Gilead
By Marilynne Robinson (Picador $14)
The Pulitzer Prize- and Heartland Prize-winning novel about a dying Iowa minister.
A Feather on the Breath of God
By Sigrid Nunez (Picador $13)
A novel about the daughter of a Chinese father and a German mother describes the experience of American immigrants.
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
By Scott Zesch (St. Martin’s Griffin $14.95)
The author tracks his great-great-great uncle’s life as a child captive of Plains Indians.
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By Neil Postman (Penguin $14)
A 20th anniversary edition of the polemic about electronic media’s effect on modern culture.
The Real Minerva
By Mary Sharratt (Mariner $13)
A novel about three women in a Midwestern farming community in 1923.
Good Women
By Jane Stevenson (Mariner $12)
Three novellas that examine what it means for a woman to be good.
Crazy Horse
By Larry McMurtry (Penguin $13)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author looks at the life and death of the legendary Sioux warrior.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
By Jared Diamond (Penguin $17)
Contends that humankind’s misuse of the environment led to the collapse of civilizations throughout history.
The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe
By Sarah Churchwell (Picador $16)
Explains the cultural implications of the myths surrounding Marilyn Monroe.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
By John Perkins (Plume $15)
The author gives an insider’s view of globalization and the effects of corporate greed.
Size 12 Is Not Fat
By Meg Cabot (Avon $12.95)
A mystery featuring a pop idol-turned-assistant dorm director investigating mysterious campus deaths.
Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown
By Michael Shermer (Holt $16)
Essays that examine the personal biases that hinder and help scientific progress.
Hello to All That: A Memoir of Zoloft, War and Peace
By John Falk (Picador $15)
The author describes his battle with depression and his experience as a war correspondent in Bosnia.
Baker Towers
By Jennifer Haigh (HarperPerennial $13.95)
A novel that tells the story of postwar America through the lives of a working family in small-town Pennsylvania.
Fighting for America: Black Soldiers, the Unsung Heroes of World War II
By Christopher Paul Moore (Presidio $15.95)
A tribute to the contribution of black soldiers in America.
Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend
By Mitchell Zuckoff (Random House $14.95)
Looks at Charles Ponzi’s infamous investment scheme and the Boston Post report that exposed it.
Washington’s General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution
By Terry Golway (Holt $17)
A biography of the army leader whose unconventional tactics helped win the American Revolution.
Slouching Toward Nirvana
By Charles Bukowski (Ecco $13.95)
A collection of posthumously published poems by an influential American writer.
Sight Hound
By Pam Houston (Norton $13.95)
A novel about a woman dealing with her beloved dog’s bone cancer and her own love woes.
Kafka on the Shore
By Haruki Murakami (Vintage $14.95)
A quest narrative about a 15-year-old Japanese boy and a mysterious old man, from the author of “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.”
Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic
By Redmond O’Hanlon (Vintage $14.95)
Takes readers along on a deep-sea fishing adventure off the northern tip of Scotland.
God Lives in St. Petersburg
By Tom Bissell (Vintage $13.95)
A collection of stories following a group of Americans in Central Asia.
Grace
By Linn Ullmann, translated from Norwegian by Barbara Haveland (Anchor $12.95)
A novel about the reflections of a man during the final months of his life.
The Society of Others
By William Nicholson (Anchor $13.95)
A novel about a young man traveling in Europe who finds himself in a hostile situation.
Things in the Night
By Mati Unt (Dalkey $13.95)
A novel set in Estonia near the end of the millennium that examines the disastrous and beautiful in life.
Living Things: Collected Poems
By Anne Porter (Zoland $15)
Contains the poems from the National Book Award finalist collection “An Altogether Different Language” and 39 new works.
