Charmed Lives
By Michael Korda (Perennial $14.95)
The first volume of the award-winning author’s memoirs recounts his childhood among his father and uncles, the movie-producing Korda brothers.
Swimming
By Joanna Hershon (Ballantine $14)
A debut novel about a young woman’s search for the truth about a tragic weekend from her childhood.
The Gospel of Judas
By Simon Mawer (Back Bay $13.95)
A historical thriller about a Roman Catholic priest confronting challenges to his faith and his vows.
Bread Alone
By Judith Ryan Hendricks (Perennial $13.95)
A novel about a former trophy wife and the new life she makes for herself working at a Seattle bakery.
Styles of Radical Will
By Susan Sontag (Picador USA $14)
A collection of essays on topics ranging from politics to pornography.
I, etcetera
By Susan Sontag (Picador USA $14)
A collection of short stories by the noted author.
The Truth Is. . .
By Melissa Etheridge, with Laura Morton (Random House $13.95)
The autobiography of the popular musician.
The Rich Part of Life
By Jim Kokoris (St. Martin’s Griffin $13.95)
This novel follows two boys after their mother dies and their eccentric father wins the lottery.
The Columnist
By Jeffrey Frank (Harvest/Harcourt $13)
A clever satire and pseudomemoir that skewers the life of a successful syndicated columnist.
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu’s Congo
By Michela Wrong (Perennial $13.95)
An account of the rise and fall of Zaire’s infamous strongman, Mobutu Sese Seko.
Lit Life
By Kurt Wenzel (Random House $13.95)
This moving novel about the private compromises and moral quandaries of the literary life follows two off-beat writers as their lives collide in New York City and the Hamptons.
Mother Rocket
By Rita Ciresi (Delta $12.95)
Seven short stories by the author of the novel “Pink Slip.”
Three Apples Fell From Heaven
By Micheline Aharonian Marcom (Riverhead $14)
A novel that follows the stories of several victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915 to 1917.
Fred & Edie
By Jill Dawson (Mariner $13)
A fictional version of a notorious 1920s love triangle and murder.
Founding Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era
Edited by Alan R. Sadovnik and Susan F. Semel (Palgrave $22.95)
An examination of female educational leaders in the early 1900s and their accomplishments.
Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars
By Robert V. Remini (Penguin $15)
An analysis of Andrew Jackson’s wars against American Indians, from his early life through his presidency.
A Visionary Nation: Four Centuries of American Dreams and What Lies Ahead
By Zachary Karabell (Perennial $13.95)
A historian shares his ideas on what the future holds for the U.S.
Hotel Honolulu
By Paul Theroux (Mariner $14)
This satiric novel follows a failed writer and the people he meets when he is forced to take a job as the manager of a low-rent hotel in Hawaii.
Renovations: A Father and Son Rebuild a House and Rediscover Each Other
By John Marchese (Riverhead $13)
The memoirs of a man who rebuilds his relationship with his father as they renovate a house.
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
By James Reston Jr. (Anchor $15)
This history of the Third Crusade (1187-1192) focuses on its two most famous commanders: the king of England and the sultan of Egypt, Arabia and Syria.
Break of Day
By Colette, translated from French by Enid McLeod (Farrar, Straus and Giroux $12)
An autobiographical novel written by the French author (1873-1954) when she was in her 50s.
Doghouse Roses
By Steve Earle (Mariner $12)
A collection of short stories by singer-songwriter Steve Earle.
Blake’s Therapy
By Ariel Dorfman (Seven Stories $12.95)
A company man works to recover from a nervous breakdown in this corporate-skewering novel.
The Olive Farm
By Carol Drinkwater (Penguin $14)
This memoir by an English TV actress follows her and her husband as they reclaim an olive farm in southern France and their attempts to become farmers.
Paradise Park
By Allegra Goodman (Delta $12.95)
A novel about a woman who makes a spiritual quest and discovers her true self through Judaism.
Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards
By Tyler Bridges (Farrar, Straus and Giroux $14)
A true story of high-stakes corruption in Louisiana.
The Shadow Boxer
By Steven Heighton (Mariner $14)
A novel of a young man whose life takes a detour after several misadventures.
The Medic: Life and Death in the Last Days of WW II
By Leo Litwak (Penguin $14)
A dramatized memoir of life as an 18-year-old medic in World War II.
Martha Peake
By Patrick McGrath (Vintage Contemporaries $14.95)
A novel about a man who becomes obsessed with a young, heroic woman during the Revolutionary War.
