Letters to a Young Novelist
By Mario Vargas Llosa (Picador $11)
The author shares his experiences and those of other authors with aspiring writers.
Across Open Ground
By Heather Parkinson (Bloomsbury $14.95)
A debut novel about two young lovers before the start of World War I.
Jonah Sees Ghosts
By Mark Sullivan (Akashic $13.95)
A novel that looks at the effect of alcohol abuse in a family.
Nothing Remains the Same
By Wendy Lesser (Mariner $13)
The journalist and cultural critic writes about the pleasure of rereading favorite books.
Firehouse
By David Halberstam (Hyperion $14)
The story of a Manhattan firehouse that lost all but one of its men Sept. 11, 2001.
Before the Knife: Memories of an African Childhood
By Carolyn Slaughter (Vintage $12)
A memoir about family violence and respite in the Kalahari Desert.
Camouflage
By Murray Bail (Picador $14)
A collection of stories by an Australian writer.
Six Days of War
By Michael B. Oren (Ballantine $16.95)
Looks at the roots of Arab-Israeli conflict and the Six-Day War of 1967.
The Interpreter
By Suzanne Glass (Ballantine $13.95)
A novel that includes themes of love and modern medical ethics.
Confederacy of Silence
By Richard Rubin (Atria $14)
A young Northerner’s memoir of friendship and bigotry in Mississippi.
The Pact
By Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt, with Lisa Frazier Page
(Riverhead $14)
The story of three black American men who make a pact to become doctors.
Sacrifice of Isaac
By Neil Gordon (Penguin $14)
A novel about a young man who returns to Israel after his father’s death and uncovers some unsettling family secrets.
What’s So Great About America
By Dinesh D’Souza (Penguin $15)
Discusses American ideals and patriotism after Sept. 11, 2001.
The Last American Man
By Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin $14)
A National Book Award finalist about a man who left his suburban youth to live off the land in the Appalachians.
From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals
By Barbara Haber (Penguin $15)
A Harvard University culinary historian looks at how food and cooking have shaped America’s past.
The White Lioness
By Henning Mankell (Vintage $13)
A Kurt Wallander mystery, first published in Sweden in 1993, about the murder of a Swedish housewife.
Sidetracked
By Henning Mankell (Vintage $13)
A 1995 Kurt Wallander mystery about the murder of a former Swedish minister of justice.
The Elementals
By Morgan Llywelyn (Tor 14.95)
A fantasy epic from the author of “1916” and “Lion of Ireland.”
The Pope’s Rhinoceros
By Lawrence Norfolk (Grove $16)
An adventure novel, originally published in 1996, based on a 16th Century attempt to obtain a rhinoceros as a bribe for Pope Leo X.
Seize the Day
By Saul Bellow (Penguin $12)
A new edition of the 1956 classic from the Nobel Prize-winning Chicago author.
The Colonel
By Richard Norton Smith (Northwestern University Press $24.95)
A biography of Robert R. McCormick, former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.
2182 Kilohertz
By David Masiel (Random House $12.95)
A debut novel about a deckhand who sets out to save a stranded scientist.
Stand Facing the Stove
By Anne Mendelson (Scribner $16)
Tells the story of Irma S. Rombauer and her daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker, the authors of “Joy of Cooking.”
The Bad and the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fifties
By Sam Kashner and Jennifer MacNair (Norton $15.95)
Tales of mid-20th Century Hollywood.
Instances of the Number 3
By Salley Vickers (Picador $14)
A novel about the friendship between a widow and her late husband’s mistress.
I Saw Ramallah
By Mourid Barghouti (Anchor $12)
The Palestinian poet shares his experiences returning to his homeland after more than 30 years in exile.
American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
By Thomas Keneally (Anchor $15)
A biography of the Civil War general by the author of “Schindler’s List.”
The Master of Rain
By Tom Bradby (Anchor $14)
A novel of intrigue set in 1926 Shanghai.
The Legendary Mizners
By Alva Johnston (Farrar, Straus and Giroux $15)
The biography of brothers Addison and Wilson Mizner, the subject of Stephen Sondheim’s new musical, “Bounce.”
Confessions of a Street Addict
By James J. Cramer (Simon & Schuster $14)
The former money manager and co-founder of TheStreet.com gives his inside view of Wall Street.
