Nonfiction
Ben-Gurion, by Shimon Peres (Schocken)
The current Israeli president teams with a journalist to survey and celebrate the life of David Ben-Gurion, one of the founders of the state of Israel. Library JournalWhateverland: Learning to Live Here, by Alexis Stewart and Jennifer Koppelman Hutt (Wiley) “Irreverent, disarming, and humorous” banter from Martha Stewart’s daughter and her cohort. Barnes & Noble Look, I Made a Hat, by Stephen Sondheim (Knopf)
The composer offers his second book of collected lyrics — annotated
Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism, by Carl T. Bogus (Bloomsbury)
The entire book is lucid and flows beautifully. Library Journal
Fiction
1Q84, by Haruki Murakami (Knopf)
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is recognized already as one of the foremost masters of postmodern literature. This 928-page novel might be his magnum opus. Barnes & NobleDead of Night by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
Zombie specialist Maberry “will not disappoint his fans with his latest mishmash of crime noir, horror and gore.” Library Jounral
The Night Eternal, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan (Morrow)
Del Toro and Hogan’s horror thriller trilogy got off to a rousing start with 2009’s “The Strain,” but this final volume continues the decline already evident in 2010’s “The Fall” Publishers WeeklyTides of War, by Stella Tillyard (Henry Holt)
A broad perspective on English society of the early 19th century.
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