The Savage Detectives
By Roberto Bolano
Picador, $15
This novel from the Chilean author follows two modern-day Quixotes.
No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice
By Judith Martin
Norton, $15.95
A guide to the treasures of Venice focusing on how a city being consumed by the sea consumes its visitors.
The Shape of Snakes
By Minette Walters
Vintage, $13.95
A thriller about a woman’s 20-year obsession with a death she believes was murder.
Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
By Steven Bach
Vintage, $16.95
A biography of the Nazi filmmaker, who claimed to know nothing of the Holocaust.
Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life By John Sellers
Simon & Schuster, $13
A memoir about the author’s obsessive love of all things indie and alternative, with a focus on the music scene of Manchester, England, in the early ’80s.
Zoli
By Colum McCann
Random House, $15
A novel about a gypsy poet and singer in 1930s Czechoslovakia.
The God of Animals
By Aryn Kyle
Simon & Schuster, $14
A haunting coming-of-age novel set on a Colorado horse ranch.
When the Light Goes
By Larry McMurtry
Simon & Schuster, $14
The Pulitzer Prize-winning and Oscar-winning author’s latest novel is an erotic follow-up to “Duane’s Depressed.”
How We Can Save the Planet: Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe
By Mayer Hillman, Tina Fawcett and Sudhir Chella Rajan
Thomas Dunne, $14.95
An explanation of how to solve the global crisis and protect Earth from its biggest threat.
Jesus: A Meditation on His Stories and His Relationships With Women
By Andrew Greeley
Forge, $10.95
Rev. Andrew Greeley, a Chicago native, examines fresh meanings to Jesus’ familiar parables and analyzes his relationships with women.
Acts of Love
By Emily Listfield
Washington Square, $14
A novel of passion and emotion, chronicling the fallout when a husband shoots and kills his estranged wife in what he claims is an accident.
Mississippi Sissy
By Kevin Sessums
Picador, $14
A journalist tells of his parents’ death, surviving sexual assault and finding the body of his murdered mentor, all before age 19.
Serpent Box
By Vincent Louis Carrella
HarperPerennial, $14.95
In this novel, a Tennessee father believes his 10-year-old son to be a prophet.
The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy
By Mary Street
Berkley, $14
A retelling of “Pride and Prejudice,” from the perspective of Jane Austen’s romantic hero, Mr. Darcy.
Fashion Babylon
By Imogen Edwards-Jones
Atria, $14
This book follows an unidentified English fashion designer through the style scene, detailing the extremes of the industry and the gossip surrounding it.
Adam Haberberg
By Yasmina Reza
Vintage, $14.95
A novel following a man enduring a midlife crisis.
Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America’s Soul
By Edward Humes HarperPerennial, $15.95
A behind-the-scenes account of the recent struggle over religion and evolution in Dover, Pa.
