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DEAR LIFE by Alice Munro The mistress of the short story offers deeply personal, intimate glimpses into the lives of people engaged with the business of everyday life.

THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT by Ned Beauman This novel is an exceptional piece of literature – funny, wistful and impressively multi-faceted, it was longlisted for this year's Booker Prize.

HOPE: A TRAGEDY by Shalom Auslander Follow the hard-done-by hero in this blackly comic novel that looks at how history still defines the way Jewish people live in contemporary America.

MAY WE BE FORGIVEN by A.M. Homes This explosive novel hits you like a punch in the face. Homes is already well known for her controversial novels, and this will only increase her notoriety.

FICTION FILE

THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey A delightfully magical fairy tale for adults; lyrical and dazzling like the crisp white snow of the remote Alaskan landscape against which it is set.

A RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie This game-changing fantasy epic has a Clint Eastwood-style Western setting, rather than the usual medieval kind. Fans of George R.R. Martin will love it.

GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn One of the most original thrillers this year, Gone Girl opens on the day of Amy's disappearance and is told via alternating accounts from her diary and her husband. More at We Love This Book

WEIRDO by Cathi Unsworth Another gripping thriller, in which an investigator is put on the case of a murder that was closed 20 years ago, when a 15-year-old schoolgirl was convicted.