There Is No Me Without You
By Melissa Fay Greene
Bloomsbury, $15.95
The story of an Ethiopian woman whose home becomes an orphanage for AIDS children as she struggles to find them caregivers.
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down
By Merrill Markoe
Villard, $13.95
A novel about a woman whose unlucky relationships spark her ability to get advice from her dog.
Hope Diamond
By Richard Kurin
Smithsonian, $14.95
The story of the Hope Diamond and its role in history.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China’s Eternal First Lady
By Laura Tyson Li
Grove, $17
A portrait of the complex woman who became a pivotal figure in molding modern China.
The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud
Vintage, $14.95
A novel about three privileged friends whose lives and stories intertwine in New York City.
The Family That Couldn’t Sleep: A Medical Mystery
By D.T. Max
Random House, $15.95
An account of the ravages of a brain-eating molecule and the threat it continues to pose.
Literature From the “Axis of Evil”: Writing From Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations
New Press, $16.95
Thirty-five works from global literary voices.
Conservatives Without Conscience
By John W. Dean
Penguin, $15
A look at the conservative movement’s evolution and its inner circle of leaders in the Republican Party.
Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born
By Tina Cassidy
Grove, $14
Touches on the cultural, medical and Western histories of childbirth and its evolving practices.
