A REGULAR GUY
By Mona Simpson (Vintage $13)
A wealthy, self-absorbed entrepreneur goes from being a boy-man to a father after his 10-year-old daughter comes to live with him.
DOG LOVE
By Marjorie Garber (Touchstone $12)
A work of scholarship and insight that explores the profound relationship between dogs and humans.
ASK THE SUN
By He Dong (Women in Translation $12.95)
In six stories that are both tender and chilling, He Dong describes a generation that grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution.
SARAH’S PSALM
By Florence Ladd (Scribner $13)
A Harvard graduate’s interest in Africa and obsession with a Senegalese writer lead her on a journey of self-discovery.
ROSEBUD: The Story of Orson Welles
By David Thomson (Random House $15)
From the first page, Thomson paints a portrait that’s as captivating and enigmatic as the Hollywood legend himself.
MOTHERS OF INVENTION
By Drew Gilpin Faust (Random House $15)
A history of the Civil War’s effect on the lives of elite women from slaveholding families.
THE DEER PARK
By Norman Mailer (Vintage $13)
Illuminating in its details, this story chronicles the couplings and uncouplings of two interlacing love affairs.
THE KNOWLEDGE OF WATER
By Sarah Smith (Ballantine $12)
Set during the Paris flood of 1910, this lush story brings together an enigmatic man, a beautiful young woman and a stalking madman.
PURSUIT OF A WOMAN ON THE HINGE OF HISTORY
By Hans Koning (Lumen $15.95)
After a man glimpses a woman in a small Spanish town, his life takes dramatic and tragic turns.
