned railway line with a large amount of money in his pocket, detective chief inspector Alan Banks suspects that the victim's death may be connected to his past at a university that was a hotbed of political activism. —Recommended by Jane

Faherty, Terrence The Quiet Woman (Suspense) With her troublesome brother, ex-husband, and a driver in tow, writer Danielle "Danny" Furey goes to Ireland in search of her ancestral home and soon decides that she wants to help solve the mysterious murder of Bridey Finnerman. —Recommended by Connie

Finder, Joseph Suspicion (Suspense) Unable to afford the private school his daughter adores, single father Danny Goodman reluctantly accepts a loan from a wealthy man only to be forced to choose between false drug charges and an undercover DEA assignment targeting his best friend. —Recommended by Connie

Rowell, Rainbow Landline (Contemporary) Recognizing that her marriage is in deep trouble despite her abiding love for her husband, television writer Georgie excludes herself from a family visit before discovering a way to reconnect with the man her husband used to be. —Recommended by Andrea

Scott, James The Kept (Historical Fiction) After her husband and four of her children are brutally murdered in the winter of 1897, midwife Elspeth Howell, along with her surviving son, 12-year-old Caleb, takes on the frozen wilderness to find the men responsible for shattering their family. —Recommended by Becky 20

Fountain, Ben Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Contemporary) Asked to be part of the Dallas Cowboys' halftime show on Thanksgiving, Specialist Billy Lynn, one of the eight surviving men of the Bravo Squad, finds his life forever changed by this event that causes him to better understand difficult truths about himself. —Recommended by Connie

Friedman, Daniel Don’t Ever Look Back (Mystery) Happily leaving his hated retirement home to do a job as a favor for a friend, octogenarian and retired police detective Buck Schatz encounters more than he bargained for when everything about the case goes wrong. —Recommended by Jo and Becky

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Galbraith, Robert

Picoult, Jodi

The Silkworm (Mystery) While investigating the brutal murder of a novelist who had just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen portraits of almost everyone he knew, P.I. Cormoran Strike must race against time to catch a killer unlike any he has encountered before. —Recommended by Jo

Leaving Time (Suspense) Abandoned by her grief-stricken father and accomplished scientist mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, 13-year-old Jenna Metcalf approaches a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective in the hopes of finding answers. —Recommended by Andrea

Graedon, Alena

Quartey, Kwei

The Word Exchange (Science Fiction) In a world where the death of print has become a near reality, Anana Johnson, an employee at the North American Dictionary of the English Language, searches for her missing father and stumbles upon the spiritual home of the written word. —Recommended by Susie

Murder at Cape Three Points (Mystery) When a prominent couple is found murdered on the Ghanaian coast, detective inspector Darko Dawson of the Accra police force is separated from his family while investigating an increasingly dangerous case involving real estate and oil interests. —Recommended by Susie

Greene, Amy Long Man (Historical Fiction) Refusing to evacuate the east Tennessee hometown that is being flooded by a new dam, Annie Clyde Dodson battles with her husband, who wishes to start over elsewhere. While time grows short, their lives become even more frantic when their toddler goes missing. —Recommended by Becky and Connie

Grossman, Lev The Magician’s Land (Fantasy) Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. With nothing left to lose, he returns to where his story began, Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But he can't hide from his past. —Recommended by Jo and Ellen

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Racculia, Kate Bellweather Rhapsody (Contemporary) A young music prodigy goes missing from a hotel room that was the site of an infamous murder-suicide 15 years earlier, rallying an eccentric cast of characters during a snowstorm that traps everyone on the grounds. —Recommended by Connie and Jo

Rachman, Tom The Rise & Fall of Great Powers (Contemporary) Enduring life in an isolated bookstore on the Welsh countryside, a young American woman reflects on her childhood under the care of bandits before a long-lost boyfriend offers clues to help her with her unanswered questions. —Recommended by Connie 19


Pavone, Chris The Accident (Suspense) Feverishly paging through a disturbing anonymous manuscript that she believes has world-changing potential, literary agent Isabel Reed catches the attentions of Copenhagen station chief Hayden Gray, who resolves to keep the book's secrets from being exposed. —Recommended by Andrea and Jane

