Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN has a holiday round-up of some of her favorite books of the year, including two newly published books, "Inspector Imanishi Investigates" by Seicho Matsumoto (Soho), and "The Folding Star" by Alan Hollinghurst (Pantheon). Also included are"The Alienist," Caleb Carr; "Henry and Clara," Thomas Mallon; "The Bird Artist," Howard Norman; "A Map of the World," Jane Hamilton; "The Western Canon," Harold Bloom; "Where the Girls Are," Susan Douglas; "Nellie Bly," Brooke Kroeger; "No Gifts From Chance," Shari Benstock; "You Can''t Be Neutral on a Moving Train," Howard Zinn;"The Silent Woman," Janet Malcolm.
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