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Love animals? You'll love them even more after reading about their wonders in 'Vanishing Treasures.'

Nonfiction: A delightful collection of essays on some of the world's most endangered animals.
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'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' writer is back with 'Dogs and Monsters'

Fiction: It's a masterful collection of richly inventive stories, inspired by myths and legends.
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'Leave the World Behind' (basis of the Julia Roberts film) author returns with 'Entitlement'

FICTION: Rumaan Alam's latest is an astute novel about a young woman who unravels when she helps a billionaire philanthropist give away his fortune.
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Look for callbacks to Stephen King in gritty 'House of Bone and Rain'

FICTION: A compellingly gritty novel about five Puerto Rican teenagers out for revenge when one of their mothers is killed.
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Novelist Sarah Pearse ends her twisty trilogy with crime novel 'The Wilds'

FICTION: The thriller is about a woman's disappearance in a Portuguese national park.
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His 'One Day' inspired an Anne Hathaway film and Netflix show. David Nicholls' new book is 'You Are Here.'

FICTION: An uplifting comic novel from the author of "One Day" follows two lost individuals coming together on a cross-England hike.
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Thriller 'Hunted' finds parents searching for their children and trying to prevent disaster

FICTION: Abir Mukherjee's superlative novel is "an adrenaline rush."
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Three novels for the price of one, 'Choice' hinges on big decisions

FICTION: A well-wrought tale, in linked narratives, explores the consequences of choices.
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'How to Solve Your Own Murder': great title, OK novel

FICTION: An aspiring mystery writer is tasked with solving a family whodunit when her great-aunt is murdered.
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Transfixing novel explores the repercussions of 'One Day' of violence

FICTION: Abigail Dean writes about the secrets, lies and conspiracies surrounding a horrific tragedy.
Stephen Spotswood

Review: 'Secrets Typed in Blood,' by Stephen Spotswood

FICTION: A wildly entertaining third mystery for female detective duo Pentecost and Parker.
John Boyne

Review: 'All the Broken Places,' by John Boyne

FICTION: A darkly compelling novel about a woman forced to confront the sins of her past.
Graeme Macrae Burnet

Review: 'Case Study,' by Graeme Macrae Burnet

FICTION: A brilliant multilayered novel about a woman who plays a dangerous game with a psychotherapist in 1960s London.
John Banville

Review: 'The Singularities,' by John Banville

FICTION: A bold, mind-bending novel in which a mystery man lodges with an idiosyncratic family.
Joanna Quinn

Review: 'The Whalebone Theatre,' by Joanna Quinn

FICTION: This captivating debut charts a memorable heroine's unconventional childhood in England and her undercover exploits in wartime France.
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Review: 'Act of Oblivion,' by Robert Harris

FICTION: A page-turning historical thriller about a manhunt for the killers of an English king.
Jessie Burton

Review: 'The House of Fortune,' by Jessie Burton

FICTION: A mesmerizing tale of intrigue and forbidden love in early-18th-century Amsterdam.
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Review: 'On Java Road,' by Lawrence Osborne

FICTION: An engaging mystery about a journalist who investigates the disappearance of a student activist in Hong Kong.
Dan Fesperman

Review: 'Winter Work,' by Dan Fesperman

FICTION: An engrossing spy thriller in which a Stasi officer and a CIA agent join forces to defeat a common adversary.
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Review: 'A Postcard for Annie,' by Ida Jessen, translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken

FICTION: A collection of perceptive and engaging stories about women dealing with emotional turmoil in their lives.
Ru Freeman

Review: 'Sleeping Alone: Stories,' by Ru Freeman

FICTION: An accomplished debut collection of short stories from the author of "On Sal Mal Lane."
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Review: 'Bitter Orange Tree,' by Jokha Alharthi

FICTION: A meditative novel from a Booker Prize winner about an Omani woman who reflects on the life of her grandmother.
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Review: 'The Colony,' by Audrey Magee

