THE GREAT VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN NOVEL may be this tale of a family fragmented by secrets as much as by diaspora.

A YOUNG WOMAN’S OBSESSION with a classic novel turns her life upside down in this funny, insightful book.

SURPRISINGLY ENGROSSING STUDY of the history of water rights policy and the challenges of freshwater access.

BEAUTIFULLY CURATED COLLECTION of Victorian detective stories includes old favorites and some new finds.

IDIOSYNCRATIC, ABSORBING, INSIGHTFUL, snarky overview of the phenomenon of “scapegoating” throughout history.

MARVELOUSLY CRAFTED, HAUNTING psychological mystery set in the art world of Victorian Scotland.

WARM-HEARTED, FUNNY, OFFBEAT memoir of an eccentric family, set in the earliest years of the state of Israel.

FASCINATING BOOK DETAILS research into chimpanzee language, including surprising new observations by the author.

ANOTHER GENTLE METAPHYSICAL mystery for Alexander McCall Smith’s Scottish philosopher-sleuth Isabel Dalhousie.

LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY at this ridiculous comic thriller by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel. R-rated, wacky, fun!