The best books to read in October: new paperbacks from Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon and Francis Spufford

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• New paperbacks for October include Thomas Pynchon's Shadow Ticket, Francis Spufford's Nonesuch and Iida Turpeinen's debut novel.
• Pynchon's noir follows a detective in prohibition-era Wisconsin, linking past and present through conspiracy and pop culture.