Fiction

The Glass Ocean

Lori Baker

Penguin Press, $25.95

A willful red-haired Victorian woman pieces together the elliptical stories of her parents’ sea-focused lives; for her debut novel, Lori Baker scored a blurb from Thomas Pynchon. (August)

All the Land to Hold Us

Rick Bass

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25

A sweeping tale weaves through the landscape of West Texas with a cast of characters that includes oil well drillers, high school football players, a spinster Mormon school teacher and a beauty queen. (August)

Memories of a Marriage

Louis Begley

Nan Talese/Doubleday, $25.95

The author of “About Schmidt” spins a tale of romance and class divisions in tony Newport, R.I. in the 1950s; a half century later, things look different to the narrator. (July)

The Light in the Ruins

Chris Bohjalian

Doubleday, $25.95

Bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian reimagines Romeo and Juliet in Tuscany at the close of World War II; a decade later, those who have survived that turmoil face a serial killer. (July)

On the Floor

Aifric Campbell

Picador, $26

This novel about a young female investment banker in London — by a former managing director at Morgan Stanley — plunges straight into the financial world’s heart of darkness. (June)

My Education

Susan Choi

Viking, $26.95

After resisting the charms of her lothario English professor, a graduate student embarks on an obsessive affair with his wife in this novel by a Pulitzer finalist. (July)

Necessary Errors

Caleb Crain

Penguin, $16

Newly democratic Prague is the setting for this novel in which expatriates come of age, come out, and come into themselves. (August)

Blood & Beauty
The Borgias

Sarah Dunant

Random House $27

Bestselling historical novelist Sarah Dunant tips her pen to the bloody story of the Borgias, the ruthless 15th century family that had Italy Christendom at its feet. (July)

Claudia Silver to the Rescue

Kathy Ebel

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25

24-year-old Claudia Silver is fumbling her work life while juggling friends, love and the arrival of her teenage sister in this debut novel from screenwriter and television executive Kathy Ebel. (June)

It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris

Patricia Engel

Grove, $25

Engel draws on her past as the daughter of Columbian immigrants to spin the tale of Lita, a twentysomething Columbian-American who moves to Paris for a year to explore its bohemian side. (August)

Big Girl Panties

Stephanie Evanovich

William Morrow, $26.99

Evanovich’s debut is a romantic comedy about an overweight young widow whose life changes when she sits next to a handsome trainer on a plane; he helps transform both her body and her love life. (July)

On Sal Mal Lane

Ru Freeman

Graywolf, $26

Set against the backdrop of the 1980s Sri Lankan civil war, this novel revolves the residents of a racially diverse street as political tensions gradually change everyone’s way of life. (May)

Flora

Gail Godwin

Bloomsbury, $26

A precocious, motherless girl spends a summer in the care of her backcountry cousin Flora as the threat of polio encroaches in this complex tale of family and loss. (May)

How to Tame Your Duke

Juliana Gray

Berkley Sensation, $7.99

In 19th century England, a scholarly princess forced to disguise herself as a tutor is drawn into a secret affair with a duke. (June)

I’ll Be Seeing You

Suzanne Hayes and Loretta Nyhan

Harlequin MIRA, $15.95 paper

Two WWII soldiers’ wives on opposite sides of the U.S. launch a correspondencd hat helps get them through the war and offers an intimate fictional glimpse of life on the homefront. (June)

Crazy Rich Asians

Kevin Kwan

Doubleday, $25.95

The phenomenal opulence of the Asian jet set is all new to Rachel, who didn’t realize her Singaporean boyfriend was one of the wealthiest of them all. Jealousy and bling abound in Kwan’s debut. (June)

The Bookman’s Tale
A Novel of Obsession

Charlie Lovett

Viking, $27.95

A young antiquarian bookseller communes with his dead wife’s spirit after discovering a watercolor portrait of a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her in an old Shakespeare forgery in England. (June)

All the Dead Yale Men

Craig Nova

Counterpoint, $26

Family entanglements come to the fore in this follow-up to Nova’s novel “The Good Son,” this time focusing on the son of that original “Son” as he deals with the career, kids and the legacy of his father. (June)

Night Film

Marisha Pessl

Random House, $28

Pessl amps up the action in this follow-up to her successful literary debut “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” — this time there’s a dead body and the search for a reclusive cult horror film director. (August)

The Lemon Orchard

Luanne Rice

Pamela Dorman/Viking,27.95

After the death of her daughter, a woman house-sits for relatives in Malibu, where she makes an unexpected connection with the handsome man who tends their orchard. (June)

Sparta

Roxana Robinson

Sarah Crichton/Farrar Straus & Giroux, $27

Returning home after four years in Iraq, a college grad and former Marine struggles with estrangement and adjusting to civilian life. (June)

Brief Encounters with the Enemy

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Dial Press, $25

A collection of stories from the Whiting Writers’ Award winner centering on men’s struggles and fleeting triumphs of everyday encounters with women, cruel bosses and the morning commute. (August)

Big Brother

Lionel Shriver

HarperCollins, $26.99

The author of “We Need to Talk About Kevin” offers up a novel about family, food and fat: Pandora’s life is upended when her obese brother moves in and she determines to save him from himself. (June)

Sisterland

Curtis Sittenfeld

Random House, $27

Twin sisters Kate and Violet have the ability to foresee future events; when Violet publicly predicts a devastating earthquake, Kate struggles with her discomfort over their abilities. (June)

Trains and Lovers
The Heart’s Journey

Alexander McCall Smith

Pantheon, $22

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith returns with a stand alone novel that explores the nature of love as four strangers on a train trade stories that weave together. (June)

The Blood of Heaven

Kent Wascom

Grove Press, $25

In the Louisiana Territory during Southern frontier days, two teens escape the clutches of their preacher father, who robs and proselytizes along the way. (June)

Revenge Wears Prada
The Devil Returns

Lauren Weisberger

Simon & Schuster, $25.99

In this “Devil Wears Prada” sequel, Andy has teamed with former nemesis Emily on a high-fashion bridal magazine while preparing for her own wedding. Will her past (and Miranda) come back to haunt her?(June)

Lotería

Mario Alberto Zambrano

HarperCollins, $21.99

In this debut novel, a Mexican-American girl uses the game of Loteria to reveal her memories, which add up to a heartwenching tale of violence, love and a broken family. (July)