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New & recommended

"In Siberia" by Colin Thubron (HarperCollins, $26). Rounding out the author's travel trilogy, he takes readers to a vast, frozen landscape that leaves the imagination numb.

"Simple Stories" by Ingo Schulze (Knopf, $25). A novel in 29 interlocking stories about life in a small East German town, astringently written and brilliantly crafted.

"The Missing World" by Margot Livesey (Knopf, $23). A psychological suspense story handled with acumen, a riveting sense of timing, and a dazzlingly intelligent structure.

"Enduring Roots" by Gayle Brandow Samuels (Rutgers, $25). These "encounters with trees" turn into meditations on the facts, folklore, and myth connected with America's trees.

"So I Am Glad" by A.L. Kennedy (Knopf, $23). The shade of Cyrano de Bergerac enters the life of a cool Scottish maid.

"In the Gloaming" by Alice Elliot Dark (Simon & Schuster, $23). Stories that suggest a universe in a single incident.

"Fasting, Feasting" by Anita Desai (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin, $13). A novel of youth, at home in India and in the United States.

"Fortune's Rocks" by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown, $24.95). A page-turner about a girl who has a tragic affair with an older man.

Selected from books recently reviewed in the Globe.