EDITOR’S CHOICE
Nemesis, by Jo Nesbø, $25.99. When a bank teller is shot during a holdup at the start of Norwegian best seller Nesbø’s beautifully executed heist drama, Oslo Inspector Harry Hole investigates. Expertly weaving plotlines from Hole’s last outing to feature the inspector, “The Redbreast,” Nesbø delivers a lush crime saga that will leave U.S. readers clamoring for the next installment. Publishers Weekly
FICTION
Eve: A Novel of the First Woman, by Elissa Elliott, $24. Elliott reimagines the story of Adam and Eve in a debut novel that richly evokes earliest biblical times. The story is told from the points of view of Eve and her daughters: Naava, the beautiful weaver; Aya, the quick-witted, club-footed cook; and Dara, the compassionate, observant twin. Publishers Weekly
Eat, Drink, and Be From Mississippi, by Nanci Kincaid, $23.99. With a sensibility as sweet as a glass of sugary iced tea and a plot as placid as a hazy summer day, Kincaid’s sixth book (after “As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me”) tracks the domestic travails of Truely and Courtney Noonan, brother and sister Mississippians who have forsaken sleepy rural life for adventure in California. Publishers Weekly
NONFICTION
Rich Like Them: My Door-to-Door Search for the Secrets of Wealth in America’s Richest Neighborhoods, by Ryan D’Agostino, $25.99. While academics frequently conduct research to try to unlock the secrets of garnering great wealth, Esquire editor D’Agostino took a more direct-and more entertaining-route: he picked the 20 wealthiest neighborhoods in America and went door to door, garnering interviews with 50 very wealthy, very different individuals. Publishers Weekly
The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself, $25, by Hannah Holmes. Holmes (“Suburban Safari”) has been “uncomfortable with the notion that I was an animal apart, a sort of extraterrestrial on my own planet.” Hence, she examines her “animal self,” hoping to “clarify my identity in the natural world.” Holmes makes the scientific personal in prose that is juicy and humorous. Publishers Weekly
Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees, by Roger Deakin, $26.95. Part “Walden,” part “Road to Oxiana”: The late British natural- history writer Deakin (“Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain”) serves up an elegant meditation on trees and why they matter. Library Journal
PAPERBACKS
Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture, by Taylor Clark, $14.99. The rise of the Starbucks Corp. is already the stuff of legend, and the book is most original in the second half, which investigates the controversies that attend every sip of the Seattle-based company’s java. Kirkus
Gods Behaving Badly, by Marie Phillips, $13.99. British blogger Phillips’ delightful debut finds the Greek gods and goddesses living in a tumbledown house in modern-day London and facing a very serious problem: immortality does not seem guaranteed. Publishers Weekly
The Imposter, by Damon Galgut, $14. In this bleak and thrilling novel, the author creates an antipastoral, postapartheid noir that centers on Adam Napier, a depressed poet who retreats to a rural South African town to write. Publishers Weekly
COMING UP
No Such Creature, by Giles Blunt, $25. Magnus “Max” Maxwell saves his nephew Owen from a foster home only to train the young man to be a gentleman thief. Things turn deadly when they become the targets of a local gang of thieves who prey on other thieves. (May)
