HARDCOVER FICTION
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COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett Five decades in the lives of two families - parents, children, siblings, stepchildren - remade by divorce. HOME by Harlan Coben Myron Bolitar and his friend Win locate a boy who was kidnapped 10 years earlier; the 11th Myron Bolitar novel. THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware A travel writer on a cruise is certain she has heard a body thrown overboard, but no one believes her.
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THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead A slave girl heads toward freedom on the network, envisioned as actual tracks and tunnels. RAZOR GIRL by Carl Hiaasen The ex-cop Andrew Yancy from “Bad Monkey” gets involved in a kidnapping gone wrong. THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW’D by Alan Bradley The 12-year-old detective Flavia de Luce, returning home to THE KEPT WOMAN by Karin Slaughter Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and his lover, the medical examiner Sara Linton, pursue a case involving a dirty Atlanta cop. NUTSHELL by Ian McEwan A fetus in utero overhears his mother plotting with his uncle to kill his father. PIRATE by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell Sam and Remi Fargo pursue an ancient treasure. APPRENTICE IN DEATH by J. D. Robb Lt. Eve Dallas of the N.Y.P.D. is on the case when three skaters are shot by a sniper. By Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kalanithi A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36. IN SUCH GOOD COMPANY by Carol Burnett Burnett looks back on “The Carol Burnett Show” (196778), describing sketches and favorite guests. THE UPSIDE OF INEQUALITY by Edward Conard A former managing director at Bain Capital argues that the concern about inequality is misguided and will slow growth. †