Once Upon a Day
By Lisa Tucker
Washington Square $14
A novel about a woman who was raised in isolation from current events finding her way as an adult.
Zoology
By Ben Dolnick
Vintage $12.95
A debut coming-of-age novel about a college dropout working at the Central Park Zoo.
Varieties of Disturbance
By Lydia Davis
Farrar, Straus and Giroux $13
The author’s fourth collection includes 57 inventive short stories.
My Latest Grievance
By Elinor Lipman
Mariner $13.95
A novel about a teenager born and raised in a small woman’s college.
Lee Miller: A Life
By Carolyn Burke
University of Chicago Press $18
A biography of the photographer and model who became the first female war correspondent.
Dispatches From the Edge
By Anderson Cooper
Harper $13.95
The CNN anchor writes about covering the tsunami in Sri Lanka, the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina.
Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
By Michael Dirda
Holt $12
The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic shares his thoughts about books and the reading life.
