Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny. This is a "stop the presses" addition to the 2017 top picks list. This novel features my new favorite character in fiction, the pathologically uncensored Audra. It's a wonderfully readable story, tailor-made for the GreatBeachBooks.com crowd. I read most of it on a long flight, and I laughed out loud more times than I can count. Everyone must read it, then we can all get together and talk about who among our mutual acquaintances have strains of Audra running through them. If you want to learn more, read this Washington Post review, which does a good job enumerating the book's virtues.
