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Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf: $25) Stories of American-born children and their Bengali parents straddling cultures.

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The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon: $22.95).  Mma Ramotswe has a new case and a husband with a miracle cure.

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Hold Tight by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $26.95).  A teen’s suicide and sadistic killings engulf a troubled New Jersey family.

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Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown: $26.99) Two cops become ensnared in a femme fatale's nasty divorce.

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Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $26) The layered lives of victims, perpetrators and Manhattan's Lower East Side are explored in the aftermath of a shooting.

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Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster: $25.95) A law school grad seeks her missing brother, who may be linked to dark deeds.

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Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff (Knopf: $26.95) New short stories reflecting contemporary American life by the master of the form.

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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead: $25.95).  Two Afghan women struggle to survive Jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny.

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The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman (Shaye Areheart: $25).  Three London women whose lives are intertwined find themselves at a critical crossroads.

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The Wentworths by Katie Arnoldi (Overlook: $23.95).  A wealthy Westside Los Angeles family is warped by power and dysfunction.

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