FINALE: A Novel of the Reagan Years. By Thomas Mallon. (Pantheon, $27.95.) The strong sense of foreboding that reigns here stands in arresting counterpoint to today’s notion of the Teflon president.

《终结：关于里根时代的小说》(Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years)，托马斯·马龙(Thomas Mallon)著（Pantheon出版社，27.95美元）。强烈的不祥预感，与如今的“过失不沾边总统”概念形成鲜明对照。

THE FIRST BAD MAN. By Miranda July. (Scribner, $25.) In July’s wry, smart first novel, two women’s consensually violent host-guest relationship leads to an erotic awakening.

《第一坏人》(The First Bad Man)，米兰达·朱莱(Miranda July)著（Scribner出版社，25美元）。在朱莱这部嘲弄、聪明的小说处女作中，两个女人一致同意达成一种暴力的宾主关系，最后导致了性觉醒。

THE FISHERMEN. By Chigozie Obioma. (Little, Brown, $26.) In its exploration of the murderous and the mysterious, the mind’s terrors and a vibrant Africa, this debut novel is heir to Chinua Achebe.

《渔夫》(The Fishermen)，钦格吉·奥比奥马(Chigozie Obioma)著（Little, Brown出版社，26美元）。这是作者的小说处女作，探索谋杀、神秘，心灵的恐怖与充满生机的非洲，堪称钦努阿·阿切贝(Chinua Achebe)的继承人。

FORTUNE SMILES: Stories. By Adam Johnson. (Random House, $27.) The author of “The Orphan Master’s Son” offers a collection that is at once pervasively dark and shot through with humor.

《幸运的微笑：短篇小说集》(Fortune Smiles: Stories)，亚当·约翰逊(Adam Johnson)著（Random House出版寒色，27美元）。这位《孤儿大师之子》(The Orphan Master’s Son)的作者带来了一部小说集，黑暗遍布，同时又充满幽默感。

FROM THE NEW WORLD: Poems 1976-2014. By Jorie Graham. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $29.99.) Graham’s work has more of life and of the world than that of almost any other poet now writing.

《来自新世界：1976-2014诗选》(From The New Worl: Poems 1976-2014)，乔丽·格雷厄姆(Jorie Graham)著（Ecco/HarperCollins出版社，29.99美元）。格雷厄姆的作品比当今的任何诗人都要更贴近生活与现实世界。

GOD HELP THE CHILD. By Toni Morrison. (Knopf, $24.95.) Child abuse cuts a jagged scar through Morrison’s novel, a brisk modern-day fairy tale with shades of the Brothers Grimm, and a blunt moral: What you do to children matters.

《上帝帮助孩子们》(God Help The Child)，托尼·莫里森(Toni Morrison)著（Knopf出版社，24.95美元）。在莫里森的小说中，虐待儿童就像一道深深的伤口，它是一个轻快的当代童话故事，有格林童话的色彩，以及一个直率的道德教训：你怎样对待孩子们，这是非常重要的。