9. AMERICAN WIFE, Curtis Sittenfeld
In her juicy, fast-paced third novel, Sittenfeld imagines the inner life of a character much like our outgoing First Lady. But she also gives nice, bookish Alice Blackwell a secret abortion, a lesbian grandmother, and strong doubts about her husband's fitness for high office, then spices things up with lively sex scenes and wicked caricatures of a contentious, WASPy political dynasty.
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