1. The Adversary, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Nonfiction)

By Emmanuel Carrère (St. Martin's Press, $14.00) A true story about a French man whose small community, including his wife, in-laws, and best friend, believed that he was a rich and famous do

2. Goldengrove, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Francine Prose (HarperCollins, $24.95) This novel closely follows the members of a family as they react to a tragedy that has shocked them all into self-destruction. The long summer is centered

3. The Master Bedroom, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Tessa Hadley (Picador, $14.00) A long-time Londoner moves back home to the Welsh countryside to care for her sick mother and discovers she's brought her self-absorption back with her. Kate is d

4. Class Trip and The Mustache, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Emmanuel Carrere (St. Martins Press, $14.00) Two fantastic novellas in one book; both will make you wonder whether it is you or your loved ones who are unknowable. Carrere quietly and quickly

5. Nicholas, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

by Rene Goscinny with illustrations by Jean-Jacques Sempe (Phaidon Press, $19.95) In this series of short stories, Nicholas describes the chaos involved in everything he and his classmates

6. This Book Will Save Your Life, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by A.M. Homes (Penguin, $14.00) This novel is pretty popular right now, and it turns out to be for good reason. Homes is a perceptive observer of the casual interactions in life that are always a st

7. A Change of Climate, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Hilary Mantel (Picador, $14.00) A newly married English couple travel to Apartheid-era South Africa to find the terrorized residents so deeply traumatized by their circumstances that a verbal ins

8. The Rachel Papers, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Martin Amis (Vintage, $13.00) Charles Highway is about to turn twenty and become a mature man; fortunately, he has decided to share his last adolescent exploits with the world. He describes his d

9. Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

Written by James Howe and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Candlewick, $14.99) Houndsley the dog and Catina the cat are sad because they don’t know when their own birthdays are. They each make

10. Of Human Bondage, Written by: Yvette
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Somerset Maugham (Modern Library, $11.95) This novel is billed as the account of a young man’s tumultuous affair with a selfish woman, but the painful romance serves mainly as a recurri