Nonfiction
Unmeasured Strength: My Story of Survival and Transformation by Lauren Manning (Henry Holt)
A partner at Cantor Fitzgerald, Manning was burned over 80 percent of her body during the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11. Here she recalls 10 long years of recovery while detailing the early experiences that taught her the will to survive.
— Library Journal
Paperback
The Girl with the Sturgeon Tattoo, by Lars Arffssen (St. Martin’s Griffin)
For this heavy-handed parody of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, the pseudonymous Arffssen, billed as a “bestselling thriller author,” renames Larsson’s leads and unlikely sleuthing partners as Lizzy Salamander and Mikael Blomberg.
— Publishers Weekly
Fiction
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
With this book, fans of Harris’ wildly popular fictional character will have “the opportunity for an in-depth look at Sookie, her family, friends, enemies, adventures, and-of course-the lovers who set her world on fire.”
— from the publisher
Forty Love, by Madeleine Wickham (St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne Books)
As their children entertain themselves, four couples settle on a sunlit terrace and score off one another in veiled but clearly competitive exchanges, each couple reaching for the top spot.
— Library Journal
Northwest Angle, by William Kent Krueger (Atria,Library Journal
Krueger sets his 11th Cork O’Connor thriller on an Ojibwa reservation in the remote Minnesota-Canadian border region.
— Library Journal
The Measure of the Magic, by Terry Brooks (Del Rey)
Only one black staff remains. The powerful talisman serves as the last protection of the survivors of The Great Wars, but it is useless until its keeper has learned to master its magic.
— Barnes & Noble
