Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
By Saidiya Hartman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $14
On a search for her identity and family history, the author explores the legacy of slavery and Africa as a homeland.
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics
By Jeremy Schaap
Mariner, $14.95
How the African-American track star persevered during the 1936 “Nazi Olympics.”
The View From Castle Rock
By Alice Munro
Vintage, $14.95
The writer’s 11th collection of stories draws from her life as well as the lives of her Scottish ancestors.
Valentines
By Olaf Olafsson
Anchor, $13.95
Twelve stories corresponding with the months of the year, revolving around love and relationships.
Dancing to “Almendra”
By Mayra Montero
Picador, $14
A novel about the 1957 murder of a mobster and the bizarre connection to a hippo’s escape at a Havana zoo.
American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion
By Paul M. Barrett
Picador, $15
The former Wall Street Journal reporter examines what it means to be Muslim in the U.S. today.
House of Meetings
By Martin Amis
Vintage, $14
A novel of love and betrayal, beginning in Stalin’s Russia.
Mothers & Sons
By Colm Toibin
Scribner, $14
A collection of short stories from the Irish writer.
Fighting for Air
By Eric Klinenberg
Holt, $17
Argues against media conglomeration.
The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival
By Stanley N. Alpert
Penguin, $15
A real-life thriller about a federal prosecutor who was kidnapped the night before his birthday.
History’s Locomotives: Revolutions and the Making of the Modern World
By Martin Malia
Yale University Press, $19
A comprehensive survey of the major revolutions in Western history.
Call Me by Your Name
By Andre Aciman
Picador, $14
A 17-year-old boy who lives along the Italian Riviera experiences a sexual awakening.
The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away From the War in Iraq
By Joshua Key, as told to Lawrence Hill
Grove, $14
A U.S. soldier seeks asylum in Canada after participating in violence against civilians while in Iraq.
Killing Che
By Chuck Pfarrer
Random House, $15
In this novel, a former CIA man is sent to South America and becomes involved in Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara’s rebellion.
Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide
By Jeffrey Goldberg
Vintage, $14.95
An American Jew who served in the Israeli army tells of his bond with a Palestinian prisoner.
Get Down
By Asali Solomon
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $12
A series of fictional portraits of young black Americans, set in Philadelphia.
Necessary Sins
By Lynn Darling
Dial, $14
The Washington Post journalist’s memoir includes her 1960s recklessness and love affair with her married editor.
