Thanks: NY Times
FICTION
BRING UP THE BODIES
By Hilary Mantel.
A John Macrae Book/ Henry Holt & Company, $28.
BUILDING STORIES
By Chris Ware.
Pantheon Books, $50.
A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING
By Dave Eggers.
McSweeney’s Books, $25.
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By Zadie Smith.
The Penguin Press, $26.95.
THE YELLOW BIRDS
By Kevin Powers.
Little, Brown & Company, $24.99.
NONFICTION
BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
By Katherine Boo.
Random House, $27.
FAR FROM THE TREE
Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
By Andrew Solomon.
Scribner, $37.50.
THE PASSAGE OF POWER
The Years of Lyndon Johnson.
By Robert A. Caro.
Alfred A. Knopf, $35.
THE PATRIARCH
The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.
By David Nasaw.
The Penguin Press, $40.
WHY DOES THE WORLD EXIST?
An Existential Detective Story.
By Jim Holt.
Liveright Publishing/W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95.
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