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Taylor Jenkins Reid heads to space, Megan Abbott climbs a pyramid (scheme) and Gary Shteyngart channels a 10-year-old. Plus queer vampires, a professor in hell and an actress’s revenge.

Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, previews four books we’re anticipating this summer.

“My favorite novel of all time” is an antidote to “Of Mice and Men,” he promises. His new book, “Anima Rising,” is a playful visit to 1911 Vienna.

Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp,” translated by Deepa Bhasthi, had received little notice in Britain or the United States before Tuesday. Now, it’s won the major award for translated fiction.

In the novel “Speak to Me of Home,” three generations of women in one family grapple with their identities.

In “Whack Job,” Rachel McCarthy James finds a connection between self-reliance and brutality. And for the record, she has questions about Lizzie Borden.

In Chris Pavone’s new novel, “The Doorman,” the real world closes in on residents of a luxury apartment building.

Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel, “Spent,” is a domestic comedy about ethical consumption under capitalism.

First published in 1972, Rosalyn Drexler’s “To Smithereens” throws two vivid subcultures — and two unlikely lovers — into the ring.

The beloved humor columnist looks back on a long career of wit and wisdom in a new memoir.