Nonfiction
True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself, By Janet Jackson
Janet shares her painful journey to loving herself. She addresses the crazy rumors that have swirled around her for most of her life, shines an intimate light on her family and pulls us behind the velvet rope into her unforgettable career. — From the publisher
How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old, By Marc Agronin
A geriatric psychiatrist endeavors to provide “a more balanced perspective on aging.”
Kirkus Reviews
Poetry
Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose and Letters, by Elizabeth Bishop
No further proof is necessary to show that Bishop — still not widely known beyond literary circles at the time of her death in 1979 — has, posthumously in the past three decades, become one of America’s most popular 20th-century poets. Publishers Weekly
Fiction
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution, by Michelle Moran
In her fourth novel, Moran turns from the ancient world to the French Revolution and Anna Maria Tussaud (1761-1850), namesake of the famous wax museum. Library Journal
Night Vision, by Randy Wayne White
The 18th Doc Ford thriller mixes street-gang grittiness with eerie spirituality as a 13-year-old Guatemalan child searches for relatives in Florida. Library Journal
Paperback
Arcadia Falls: A Novel, by Carol Goodman
Goodman delivers the goods her fans expect in this atmospheric and fast-moving gothic story: buried secrets, supernatural elements and a creepy setting. Publishers Weekly
I Know I Am, But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
A senior correspondent for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” the Toronto-born comedian pokes fun at herself in a witty collection of personal essays.
