FICTION
Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch
By Dai Sijie
Anchor $13
The author of “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” returns with a story about a man who returns to China to spread Freudian philosophy and free his former love from prison.
The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street
By Trevanian
Three Rivers $13.95
The author draws from his youth in a tenement neighborhood for this novel about coming of age in an Irish slum.
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
By Kim Edwards
Penguin $14
A debut novel about a twin girl born with Down syndrome who is sent away by her doctor-father.
Any Bitter Thing
By Monica Wood
Ballantine $13.95
A novel about a woman repairing her body and her marriage after a near-fatal accident.
Death’s Little Helper
By Peter Spiegelman
Vintage $13.95
The follow-up to “Black Maps” has private investigator John March taking on a complicated missing-person case.
Two Trains Running
By Andrew Vachss
Vintage $14.95
A novel set in a corrupted mill town on the cusp of the 1960s.
A Boy of Good Breeding
By Miriam Toews
Counterpoint $14
A novel about a small town and the colorful characters who come together over the course of one summer.
Scribblers on the Roof: Contemporary American Jewish Fiction
Edited by Melvin Jules Bukiet and David G. Roskies
Persea $15.95
A collection of stories by rising and established American Jewish writers, including Cynthia Ozick, Jonathan Ames and Binnie Kirshenbaum.
Final Payments
By Mary Gordon
Anchor $14
A debut novel about a woman who begins living her own life after 11 years of caring for her ailing father.
Johnny Mad Dog
By Emmanuel Dongala
Picador $14
A novel set in war-torn Congo told by two teenage narrators–one a rebel, the other a high school student.
High Plains Tango
By Robert James Waller
Three Rivers $13.95
The author of “The Bridges of Madison County” writes about a traveler who comes to a town in Sioux territory.
Eleanor Rigby
By Douglas Coupland
Bloomsbury $13.95
A novel about the reunion of a grumpy, middle-age woman with the son she gave up for adoption.
The Closed Circle
By Jonathan Coe
Vintage $14.95
The characters from the author’s novel “The Rotters’ Club” return as adults in this novel about life in Britain in the new millennium.
Vintage PKD
By Philip K. Dick
Vintage $11.95
An anthology of stories, novel excerpts, letters and essays from the acclaimed science-fiction writer.
NON-FICTION
Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam
By Larry Heinemann
Vintage $13.95
The National Book Award-winning author of “Paco’s Story” returns to Vietnam to confront his war memories.
Going Overboard: The Misadventures of a Military Wife
By Sarah Smiley
New American Library $13.95
A columnist’s memoir of life as a military wife.
The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise
By Ian Baker
Penguin $16
The Buddhist scholar recounts his journey to the bottom of Tibet’s Tsangpo Gorge.
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jeferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
By Richard Zacks
Hyperion $15.95
An account of the American war off the shores of Tripoli in 1803.
In the House of My Fear
By Joel Agee
Shoemaker Hoard $18
A memoir of the author’s drug experimentation in the 1960s and his eventual breakdown.
The Fluoride Deception
By Christopher Bryson
Seven Stories $18.95
Argues that the addition of fluoride to drinking water and toothpaste is rooted in special interests and not medical science.
Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber
By Stephen Yafa
Penguin $15
The history of cotton, including the influential crop’s role in the Industrial Revolution and the American Civil War, and its prevalence in everyday life.
Spanning the World: The Crazy Universe of Big-Time Sports, All-Star Egos, and Hall of Fame Bloopers
By Len Berman
Harper $14.95
The veteran sports anchor offers his take on professional sports, the players and the most memorable moments.
Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
By Brad Matsen
Vintage $14.95
A biography of Depression-era deep-sea explorers Otis Barton and William Beebe, who observed life in the ocean’s abyss.
