Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. If a book is not in a rank since the previous week, it will not have an arrow.

1 THE GREY WOLF (Minotaur, $30). By Louise Penny. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache’s investigation uncovers corruption in Quebec’s government and beyond. 2 INTERMEZZO (Farrar, Straus and Giroux ...

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