Paperback
The Long Song, by Andrea Levy. In the well-reviewed novel Levy “paints a vivid and persuasive portrait of Jamaican slave society, a society that succeeded with bravery, style and strategic patience.” — New York Times
Don’t Breathe a Word, by Jennifer McMahon. Family secrets and fairy lore create a shifting reality in McMahon’s unsettling novel about the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl who longed to become Queen of the Fairies. — Publishers Weekly
Nonfiction
Mañana Forever?: Mexico and the Mexicans, Jorge Casteneda. “Renowned scholar and former foreign minister Jorge Castañeda sheds light on the puzzling paradoxes of his native country.” — From the publisher
No Shortage of Good Days, by John Gierach. With this essay collection, the Colorado author combines the naturalist poetics of Norman Maclean and the practicality of Benjamin Franklin. — Publishers Weekly
The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter, by Ian O’Connor. This objective and unauthorized book is the most complete account yet of this signal player’s life and career, which has brought him five World Series rings. — Library Journal
On China, by Henry Kissinger. Drawing on 40 years of intimate acquaintance with the country and its leaders, Henry Kissinger reflects on how China’s past relations with the outside world illuminate its 21st-century trajectory. — From the publisher
Fiction
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive, by Steve Earle. In this spruce debut novel, hard-core troubadour Earle ponders miracles, morphine, and mortality in 1963 San Antonio, Texas. — Publishers Weekly
The Ambition, by Lee Strobel. Best- selling nonfiction writer Strobel makes his fiction debut with a legal thriller that draws on his background in legal journalism. — Publishers Weekly
