Trust Us: You'll Love These Books With Unreliable Narrators

Christopher, the narrator of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" ($8), is described as knowing "all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057," but nothing about human emotions. However, he relates well to animals, and when a neighbor's dog is killed, Christopher's carefully constructed universe is threatened. He sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, and the ensuing story is a heartfelt and fascinating exploration of a person whose curse and blessing is to perceive the world entirely literally.