The Goldfinch (2013)

Hobie's furniture restoration gives this sprawling art-centred novel a patient working rhythm. In the workshop, care for a damaged object becomes both a skill to learn and a way of relating to Theo. That attention provides a useful measure against the money, secrecy and unstable valuations elsewhere in the story. It is a long novel with many concerns beyond craft; the reason to choose it here is the moral and practical weight given to repair.