Shashi Ishai’s, ASK AVIGAIL: ADVICE FROM A BIBLICAL-ERA SAGETTE; a Dear Abby-like sage from the times of Moses tarries with Erma Bombeck and Woody Allen in the desert.

Willa Cather’s, LUCY GAYHEART; a girl leaves her home town to study music in Chicago.

Ayn Rand’s, ATLAS SHRUGGED; Howard Roark wants to control the world, and he almost succeeds; a “continuation” of The Fountainhead.

Edith Wharton’s, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH; in the cruel rarified world of early 20th century New York Society, Lily Bart loses her wealthy suitor, her shallow social circle, and ends her life in poverty.