FICTION: An impressive novel about two outsiders who arrive on a small Irish island in 1979 as violence engulfs the country.
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Review: 'Theatre of Marvels,' by Lianne Dillsworth

FICTION: An immersive debut novel about a Black actress in Victorian London.
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Review: 'Two Storm Wood,' by Philip Gray

FICTION: A compelling historical thriller about a woman who investigates the disappearance of her fiancé at the end of World War I.
Review: 'In the Margins,'  by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

Review: 'In the Margins,' by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

An illuminating collection of essays on the joy of reading and the art of writing by the acclaimed Italian novelist.
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Review: 'Home/Land,' by Rebecca Mead

Mead's latest is a beautifully written memoir about a writer's return to her homeland.
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Review: 'The Pages,' by Hugo Hamilton

A formally daring, richly rewarding book narrated by a novel that survived the Nazis' book-burning.
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Review: 'A Guardian Angel Recalls,' by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated by David Colmer

A dark and provocative wartime novel about a guilty man and his guardian angel.

Holiday books: Fiction

50+  essential books for your winter reading and holiday shopping lists

50+ essential books for your winter reading and holiday shopping lists

Page-turners that will make you laugh, cry, reflect and escape when the weather outside is frightening.
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Review: 'What Storm, What Thunder,' by Myriam J. A. Chancy

A powerful, emotionally rich novel about 10 individuals affected by the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.
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Review: 'The Man Who Died Twice,' by Richard Osman

FICTION: The four amateur sleuths from the "Thursday Murder Club" return to solve another mystery.
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Review: 'Beautiful World, Where Are You,' by Sally Rooney

FICTION: The author of "Normal People" returns with another perceptive novel about relationships.
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Review: 'A Slow Fire Burning,' by Paula Hawkins

FICTION: A third compulsively readable whodunit from the author of "The Girl on the Train."
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Review: 'The Women of Troy,' by Pat Barker

FICTION: A masterful retelling of a classical myth featuring a memorable heroine.
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Review: 'American Estrangement,' by Said Sayrafiezadeh

FICTION: An assured collection of stories about American men and their individual struggles.
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Review: 'Falling,' by T.J. Newman

FICTION: A thrilling debut in which a pilot must crash his plane to save his family.
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Review: 'Objects of Desire,' by Clare Sestanovich

FICTION: A strong debut collection of stories about the lives of modern women.
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Review: 'Who They Was,' by Gabriel Krauze

FICTION: A remarkable debut novel about a young man studying literature while also caught up in gang warfare.
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Review: 'The Old King in His Exile' by Arno Geiger, translated from the German by Stefan Tobler

NONFICTION: A poignant memoir about a writer caring for a father in the grip of Alzheimer's.
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Review: 'Everything Like Before,' by Kjell Askildsen, translated from the Norwegian by Sean Kinsella

FICTION: A collection of spare, wry short stories from a Norwegian master of the form.
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Review: 'Every Vow You Break,' by Peter Swanson

FICTION: In this psychological thriller, a young woman's world is turned upside down when a stalker shows up on her honeymoon.
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Review: 'What Sammy Knew,' by David Laskin

FICTION: An engaging coming-of-age novel about a young man caught up in the turmoil of New York City in 1970.
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Review: 'Send for Me,' by Lauren Fox

FICTION: A captivating novel focuses on a Jewish family in Nazi Germany and a descendant in Milwaukee 50 years later.
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Review: 'The House on Vesper Sands,' by Paraic O'Donnell

FICTION: A richly enjoyable supernatural mystery set in Victorian London and featuring two unlikely detectives.
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Review: 'At Night All Blood Is Black' by David Diop

FICTION: A spellbinding novel about a Senegalese soldier's descent into madness during World War I.
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Review: 'Stillicide,' by Cynan Jones

FICTION: A powerful novel set in the near future about the inhabitants of a city struggling with a water shortage.