Best New Books to Read: November 2015 Releases
The Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
A brother and sister coming of age in a garbage dump in Mexico, Juan and Lupe have their challenges. One of Lupe’s happens to be that she can see into the minds and the future of those she loves.
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
It’s 1978, and John Lennon abandons New York for a small island off the coast of Ireland in Kevin Barry’s surreal and fantastic novel.
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley illustrates how Darwin’s theory of natural selection applies to technology, culture, education, politics, and many other aspects of society – that it indeed applies to all aspects of culture.
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Mark is founder and editor of runspotrun.com. Formerly About.com’s contemporary literature guide, Mark is also a contributor to Kirkus Reviews. He typically refrains from referring to himself in the third person.
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