New & Recommended

May 11, 2008

The House on Fortune Street
By Margot Livesey
Each of the portraits of the four principals in Livesey's compelling new novel sheds light on the next (HarperCollins, $24.95).

The Plague of Doves
By Louise Erdrich
In her new novel, set in North Dakota, the award-winning author examines the long reach of the past (Harper, $25.95).

Unaccustomed Earth
By Jhumpa Lahiri
An exploration of the immigrant experience (Knopf, $25).

Selected from books recently reviewed in the Globe.