

I don’t think there’s anyone writing today as adept as Egan at running a completely different race every time she leaves the gate. A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010) A remarkable achievement of the imagination. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (2013)Ītkinson’s spectacular doorstop might be described as a reincarnation story, but also might be called a deeply insightful examination of how a single character would experience the whole of the tumultuous 20th century. Below, the best-selling author of The Expats names his favorite novels of the current century.

In Chris Pavone‘s new novel, Two Nights in Lisbon, a vacationing American searches for her enigmatic younger husband after he vanishes from their hotel room.
