Fiction
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
By Catherine Hanrahan
HarperPerennial $13.95
A novel about a young woman who escapes into the Tokyo nightlife to forget her childhood and her brother’s descent into insanity.
A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing
Edited by T Cooper and Adam Mansbach
Akashic $15.95
A collection of original short stories that re-create American history.
Love, Work, Children
By Cheryl Mendelson
Random House $13.95
The author’s second book set in New York City’s Morningside Heights neighborhood chronicles the life and loves of two generations of two families.
A Way From Home
By Nancy Clark
Anchor $14.95
A novel about an American family living in Prague and the shocking impact of a wife’s decision to leave.
Thirty-Three Swoons
By Martha Cooley
Back Bay $14.99
A novel about a perfumist whose dreams compel her to probe her family’s past.
Divided Kingdom
By Rupert Thomson
Vintage $15
A social satire about a young man who is taken from his family and given favored status in a newly reorganized society.
Bangkok Tattoo
By John Burdett
Vintage $12.95
The follow-up to “Bangkok 8” has the Thai detective investigating the death of a CIA agent.
The Black Book
By Orhan Pamuk
Vintage $14.95
A novel about a man who takes on the identity of his wife’s ex-husband to investigate her mysterious disappearance.
The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists
The Pirates! In an Adventure With Ahab
By Gideon Defoe
Vintage $9.95
Two humorous pirate tales featuring the wayward Pirate Captain are included in one book–read one than flip it over for the next.
Some Girls
By Neil LaBute
Faber and Faber $13
The American playwright’s take on a man’s prewedding odyssey to find out whether the perfect woman might be one of his exes.
No Country for Old Men
By Cormac McCarthy
Vintage $14
The National Book Award-winning author of “All the Pretty Horses” goes inside the bloody drug trade at the Texas-Mexico border.
Non-fiction
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
By Michael Craig
Warner $14.95
An account of a 2001 game in which a Texas billionaire challenged some of poker’s greatest players.
Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived
By Ralph Helfer
Harper $13.95
A Hollywood animal behaviorist describes his experiences working with the lion Zamba over 18 years.
The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life
By I.B. Cohen
Norton $14.95
A science historian looks at the role of numbers in science, government, marketing and elements of daily life.
Last of the Cold War Spies: The Life of Michael Straight, the Only American in Britain’s Cambridge Spy Ring
By Roland Perry
Da Capo $17.95
A biography of the lone American member of the infamous British Cold War spy ring.
4th of July, Asbury Park: A History of the Promised Land
By Daniel Wolff
Bloomsbury $14.95
A history of Asbury Park, N.J., the working-class town made famous by Bruce Springsteen.
Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco
By David L. Phillips
Basic $15.95
Details the mistakes made during the conflict in Iraq and through its reconstruction.
Oak: The Frame of Civilization
By William Bryant Logan
Norton $15.95
Traces the relationship between humans and oak trees from early history to today.
1776
By David McCullough
Simon & Schuster $18
The Pulitzer Prize winner looks at the pivotal year in British and American history.
The Second Bill of Rights: FDR’s Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More Than Ever
By Cass R. Sunstein
Basic $16.95
Examines the so-called Second Bill of Rights laid out in President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1944 State of the Union address.
Lebanon
By Sandra Mackey
Norton $15.95
A history of Lebanon through the civil war from 1975 to 1989.
Ghosting
By Jennie Erdal
Anchor $13.95
The author describes how she secretly wrote two novels, hundreds of columns and even love letters for her employer, a London publisher.
