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In his riotous new novel, “Hope,” Andrew Ridker finds the humor in a family’s plummet from grace.

In her debut novel, “The Centre,” Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi explores class anxiety, identity, appropriation and more through a sinister language school.

Scott Von Doviak’s novel “Lowdown Road” evokes “The Dukes of Hazzard” — in a good way.

“I regret that I never met Hilary Mantel,” says the Booker-winning Scottish novelist, whose most recent book, “Young Mungo,” is now out in paperback. “I would be delighted with three of her.”

The pseudonymous South Korean author’s first novel to be translated into English pits a multinational conglomerate against life on earth.

Nicole Flattery’s debut novel, “Nothing Special,” follows the protagonist through a menial and disorienting day job transcribing tape recordings — at Andy Warhol’s Factory.

A selection of recently published books.

In Amy Rowland’s second novel, “Inside the Wolf,” a New York City academic returns to her North Carolina roots to reconcile with old ghosts.

Complicated families abound in new books by Nathan Go, Lucian Childs and Elysha Chang.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.