Payton, Brian The Wind Is Not a River (Historical Fiction) Desperate to understand the war that claimed the life of his brother, journalist John Easley heads to Alaska to investigate the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands, while his wife is forced to reimagine who she is and what she is capable of doing after he disappears. —Recommended by Andrea

Penny, Louise The Long Way Home (Mystery) Enjoying a peaceful retirement, former Quebec homicide detective Armand Gamache reluctantly agrees to help a neighbor search for her missing estranged husband and teams up with two former colleagues on a search that reveals the workings of a damaged mind. —Recommended by Sonia, Jo, Ellen, and Jane

Phillips, Susan Elizabeth Heroes Are My Weakness (Love Stories) A down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows finds herself trapped on a remote island off the coast of Maine with a sexy horror novelist who knows a dozen ways to kill with his bare hands. —Recommended by Andrea 18

Harris, Robert An Officer and a Spy (Historical Espionage) A tale inspired by the infamous Dreyfus Affair finds Georges Picquart, the head of Paris' late-nineteenth-century counterespionage agency, leading the effort to convict Dreyfus only to succumb to gradual doubts that a high-level spy remains at large in the military. —Recommended by Connie and Andrea

Harrison, Mette Ivie The Bishop’s Wife (Mystery) A Mormon mother of five investigates the missing wife of a fellow parishioner as she becomes increasingly unsettled by the patriarchal structure and secrecy of their church. —Recommended by Connie and Andrea

Hayes, Terry I Am Pilgrim (Thriller) Hayes traces a collision between two geniuses, a tortured hero and a determined terrorist, in the aftermath of a murder that a world-class secret agent discovers has been conducted to hide the victim's identity. —Recommended by Connie and Andrea

Hellenga, Robert The Confessions of Frances Godwin (Contemporary Fiction) Now that her husband is dead, retired teacher Frances Godwin thinks her story is over. But of course the rest of her life is full of surprises. —Recommended by Connie

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Heller, Peter The Painter (Psychological Fiction) Struggling with dark impulses after serving time for attempted murder, a successful artist gives into his obsessions to kill an abusive troublemaker before fleeing authorities and the man's vengeful clan. —Recommended by Connie

Henderson, Smith Fourth of July Creek (Suspense) After trying to help a nearly feral boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face to face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father. Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist who is waiting for the End Times. —Recommended by Jo

Novik, Naomi Crucible of Gold (Fantasy Historical Fiction) Continues the fantastical Napoleonic War experiences of Captain Will Laurence and his fighting dragon, who travel to South America to negotiate with the Incas as part of a plan to stop the emperor's campaign for world domination. —Recommended by Susie

O’Donnell, Lisa Closed Doors: A Novel (Contemporary) While preparing for the upcoming talent show, 11-year-old Michael Murray, who likes to listen at doors, hears a secret about his family and sets out to find the truth on a small Scottish island where everyone knows each other. —Recommended by Mark

Henriquez, Cristina

Oyeyemi, Helen

The Book of Unknown Americans (Literary Fiction) Moving from Mexico to the United States when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery, and her growing relationship with a Panamanian boy. —Recommended by Haley

Boy, Snow, Bird (Literary Fiction) This reimagining of the Snow White fairytale follows the experiences of a woman during the 1950s and 1960s who marries a single father in Massachusetts and succumbs to vanity when the birth of her baby reveals her husband to be a light-skinned African American. —Recommended by Jo

Horan, Nancy Under the Wide and Starry Sky (Historical Fiction) Horan imagines the unconventional love affair of literary giant Robert Louis Stevenson and divorcee Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, who embark on two shared decades of international turbulence. —Recommended by Ellen and Connie 8

Paull, Laline The Bees (Dystopian Fiction) Flora 717 is a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive. With courage and strength, she finds her way into the queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers secrets about the hive that cause her to challenge authority and perform unthinkable acts. —Recommended by Susie and Jo 17


