Bollywood Nights
By Shobhaa De
New American Library $14
A novel about a small-town Indian girl trying to become a Bollywood star.
Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America
By Tom Lutz
Farrar, Straus and Giroux $14
A cultural history of people for whom the work ethic is antithetical.
Revolutionary Characters
By Gordon S. Wood
Penguin $16
Portraits of the men known as America’s Founding Fathers, including George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top
By Seth Mnookin
Simon & Schuster $15
The journalist uses his access to the Boston Red Sox to produce a detailed narrative about what went into their 2004 World Series championship season.
Daniel Isn’t Talking
By Marti Leimbach
Anchor $13.95
A novel that portrays an autistic child’s affect on a family.
Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna
By China Galland
Penguin $16
The author chronicles her journey to find the divine feminine in different religions and places.
Lost Hearts in Italy
By Andrea Lee
Random House $13.95
A novel about a young wife who has a consuming affair with a wealthy older man.
The Good Good Pig
By Sy Montgomery
Ballantine $13.95
The author explains how a pig brought a community together.
Tamerlane
By Justin Marozzi
Da Capo $18
A biography of the great conqueror who succeeded Genghis Khan and ruled an empire across Central Asia.
