Nonfiction
Beauty, Disrupted: A Memoir by Carre Otis, with Hugo Schwyzer (Harper/It)
The former model and wife of actor Mickey Rourke has battled not only anorexia and heroin addiction but also abuse of alcohol, antidepressants, uppers, downers and diet pills. In “Beauty, Disrupted,” she describes how she finally banished the monsters lurking inside. — Barnes & Noble
Yossarian Slept Here by Erica Heller (Simon & Schuster)
In addition to his novels, short stories, plays and screenplays, Joseph Heller wrote two memoirs. Now it’s his daughter’s turn, looking back at her youth when her father found fame. — Publishers Weekly
Rafa by Rafael Nadal and John Carlin (Hyperion)
The most interesting on-court player in professional tennis gives fans a behind-the-scenes peek into his life. (Read the full review in this section next Sunday.)
Fiction
Flash and Bones: A Novel by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)
In “Flash and Bones,” forensic anthropologist Temperance “Bones” Brennan tackles a cold case involving two bodies buried in asphalt, a NASCAR race, a group of far-right-wing extremists and perhaps an FBI coverup. — Barnes & Noble
Starting from Happy: A Novel by Patricia Marx (Scribner)
This novel, written in 618 “chaplettes” with abundant white space and the occasional line sketch thrown in, is the story of the romance between lingerie designer Imogene Gilfeather and scientist Wally Yez. — Library Journal
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Ballantine Books)
This affecting debut chronicles the first harrowing steps into adulthood taken by a deeply wounded soul who finds her only solace in an all-but-forgotten language. — Publishers Weekly
Paperback
Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror from Beyond the Grave by Matt Groening (Harper/It)
Become the afterlife of the party with this soul-stirring monster mash of wildly wicked and devilishly delightful Halloween howlers from Matt Groening, your spirit guide to sidesplitting comedy.
— Harper/It
