M. T. Anderson Beach Lane Books ($16.99) by William Alexander M. T. Anderson has written another Pals in Peril Tale. If you have children, or know any

Gina Frangello Emergency Press ($15) by Spencer Dew The need for a hole—as one character in this collection describes sexual desire—is not about lack, but

Dawn Paul Marick Press ($16.95) by Ellen Orleans How do you understand a taciturn and truculent father who died when you were twenty? Lacking family

Louis de Bernières Vintage U.K. by John Cox In two of the most touching scenes in this collection of connected stories, women cavort fantastically with

Paul Auster Henry Holt and Company ($25) by Ben Woodard Though initially intended as a warning, the phrase “in these uncertain times” has developed into

P. G. Wodehouse W. W. Norton & Company ($18.95) by Brian Conn For those not already familiar with P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves material, a sketch:

Leïla Marouane translated by Alison Anderson Europa Editions ($14) by Spencer Dew In Leïla Marouane’s intriguing new novel, the main character is a bundle of

Gary Shteyngart Random House ($26) by Mark Budman “By reading this sign you have denied existence of the object [the tank] and implied consent.” This

Robert Steiner Counterpoint ($12.95) by John Madera The power of Robert Steiner’s novella Negative Space comes not from its subject matter but from its prose, which offers

Tom McCarthy Knopf ($25.95) by Will Fertman An ambitious bildungsroman that made it to the Man Booker Prize shortlist, Tom McCarthy’s C follows our hero Serge Carrefax