'Crazy Rich Asians' by Kevin Kwan
ELEVATOR PITCH: In the over-the-top world of the young Asian jet set, an ABC (American Born Chinese) beauty travels to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nick, to meet his family and discovers he's an heir to one of Asia's biggest fortunes.
'Joyland' by Stephen King
ELEVATOR PITCH: Set at a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973 where a college student gets caught up in an old murder, it's the best-selling author's homage to the pulp fiction of his boyhood.
'Lexicon' By Max Barry
ELEVATOR PITCH: A young orphan is recruited into an ancient secret society that uses words to control people's minds. There, she excels until she falls in love and gets embroiled in a power struggle between rival factions.
'Night Film' By Marisha Pess
ELEVATOR PITCH: The murder of a beautiful young woman leads an investigative reporter to her father, a legendary cult horror film director who hasn't been seen in public in 30 years.
'Red Sparrow' by Jason Matthews
ELEVATOR PITCH: A former CIA agent crafts a thriller about a Russian spy forced to become a "sparrow" -- a trained seductress -- to get a young CIA agent to divulge a mole's name. The action crisscrosses Europe and the U.S. in a swirl of passion.
'The Astronaut Wives Club' by Lily Koppel
ELEVATOR PITCH: Think Mrs. Right Stuff: The women behind the astronauts of the Mercury program -- John Glenn, Gus Grissom, et al. -- get their story told Desperate Housewives style.
'The Boys in the Boat' by Daniel James Brown
ELEVATOR PITCH: The 1936 University of Washington crew team -- all working-class kids -- defeats snobby Ivy Leaguers to make the Olympic team and then wins gold at Hitler's Games. The true story centers on rower Joe Rantz, who used the sport to save himself from a broken family.
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
ELEVATOR PITCH: A scary fairy tale about an ancient monster stirred from a small pond in the English countryside and three sisters with mysterious powers who must stop it.
'The Shining GIrls' By Lauren Beukes
ELEVATOR PITCH: A serial killer who leaps through time from Depression-era Chicago to escape capture is chased by the one victim who got away.
'The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls' by Anton DiSclafani
ELEVATOR PITCH: A coming-of-age story set in 1930 about a 15-year-old girl sent to a posh Southern riding school who grapples with family issues, mean girls and young love.
'This Town' by Mark Leibovich
ELEVATOR PITCH: D.C.'s version of You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, written by a well-known New York Times reporter.
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