In fiction, look for antiques expert Rei Shimura to return in “The Typhoon Lover,” Sujata Massey’s follow-up to “The Pearl Diver.” On the nonfiction front, a former CIA director discusses the delicate relationships of power in “Burn Before Reading.” Mary Morris’ latest novel, “Revenge,” is out in paperback and coming soon is Po Bronson’s meditative look at families, “Why Do I Love These People?”
FICTION
“The Typhoon Lover,” by Sujata Massey, HarperCollins, 306 pages, $23.95|The author of the widely acclaimed “The Pearl Diver” brings back antiques expert Rei Shimura, who is assigned the task for searching for a Middle Eastern pitcher that has disappeared from an Iraqi museum.
“Faith for Beginners,” by Aaron Hamburger, Random House, 340 pages, $23.95|In his debut novel, Hamburger tells the story of an American family whose vacation in Jerusalem goes awry in 2000.
“Truth and Consequences,” by Allison Lurie, Viking, 232 pages, $24.95|The Pulitzer Prize-winning author (“Foreign Affairs”) examines what happens when two couples who seem well-matched find themselves at odds.
NONFICTION
“Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence,” by Admiral Stansfield Turner, Hyperion, 308 pages, $23.95|With questions surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks, Turner, who directed the CIA under President Jimmy Carter, looks at the relationship between presidents and their intelligence chiefs.
“Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman’s Crusade,” by Donald T. Critchlow, Princeton, 422 pages, $29.95|The author, a professor of history, has written a biography of a conservative icon who led the fight against feminism in the early 1970s.
“Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness,” by Joshua Wolf Shenk, Houghton Mifflin, 350 pages, $25|The author, a journalist, posits that not only was Abraham Lincoln often depressed, but his methods of coping with his depression led him to become the man and the president he was.
PAPERBACKS
“Revenge,” by Mary Morris, Picador, 230 pages, $14|Morris’ novel tells the story of a young painter who becomes the neighbor of an author with writer’s block and how their relationship both helped and hindered them.
“Valverde’s Gold: In Search of the Last Great Inca Treasure,” by Mark Honigsbaum, Picador, 348 pages, $15.|A historian discovers a treasure guide buried in his notes that leads to the legend of a conquistador’s secret.
COMING UP
“Why Do I Love These People? Miraculous Journeys of 21st Century Families,” by Po Bronson, Random House, 400 pages, $24.95, November |Bronson turns his sights on the complicated feelings we have for our families.
“Brush Country,” by Elmer Kelton, Forge, 384 pages, $24.95, February|Two novels in one volume, “Barbed Wire” and “Llano River,” both originally appeared during the 1960s.
“The Tent,” by Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, 160 pages, $18, January|This collection of stories is vintage Atwood, with a broad range of topics and the usual variety of literary forms.
