Andre Aciman, Harvard Square: A Novel (New York & London: Norton, 2013) (See Clancy Martin, "Taxi Driver," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 5/5/2013).
Benjamin Black (aka John Banville), Holy Orders (A Quirke Novel) (New York: Henry Holt, 2013).
J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus (New York: Viking, 2013) (See Joyce Carol Oates, "Saving Grace," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 9/1/2013).
Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at The End of The Lane: A Novel (New York: William Morrow, 2013) (See Benjamin Percy, "It All Floods Back," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/30/2013.).
David Gilbert, & Sons: A Novel (New York: Random House, 2013) (See Blake Bailey, "The Descendants," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 7/28/2013.)
Andrew Sean Greer, The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells (New York: Ecco, 2013) (See David Leavitt, "Second and Third Chances," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 7/14/2013.).
Pico Iyer, Abandon: A Romance (New York: Knopf, 2003) (From the bookjacket: "Abandon is a mystical romance in the classic Persian tradition brought into the bleached sunlight of Southern California today. But it is also an unexpected and distinctive look at the clash between Islam and the West, at a time when Los Angeles is partly run by Iranian exiles and the long-closed cities of Iran are slowly opening up to Westerners.").
Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians: A Novel (New York: Doubleday, 2013).
Alexander Maksik, A Marker to Measure Drift: A Novel (New York: Knopf, 2013) (See Norman Rush, "Escaping the Past," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 8/25/2013).
Philipp Meyer, American Rust: A Novel (New York: Spiegal & Grau, 2010).
Philipp Meyer, The Son: A Novel (New York: Ecco, 2013) ("A man, a life--it was barely worth mentioning. The Visigoths had destroyed the Romans, and had themselves been destroyed by the Muslims. Who were destroyed by the Spanish and Portuguese. You did not need Hitler to see that it was not a pleasant story. And yet here she was. Breathing, having these thoughts. The blood that ran through history would fill every river and ocean, but despite all that butchery, here you were." Id. at 415. Also see Will Blythe, "Lone Star" NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/16/2013.).
Benjamin Percy, Red Moon: A Novel (New York & Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2013) (See Justin Cronin, "Cry Wolf," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/16/2013.).
J. K. Rowling (aka Robert Galbraith), The Cuckoo's Calling (New York: Mulholland Books/Little, Brown, 2013).
Carlos Ruiz Zafron, The Watcher in the Shadows, translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves (New York & Boston: Little, Brown, 1995, 2013).
Colm Toibin, The Testament of Mary (New York: Scribner, 2012).
