9 best books of August: Amazon editors' favorite picks

7. "The Leftovers," by Tom Perrotta

The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's Press,368 pp.

In a post-"Rapture"-esque world, novelist Tom Perrotta imagines how the lives of the citizens of the fictional Mapleton would go on after many of their friends and family vanished in an event called the "Sudden Departure." Some join cults, some rebel, and still others try to repair the torn fabric of their community in The Leftovers, a startling examination of love and loss.

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