Books

    “Grand Isle,” Sarah Van Arsdale’s absorbing and suspenseful new novel, takes place in an eponymous North Fork enclave that closely resembles Shelter Island....

 
“Eminent Outlaws”
Christopher Bram
Twelve, $27.99

   “Space Chronicles”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
W.W. Norton, $26.95

   Amazon, beloved for its Kindle and its convenience. Amazon, loathed for its . . . Kindle and its convenience. With the online giant now moving into publishing in its own right and...

“Rome”
Robert Hughes
Knopf, $35

   “Balzac’s Omelette”
Anka Muhlstein
Other Press, $19.95


“American Gibraltar”
Henry Osmers
Outskirts Press, $21.95

 “An Available Man”
Hilma Wolitzer
Ballantine, $25  

 “The View From
Lazy Point”

Carl Safina
Picador, $18