Origin
By Diana Abu-Jaber
Norton, $13.95
A crime-lab specialist gets caught up in a mystery that evokes her own hazy childhood.
The Savage Garden
By Mark Mills
Berkley, $14
A mystery set in a shadowy Tuscan villa.
Little Stalker
By Jennifer Belle
Riverhead, $14
In this novel of voyeurism and celebrity obsession, a woman follows her favorite filmmaker and finds him in a compromising position.
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
By Dick Winters, with Col. Cole C. Kingseed
Penguin, $15
Made famous by the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” the Easy Company’s story is told by its commander.
The Rope Walk
By Carrie Brown
Anchor, $13.95
A novel about a boy and girl who spend their New England summer helping a man with AIDS and bonding over tragedy and secrets.
Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America
By Elliot Jaspin
Basic, $15.95
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores how American communities drove out black residents to make themselves all white.
Einstein: His Life and Universe
By Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster, $17.95
Walter Isaacson finds the man behind the legend and illuminates Albert Einstein’s intellectual journey.
Takeover
By Charlie Savage
Back Bay, $15.99
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe journalist explores how Dick Cheney and the current administration have reshaped presidential power and the resulting threats to our country’s checks and balances.
Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert
By Roger Ebert
University of Chicago Press, $18
More than 40 years’ worth of reviews, essays and interviews by the Sun-Times film critic.
Coal Black Horse
By Robert Olmstead
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $13.95
This coming-of-age story set during the Civil War won the Chicago Tribune’s 2007 Heartland Prize for fiction.
Fellow Travelers
By Thomas Mallon
Vintage, $14.95
This historical novel set in 1950s Washington, D.C., details two closeted men working together, having a homosexual affair and fighting communism.
Not a Happy Camper
By Mindy Schneider
Grove, $14
A comedic memoir about a young girl who had the time of her life at summer camp in the 1970s.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the Central Intelligence Agency
By Tim Weiner
Anchor, $16.95
This National Book Award winner reveals shocking truths behind American intelligence.
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
By Sari Nusseibeh
Picador, $16
Covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts as seen through the author’s personal experiences in his home country.
Divisadero
By Michael Ondaatje
Vintage, $13.95
A northern California family is harshly divided when the widowed father of two daughters catches one with a farmhand.
The Atomic Bazaar
By William Langewiesche
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $13
The journalist exposes the threats posed when countries continue to manufacture nuclear weapons.
