Next of Kin
By Joanna Trollope (Berkley $14)
In this domestic drama, a family copes with the death of a loved one.
Two Women
By Marianne Fredriksson (Ballantine $14)
A novel about a friendship between two single mothers, gardening and threatening secrets.
Inside the Oval Office: The White House Tapes From FDR to Clinton
By William Doyle (Kodansha $17)
Interviews with former Oval Office insiders and transcripts from 60 years of secret White House recordings.
Inspired Sleep
By Robert Cohen (Vintage Contemporaries $13.95)
A comic novel about a woman whose neurotic life causes her to suffer from insomnia, leading to an encounter with a sleep researcher.
The Best Business Stories of the Year: 2002 Edition
Edited by Andrew Leckey and Ken Auletta (Vintage $15)
The second annual collection of some of the best examples of business journalism, edited by Tribune investment columnist Andrew Leckey and New Yorker magazine columnist Ken Auletta.
Show and Tell
By John Lahr (University of California Press $16.95)
A collection of celebrity profiles, including Woody Allen, Frank Sinatra, David Mamet and Irving Berlin.
Mall
By Eric Bogosian (Scribner $13)
A novel about suburbia and how five lives are intertwined during one compelling night at a mall.
Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust, and David Duke’s Louisiana
By Lawrence Powell (University of North Carolina Press $18.95)
The story of how a childhood survivor of the Holocaust found the courage to publicly confront the specter of neo-Nazism in America.
Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution
By Paula Kamen (Broadway $13.95)
A critical analysis of contemporary women and their sexuality.
Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture
By Mario Salvadori (Norton $14.95)
An in-depth look at the history of building methods from ancient times to today.
The Other Boleyn Girl
By Philippa Gregory (Scribner $15)
A novel about Anne Boleyn, her sister and their competition for the attention of Henry VIII.
Fred & Edie
By Jill Dawson (Mariner $13)
A novel based on the true, sensational, 1920s trial of a London woman charged with murdering her husband.
Carry Me Across the Water
By Ethan Canin (Random House $12.95)
This novel tells the story of a young man and his family’s journey through Europe and America during and after World War II.
Saving Milly
By Morton Kondracke (Ballantine $14)
A personal account of a husband and wife’s joint struggle with Parkinson’s disease as the author’s role changes from political commentator to caregiver for his wife.
Crossing the Water: Eighteen Months on an Island Working With Troubled Boys–A Teacher’s Memoir
By Daniel Robb (Touchstone $13)
The memoirs of a man who taught for three years at a reformatory school for boys on an island off Cape Cod.
Uphill Walkers: Portrait of a Family
By Madeleine Blais (Grove $13)
A Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper journalist tells the true story of her family’s struggles to survive after the unexpected death of her father.
Milking the Moon: A Southerner’s Story of Life on This Planet
By Eugene Walter, as told to Katherine Clark (Three Rivers $14)
The oral biography of Eugene Walter, a noted observer of the cultural life of the 20th Century.
A Gentleman’s Game
By Tom Coyne (Grove $13)
A novel about a young golf phenom’s coming of age and the events that will shock a quiet town.
Everyday People
By Stewart O’Nan (Grove $13)
A novel about a black neighborhood in Pittsburgh and its reaction to a young man’s accident.
Best Friends
By Martha Moody (Riverhead $14)
A novel about the intimate friendship of two women from different worlds from college through middle age and family crises.
The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need From Parents to Become Adults
By Terri Apter (Norton $14.95)
Emphasizes the need to help young people develop a sense of maturity.
The Hatbox Baby
By Carrie Brown (Berkley $14)
A novel about the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933 and a device called an Infantorium, where premature babies were displayed.
Shooting the Moon: The True Story of an American Manhunt Unlike Any Other, Ever
By David Harris (Back Bay $15.95)
A behind-the-scenes account of the U.S. government’s hunt for Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega
