Names on a Map
By Benjamin Alire Saenz
HarperPerennial, $15.95
Set in 1967, this novel deals with a Texas immigrant family’s reaction to the Vietnam War.
Secondhand World
By Katherine Min
Anchor, $13.95
The young narrator in this novel is recovering from burns suffered during a fire that killed her parents.
Pint-Sized Ireland: In Search of the Perfect Guinness
By Evan McHugh
Thomas Dunne, $15.95
One man’s journey to find the best beer in Ireland, with love and anecdotes along the way.
Malachy McCourt’s History of Ireland
By Malachy McCourt
Running Press, $15.95
Sixteen pieces of history as told through different Irish notables, from mythological figures to present-day icons.
Alternadad
By Neal Pollack
Anchor, $14.95
A hipster reflects on raising a child.
Grotesque
By Natsuo Kirino
Vintage, $14
A thriller about the murder of two Japanese prostitutes.
Palestine: History of a Lost Nation
By Karl Sabbagh
Grove, $15
The author intertwines his family’s history and the long-standing Israel-Palestine conflict to create a portrait of his homeland.
I Love Dollars, and Other Stories of China
By Zhu Wen
Penguin, $14
A collection of fictional comic tales chronicling China’s obsession with capitalism.
Hunger
By Knut Hamsun
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $15
A starving Norwegian artist goes mad and decides to work as a crewman aboard a ship in this novel first published in 1890.
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
By Richard Peterson
Random House, $16
Botanists detail an undiscovered and adventurous territory in the treetops of California’s redwood trees.
The Poincare Conjecture By Donal O’Shea
Walker, $15.95
An account of a great mathematical problem and its history over the past 100 years.
Murder City
By Michael Lesy
Norton, $15.95
An impressionistic look at the murder capital of America in the 1920s — Chicago
The Age of Dreaming
By Nina Revoyr
Akashic, $15.95
A fallen celebrity narrates this novel about old Hollywood, murder and fame.
Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power
By Marcus Mabry
Modern Times, $17.95
A biography of the secretary of state by The New York Times’ international business editor.
In an Instant
By Lee and Bob Woodruff
Random House, $16
The memoir of ABC anchor Bob Woodruff, who was nearly killed in Iraq, and how he and his family dealt with it.
Exit A
By Anthony Swofford
Scribner, $15
The “Jarhead” author’s first novel concerns a teenager living on a U.S. air base in Japan and the underground world in which he becomes embroiled.
In the Name of Friendship
By Marilyn French
Feminist Press, $15.95
A novel that celebrates friendship among four multigenerational women.
Thumbs, Toes, and Tears
By Chip Walter
Walker, $15.95
The scientific theory explaining how humans came to be and how various attributes came to separate us from the other animals.
