(Delete, paper, $17.99.) Seamlessly mixing the religious with the obscene, KriegerвЂ™s poetry is inventive and powerful. (HarperCollins, $28.99.) What if human beings are neither inevitable nor ultimate? ThatвЂ™s the premise of ErdrichвЂ™s fascinating new novel. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.) EugenidesвЂ™s expert debut collection of short stories is his first book since вЂњThe Marriage PlotвЂќ in 2011.ДЇUTURE HOME OF THE LIVING GOD.

(Holt, $32.50.) AusterвЂ™s book is an epic bildungsroman that presents the reader with four versions of the formative years of a Jewish boy born in Newark in 1947.ДЇRESH COMPLAINT: Stories. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) Tracing the lives of two Americans in Israel, this restless novel explores the mysteries of disconnection and the divided self.Д¤ 3 2 1. (Riverhead, $27.) In his delightful first story collection, the author of the National Book Award-winning novel вЂњThe Good Lord BirdвЂќ continues to explore race, masculinity, music and history.ДЇOREST DARK. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $25.99.) Graham created these poems against a backdrop of personal and political trauma - her parents are dying, she is undergoing cancer treatment, the nation is mired in war and ecological crisis.ДЇIVE-CARAT SOUL. (Riverhead, $26.) The new novel by the author of вЂњThe Reluctant FundamentalistвЂќ and вЂњHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising AsiaвЂќ mixes global unrest with a bit of the fantastic.ДЇAST. (Custom House/Morrow, $26.99.) This novelвЂ™s densely woven plot involves an independent-minded widow and the possible haunting presence of a giant serpent.Д®XIT WEST. (Little, Brown, $26.) Anxiety, self-consciousness and humiliation are the default inner states of the characters in these 11 stories. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.) This masterly novel follows its 70-something heroine on a road trip through England. (Akashic, paper, $15.95.) This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist explores his countryвЂ™s colonial past. (Grove, $24.) A gift book from the British novelist, containing otherworldly and wickedly funny stories.ДANCE OF THE JAKARANDA. CHRISTMAS DAYS: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days.

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