Nelson, Jandy I’ll Give You the Sun (Young Adult) A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor. —Recommended by Ellen

Ng, Christine Everything I Never Told You (Suspense) Ng’s story of the divisions between cultures and the rifts within a family explores the fallout of the drowning death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a Chinese-American family in 1970s Ohio. —Recommended by Becky and Ellen

Iles, Greg Natchez Burning (Suspense) When his father, a beloved family doctor and pillar of their community, is accused of murdering a nurse, Penn Cage makes a shocking discovery that forces him to decide just how far he will go to protect those he loves. —Recommended by Ellen, Connie and Jo

Karon, Jan Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good (Christian Fiction) After five hectic years of retirement from Lord's Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, to Mitford where he and his beloved friends and family face the challenge of settling into the next phase of their lives. —Recommended by Andrea

Nguyen, Bich Minh

Keller, Julia

Pioneer Girl: A Novel Discovering a family heirloom that her mother may have received from Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lee Lien explores the tenuous connection between her ancestors and the famous pioneer author only to discover a trail of clues that lead to fateful encounters. —Recommended by Haley

Summer of the Dead (Mystery) Hunting an elusive killer who is terrorizing the citizens of Acker's Gap, county prosecutor Bell Elkins and sheriff Nick Fogelsong find the case complicated by a coal miner's secretive daughter and the prison release of Bell's sister. —Recommended by Jo, Becky and Jane

Nicholls, David Us (Contemporary Fiction) Douglas Petersen, a mild-mannered scientist with a hidden sense of humor, struggles to salvage his marriage and repair his troubled relationship with his teenaged son during the course of a trip around Europe. —Recommended by Jo and Sonia 16

Kelly, Erin Broadchurch (Mystery) A novelization of the hit TV show follows detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller as they search for a young boy's killer among numerous suspects and a brewing media storm in a sleepy British seaside town. —Recommended by Andrea 9


Kidd, Sue Monk The Invention of Wings (Historical Fiction) Kidd traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and the urban slave girl who is placed in her charge as a child. —Recommended by Ellen, Sonia, Jo, Jane, and Connie

King, Lily Euphoria (Historical Fiction) Frustrated by his research efforts and depressed over the death of his brothers, Andre Banson runs into two fellow anthropologists, a married couple, in 1930s New Guinea and begins a tumultuous relationship with them. —Recommended by Jo

King, Stephen Mr. Mercedes (Horror) Months after a crazed hit-and-run driver kills several attendees at a Midwestern job fair, a depressed retired cop and two unlikely allies join forces to find and stop the killer, who has sent a letter threatening another attack. —Recommended by Mark

King, Stephen Revival (Horror) Years after a charismatic minister is banished in the wake of a faith-shattering tragedy, a heroinaddicted rock-and-roll guitarist from the same hometown reconnects with the man and forges a terrible pact. —Recommended by Mark

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Moriarty, Liane Big Little Lies (Contemporary) The story follows three mothers and their potential involvement in a riot that leaves one parent dead at a school trivia night. The tragedy appears to be an accident, but evidence shows it might have been premeditated. —Recommended by Jo, Jane, Andrea, Haley, and Connie

Morton, Brian Florence Gordon (Psychological Fiction) A wise and entertaining novel about a woman who has lived life on her own terms for 75 defiant and determined years, only to find herself suddenly thrust to the center of her family's various catastrophes. —Recommended by Jo, Connie, and Jane

Moyes, Jojo One Plus One (Contemporary) One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story. Jess, who is trying to raise a bullied stepson and a mathlete daughter, finds an unexpected rescue in the form of an obnoxious tech millionaire. —Recommended by Jo, Connie, and Jane

Murakami, Haruki Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Contemporary) Thirty-six-year-old Tsukuru Tazaki meets a woman who raises questions about a painful incident from his youth in which his closest friends all cut off relations with him without explanation, and inspires him to find out why. —Recommended by Jo and Connie 15


Koryta, Michael

McEwan, Ian The Children Act (Contemporary) A highly respected London judge hides her decision to separate from her husband who wants an open marriage, a loss that challenges her beliefs throughout a case involving parents whose faith forbids a life-saving transfusion for their son. —Recommended by Ellen, Connie, Jo and Jane

Those Who Wish Me Dead (Mystery) When 13-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity, and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while police find the two killers. The result is the start of a nightmare. —Recommended by Connie

McGrath, M.J.

