Fiction

1. Dangerous Games: By Danielle Steel. A television correspondent investigates damning allegations against the vice president of the United States. 2. Silence Fallen: By Patricia Briggs. Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson finds herself in the clutches of the world’s most powerful vampire. 3. Norse Mythology: By Neil Gaiman. A retelling of Norse folklore. 4. Lincoln in the Bardo: By George Saunders. Visiting the grave of his recently deceased young son in 1862, Lincoln encounters a cemetery full of ghosts. 5. Exit West: By Mohsin Hamid. Lovers in a city overwhelmed with violence hear about mysterious doors that will carry them into an alien and uncertain future. 6. A Gentleman in Moscow: By Amor Towles. A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest. 7. Heartbreak Hotel: By Jonathan Kellerman. Psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Lt. Milo Sturgis investigate a mysterious death. 8. The Whistler: By John Grisham. A whistleblower alerts a Florida investigator to judicial corruption involving the mob and Indian casinos. 9. The Underground Railroad: By Colson Whitehead. A slave girl heads toward freedom on the network, envisioned as actual tracks and tunnels. 10. A Piece of the World: By Christina Baker Kline. Imagining the life of the central figure of Andrew Wyeth’s iconic painting “Christina’s World.”