FICTION
Hex
By Darieck Scott
Carroll & Graf, $16.95
A novel set in a future Miami during the chaotic celebrations after the news of Cuban President Fidel Castro’s death.
The Last Friend
By Tahar Ben Jelloun
Penguin $13
A novel told by two friends offering differing memories of their rebellious youth in Morocco.
Tales of Angria
By Charlotte Bronte
Penguin $15
A collection of five novellas written in the 1830s set in the imaginary kingdom of Angria.
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories
By Frederik Pohl
Tor $16.95
An anthology of the best short works spanning the career of the science-fiction writer.
The Dream Life of Sukhanov
By Olga Grushin
Penguin $14
A debut novel about a middle-age Soviet bureaucrat and former underground artist haunted by his dreams.
London Is the Best City in America
By Laura Dave
Penguin $14
A debut novel about a woman who accompanies her brother on a soul-searching road trip on the eve of his wedding.
The Night Journal
By Elizabeth Crook
Penguin $14
A novel about four generations of Southwestern women and the secrets hidden in their family history.
Ghost, Interrupted
By Sonia Singh
Avon $13.95
A novel about a San Francisco ghost-hunting firm run by an entrepreneur, an unenthusiastic psychic and a telekinetic womanizer.
Lately
By Sara Pritchard
Mariner $12.95
A collection of 11 interconnected stories featuring the members of an estranged family, by the author of “Crackpots.”
NON-FICTION
Radicals in Robes: Why Extreme Right-Wing Courts Are Wrong for America
By Cass R. Sunstein
Basic $16.95
The University of Chicago Law School professor offers an explanation of the major approaches to judicial reasoning and a case against judicial activism.
The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World
By Michael Karpin
Simon & Schuster $15
Traces the development of Israel’s nuclear program and explains how it affects the volatile politics of the Middle East.
Menagerie Manor
By Gerald Durrell
Penguin $13
The author of “My Family and Other Animals” offers humorous tales about founding his private zoo.
Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From Our Brains to Black Holes
By Charles Seife
Penguin $15
A science journalist goes inside the world of information theory and its efforts to explain the deepest mysteries of the universe.
The Invention of Solitude
By Paul Auster
Penguin $14
A 25th anniversary edition of the author’s reflections on fatherhood from the perspective of son and father.
Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit, and Devotion
Edited by Daniel Jones
Three Rivers $14.95
An anthology of essays from The New York Times’ “Modern Love” column, arranged to follow the progression of relationships.
See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It
By James Garbarino
Penguin $15
An investigation of the rise in aggression and violence of adolescent girls.
Equiano, the African
By Vincent Carretta
Penguin $16
A biography of slave-turned-entrepreneur and author Olaudah Equiano and the turbulent time in which he lived.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations–One School at a Time
By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Pengiuin $15
The story of a mountaineer who built 55 schools in impoverished Pakistani and Afghani villages.
The Ice Museum: To Shetland, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Greenland and Svalbard in Search of the Lost Land of Thule
By Joanna Kavenna
Penguin $15
The author traces her journey to find the mythical Arctic land of Thule.
Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
By Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin $15
Follows the author’s journey of self-discovery through Italy, India and Bali after a divorce and bout of depression.
Mick: The Real Michael Collins
By Peter Hart
Penguin $17
A biography of the Irish leader that reveals his pre-revolutionary past and the effects of his rise to power.
Happiness
By Matthieu Ricard
Little, Brown $14.99
Uses literature, Western and Eastern philosophy, science and personal experience to offer a guide for achieving happiness.
