The Ride of Our Lives
By Mike Leonard
Ballantine $13.95
The NBC journalist from suburban Chicago chronicles a cross-country road trip with his parents, three grown children and a daughter-in-law.
Babylon and Other Stories
By Alix Ohlin
Vintage $13.95
A collection of stories about characters confronting the realities of life.
The Sundance Kids
By James Mottram
Faber and Faber $20
Describes the impact of a new wave of independent filmmakers, including Paul Thomas Anderson.
The Amalgamation Polka
By Stephen Wright
Vintage $14.95
A Civil War novel about a boy who is the son of abolitionists and the grandson of slaveholders.
White Guys
By Anthony Giardina
Picador $14
A novel that follows a group of men from their hardscrabble childhood to suburban success.
My Father Is a Book: A Memoir of Bernard Malamud
By Janna Malamud Smith
Mariner $14.95
The daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bernard Malamud reveals details of his private and literary life.
The Interpretation of Murder
By Jed Rubenfeld
Picador $14
A novel that blends fact and fiction to describe Sigmund Freud’s only trip to America.
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love
By Carole Radziwill
Scribner $15
The author writes about her working-class background, success as a TV producer and marrying a Kennedy cousin.
The Abortionist’s Daughter
By Elisabeth Hyde
Vintage $13.95
A novel about the murder of an abortion doctor and the secrets family and foes are hiding.