Krueger, William Kent

The Bone Seeker (Mystery) A former polar bear hunter and Inuit guide in the Canadian Arctic investigates after finding one of her summer school students dead near Lake Turngaluk. The third novel of the mystery series following The Boy in the Snow. —Recommended by Susie

Millet, Lydia Mermaids in Paradise (Satire Fiction) Deb and Chip, a couple honeymooning at a Caribbean resort, meet a marine biologist who claims to have sighted mermaids at a nearby coral reef. They join other adventurers to protect the mermaids when the resort reveals plans to build a theme park on the reef. —Recommended by Jo and Connie

McMahon, Jennifer The Winter People (Mystery) Coming of age in an old farmhouse, 19-year-old Ruthie begins a search for her agoraphobic mother and discovers the century-old diary of the farmhouse's long-ago resident, a grieving mother who died under mysterious circumstances. —Recommended by Becky 14

Ordinary Grace (Suspense) Looking back at a tragic event that occurred during his thirteenth year, Frank Drum explores how a complicated web of secrets, adultery, and betrayal shattered his Methodist family and their small 1961 Minnesota community. —Recommended by Ellen, Jo, Becky, and Andrea

Landvik, Lorna Best to Laugh (Contemporary Fiction) Landvik taps her own adventurous past and Minnesota roots to conjure up character Candy Pekkala, who leaves the Twin Cities in the 1970s and moves to Hollywood to follow her dream of becoming a stand-up comedian. —Recommended by Jane and Connie

Lawson, Mary Road Ends (Historical Fiction) Leaving her dysfunctional family to start over in London, a young Canadian woman reflects on the dreamy mother, apathetic father, and rambunctious younger brothers who wholly depend on her for their daily needs. —Recommended by Jane and Connie 11


Lippman, Laura After I’m Gone (Mystery) Working a 26-year-old cold case involving the murder of a convicted felon's mistress, retired Baltimore detective Roberto Sanchez discovers a web of bitterness, jealousy, and greed involving five women and spanning five decades. —Recommended by Connie and Jane

Little, Elizabeth Dear Daughter (Mystery) After being released from prison on a technicality, Janie Jenkins tracks down the one lead she has on her mother's real killer and is startled by what she uncovers about her mother's past in a small South Dakota town. —Recommended by Becky and Jane

Lockhart, E. We Were Liars (Young Adult Suspense) Spending vacations on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. —Recommended by Ellen, Jane and Jo

Malerman, Josh Bird Box (Horror) In a world where no one can go outside for fear of something terrifying that when seen drives people to deadly violence, single mother Malorie and her two children must attempt a 20-mile trip downriver while blindfolded. —Recommended by Mark

Mandell, Emily St. John Station Eleven (Science Fiction) The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of King Lear marks the beginning of the world's dissolution in a story told at various past and future times and from the perspectives of the actor and four of his associates. —Recommended by Andrea, Haley, Connie, Becky, Jo, and Jane

Messud, Claire The Woman Upstairs (Psychological Fiction) Relegated to the status of schoolteacher after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his mother's ambition leads to betrayal. —Recommended by Connie

Makkai, Rebecca

Meyler, Deborah

The Hundred-Year House (Literary Fiction) A couple living on a historic estate that once housed an artist's colony make a discovery that leads them into a thrilling journey into the past as the secrets of the house and the people who lived there are revealed. —Recommended by Jo and Haley

The Bookstore (Domestic Fiction) Discovering she is pregnant after her boyfriend dumps her, a young British student in New York takes on a part-time job at a shabby, used book store and finds salvation among the colorful characters who work and shop there. —Recommended by Connie, Jane, and Andrea

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