Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul
By Karen Abbott
Random House, $15
A true story about two sisters who ran an opulent bordello in Chicago circa 1900, with a new postscript that includes photos and letters that surfaced after the hardcover was published.
It’s How You Play the Game
By Brian Kilmeade
Harper, $15.95
The sports moments, personal stories and life lessons that have defined a wide range of well-known figures.
When Did You Last See Your Father?
By Blake Morrison
Picador, $14
A father-son memoir, now made into a movie.
Queen of Babble In the Big City
By Meg Cabot
HarperCollins
Loose-lips Lizzie moves to Manhattan, wonders if her sexy beau is for real and spends quite a bit of time helping out her best friend’s boyfriend.
28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
By Stephanie Nolen
Walker, $15.99
A portrait of the AIDS crisis in Africa, as well as details of how the disease works.
The River Wife
By Jonis Agee
Random House, $14
A young bride discovers that women have a disquieting history in her new home on the Mississippi River in 1930s Missouri.
Falling Man
By Don DeLillo
Scribner, $14
A man walks out of the Twin Towers after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and makes his way uptown to his estranged family in this exploration of the days following the attacks.
The Opposite House
By Helen Oyeyemi
Anchor, $13.95
An interwoven story about two young women struggling with religion and identity.
Barefoot
By Elin Hilderbrand
Back Bay, $13.99
In this bittersweet novel, three struggling women go to Nantucket, Mass., and meet a charming, 22-year-old man.
The Concubine
By Norah Lofts
Touchstone, $15
First published in 1963, this historical novel tells the story of Anne Boleyn and the Tudor court.
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
By Xiaolu Guo
Anchor, $13.95
A young Chinese woman falls for an Englishman in London and tries to understand the language and love.
On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan
Anchor, $13.95
A wedding night goes painfully awry, and the aftershocks are felt for years.
Fair Game
By Valerie Plame Wilson
Simon & Schuster, $15
The former CIA operations officer tells her story.
Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life
By Beverly Lowry
Anchor, $15.95
A biography that reimagines the life of the abolitionist and humanitarian.
The Narcissist’s Daughter
By Craig Holden
Simon & Schuster, $14
Set in 1970s Cleveland, this suspense novel follows a young man who has an affair with his boss’ wife and then his daughter.
The Complete Stories
By David Malouf
Vintage, $16.95
Stories featuring Australians who sometimes feel like strangers in their own country.
Of Love and Other Demons
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage, $12.95
The Nobel laureate’s novel about a young girl said to be possessed after being bitten by a dog and taken to a monastery to recover.
