Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, mysteries and everything in between.
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Historical fiction
The Hounding
by Xenobe Purvis
In 1700s England, the town of Little Nettlebed is scandalized by a rumor that the five Mansfield sisters, already considered odd and aloof, are transforming into a pack of dogs at night. Purvis’s debut is a wildly inventive riff on the Gothic form, with enough suspense and mounting dread to rival Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” Read our review.
Memoir
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