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Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Thirteen linked tales from Strout (_Abide with Me_, etc.) present a heart-wrenching, penetrating portrait of ordinary coastal Mainers living l... -
Old Man's War - John Scalzi
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein, Scalzi's astonishingly proficient firs... -
Nothing to Be Frightened Of - Julian Barnes
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In this virtuosic memoir, Barnes (_Arthur & George_) makes little mention of his personal or professional life, allowing his audience very lim... -
Nights of Villjamur - Mark Charan Newton
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Newton opens a complex epic fantasy series with this impressive debut. The ancient fortress city of Villjamur is filled with human and nonhuma... -
Nemesis - Jo Nesbo
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. When a bank teller is shot during a holdup at the start of Norwegian bestseller Nesbø's beautifully executed heist drama, Oslo Insp. Harry Hol... -
Moscow Noir - Natalia Smirnova; Julia Goumen
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. As literary agents Smirnova and Goumen note in their introduction to this excellent entry in Akashic's noir series, A noir tradition does not ... -
Mister X - John Lutz
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. A page-turner to the nail-biting end, the fifth Frank Quinn investigation (after 2009's Urge to Kill) will leave readers breathless. After lea... -
Missing - Karin Alvtegen
From BooklistStarred Review Sybilla may have been born to wealthy parents, but her home life was never easy, and she ran away at 17. Ever since, Sybilla has been homeless and livi.... -
March - Geraldine Brooks
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's acclaimed Year of Wonders, imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in.... -
Mad, Bad and Blonde - Cathie Linz
FromStarred Review Instead of going into seclusion when she’s stood up at the altar, librarian Faith West takes off by herself to lick her wounds at her would-be honeymoon spot on....