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“Luigi” takes on the case of a murdered insurance executive and his alleged killer.

Restrictions on publishers and sellers have grown more severe. Volumes are being pulled from shelves or redacted like secret documents, but bookstores remain important sources of community.

Kiran Desai’s “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is the favorite, but books by Andrew Miller, Katie Kitamura and Susan Choi are also in the running for the prestigious award.

In Gráinne O’Hare’s witty debut, “Thirst Trap,” 30th birthdays — and an unexpected death — signal new horizons (if not sobriety) for three longtime friends in Belfast.

In Benjamin Wood’s atmospheric novel “Seascraper,” recently longlisted for the Booker, a visitor brings the big world to a small fishing village.

In her unnerving novel, Viola van de Sandt explores the breakdown of a relationship over one very, very messy evening.

Three new stories, including a campus-set novella, are the heart of “The Eleventh Hour,” a book that strains to recall the author’s richest work.

“Book of Lives” offers two distinct versions of the esteemed novelist: “Peggy Nature” and “the brooder.”