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The Asians are still rich and crazy, but a sprinkling of sex and vanity infuses the milieu as Kevin Kwan, author of the bestselling Crazy Rich Asians trilogy — Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems — ups the glamour quotient in his new novel, Sex and Vanity. The backdrop has shifted from the modern high rises of Singapore to the resplendent coastline and faraglioni of the islands of Capri. An obscenely extravagant destination wedding serves as the mise en scene, ...

By PW Staff | In a year like no other, PWs reviews editors kept up their usual industriousness and published thousands of book reviews. These are the most popular of those, for books published in 2020. Ruth Ware. Scout, $27.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5011-8881-7 Set in a remote chalet at an exclusive French Alps resort, this tempestuous locked-room mystery from Ware ( The Turn of the Key) centers on the 10-person corporate retreat of social media company Snoop. Snoop’s sharehold...