INSIGHTFUL, INFORMATIVE LOOK at a multifaceted conflict in rural India from novelist/activist Arundhati Roy.

A POSTAPOCALYPTIC SOUTHWEST without metal–thanks to a nanobot plague–is the setting for action/adventure.

EXTRAVAGANTLY IMAGINED COLLECTION of stories by a cast of fictional “Cuban authors” is a wild Borgesian prank.

ANOTHER WITTY COZY in Simon Brett’s Fethering series, as his 60-something lady sleuths take on the UK art world.

ON THE ROAD with an antique dealer looking for the big score! Fun, fast-paced reporting, lots of engaging info.

DISTURBING, EVOCATIVE NOVEL of a woman haunted by her childhood and unable to control her impulses. Chilling.

ELOQUENT, ELEGIAC LITTLE novel follows a woman’s thoughts and memories in the hours after her husband’s death.

THE GREAT BERYL BAINBRIDGE’S final novel is a haunting (if uneven) tale of two misfits caught up in history.

WACKY PRIVATE-EYE CAPER features a spunky lady detective from a big family of Chicago cops. Plenty of fun!

INTRIGUING LOOK INSIDE the close-knit world of endurance motorcycling, and at record-holding rider John Ryan.