On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review  By HARI KUNZRU
Reviewed by DOUGLAS COUPLAND In Hari Kunzru's fourth novel, an autistic boy disappears in the California desert and many lives intersect around a rock formation called the Pinnacles. Also in the Book Review  By JULIA FLYNN SILER
Reviewed by MALIA BOYD Julia Flynn Siler traces Hawaii's fraught history, from Captain Cook to American annexation.  By KATHRYN HARRISON
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL In Kathryn Harrison's novel of late imperial Russia, Rasputin's sway doesn't end with his death.  By ELIZABETH WEIL
Reviewed by MAGGIE SCARF A writer embarks on a project of marital enhancement.  By ANTHONY SHADID
Reviewed by PATRICK COCKBURN Anthony Shadid rebuilt his ancestors' house in Lebanon.  By NOAM SCHEIBER
Reviewed by PAUL M. BARRETT Noam Scheiber takes us behind the scenes with President Obama's economic team.  By ANNE SEBBA
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER This new book looks at the life of Wallis Simpson, for whom Edward VIII abdicated.  By CHARLES DUHIGG
Reviewed by TIMOTHY D. WILSON A look at the science of how we form habits and how we can break them.  By EYAL PRESS
Reviewed by LOUISA THOMAS Eyal Press looks at ordinary people who resisted the status quo to follow their own convictions.  Crime By MARILYN STASIO In Chris Pavone's "The Expats," a burned-out C.I.A. operative moves to Luxembourg and begins investigating her husband's activities there.  On Poetry By DAVID ORR The English versions of the Nobel Prize winner Tomas Transtromer's poems raise issues that go to the heart of the translator's function.  By JOHN WILLIAMS New fiction by Richard Mason, Anna Funder, Alex George, Helen Simpson and Jonathan Odell. Children's Books  By CANDACE FLEMING It's Women's History Month, and four picture books introduce children to some real-life heroines. By MATT de la PEÑA Basketball, in these two novels, is a path to success and a means of escape.  By PAMELA PAUL Five new picture books introduce children to the art of poetry. By S. D. CROCKETT
Reviewed by JULIANNA BAGGOTT In S. D. Crockett's dystopian novel, a teenager navigates frozen terrain in search of his family. By ANNA PERERA
Reviewed by JOSHUA HAMMER This novel's hero belongs to a group of trash scavengers who prowl Cairo's filthy streets. | Back Page  By GARY SERNOVITZ Ben Lerner's first novel, "Leaving the Atocha Station," and the Hemingway classic "The Sun Also Rises" offer stark differences in the meaning of being an American.  By GREGORY COWLES Tom Wolfe's new novel, "Back to Blood," due out this fall, has a plot description that is full to bursting. Recently reviewed books of particular interest. By IHSAN TAYLOR Paperback books of particular interest.  This week, Hari Kunzru on his new novel, "Gods Without Men"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Charles Duhigg discusses the science of habits; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host. Reviews by The Times's Critics Editor's Note Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond. John Williams
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