The Age of Lincoln
By Orville Vernon Burton
Hill & Wang, $15
This portrait of Abraham Lincoln and his era won Tribune’s 2007 Heartland Prize for non-fiction.
The Chicago Way
By Michael Harvey
Vintage Crime, $13.95
A debut crime novel that makes its way through various famous Chicago haunts.
Twin Study
By Stacey Richter
Counterpoint, $14.95
Twelve fictional tales that chronicle women going through various degrees of personal crises.
Ty and the Babe: Baseball’s Fiercest Rivals: A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship
By Tom Stanton
Thomas Dunne, $14.95
Explores the famous feud and unique rivalry between two of baseball’s most unforgettable legends.
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness
By Buster Olney
HarperPerennial, $14.95
In this expanded version, the former sportswriter chronicles the glory days of the Yankees.
Diminished Capacity
By Sherwood Kiraly
St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95
A novel that follows a Chicago newspaperman recovering from a severe concussion whose fate rests on a Cubs baseball card.
The Lady in Blue
By Javier Sierra
Washington Square, $14
This novel of faith and legend features a 17th Century nun, a priest’s 1970s time machine and a Spanish journalist living in the 1990s.
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family’s Exodus From Old Cairo to the New World
By Lucette Lagnado
HarperPerennial, $14.95
This memoir traces a family’s exile from wealth to poverty, from Egypt to New York.
Secrets of the Sea
By Nicholas Shakespeare
HarperPerennial, $14.95
This novel follows a couple living on a remote island, enduring unpredictable events of loss and love.
Sex Goes to School: Girls and Sex Education before the 1960s
By Susan K. Freeman
University of Illinois Press, $25
A look at young women’s sex education in the 1940s and ’50s, before the sexual revolution.
The Snoring Bird: My Family’s Journey Through a Century of Biology
By Bernd Heinrich
HarperPerennial, $15.95
The son of a naturalist recounts his relationship with his father and reflects on how his upbringing made him into the scientist he is.
The Lost Diary of Don Juan
By Douglas Carlton Abrams
Washington Square, $14
A fictional account of secret thoughts and adventures of the infamous Spanish lover.
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy
By C. David Heymann
Atria, $16
A biography of the famous siblings and their lives as part of the high-profile Kennedy family.
The Groom to Have Been
By Saher Alam
Spiegel & Grau, $14
A young Muslim bachelor struggles with the arranged marriage that awaits him as he wonders if the woman he should be with is already in his life.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous
By Dominic Smith
Washington Square, $14
A novel about the average son of a genius father who gets into an accident that leaves his mind — and life — altered.
Names on the Land
By George R. Stewart
New York Review Books, $19.95
Explores how and why certain names were given to particular areas across the U.S.
