Nonfiction
Life Upon These Shores, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Knopf)
An indelible (near-definitive?) history of African Americans ranging from the conquistadores to President Barack Obama. Library Journal
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian Toll (W.W. Norton)
The story of the first year of the war in the Pacific is among the most stirring and significant in American military history. Barnes & Noble
Then Again, by Diane Keaton (Random House)
The Oscar-winning actress reflects on her mother and her career.
Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me, by R. Kelly and David Ritz (Hay House/SmileyBooks
The singer offers up his own story.
My Friend Michael, by Frank Cascio (Morrow)
Cascio was only 5 years old when he met Michael Jackson, who became a sort of surrogate big brother. Library Journal
Best Friends, Occasional Enemies by Lisa Scottoline and Fracesca Serritella (St Martin’s Press)
In these collected essays, bestselling author Scottoline and up-and-comer Serritella are mother and daughter as well as BFFs — most of the time. Publishers Weekly
Fiction
The Third Reich by Roberto Bolaño (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Many hallmarks of Bolaño’s work are present in this novel, written in 1989 and found among his papers after his death in 2003. Publishers Weekly
Saints Astray, by Jacqueline Carey (Grand Central)
Carey follows 2009’s “Santa Olivia” with another lively tale of postpandemic America. Publishers Weekly
Longing, by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan)
The third in the young Bailey Flanigan series has the star wrestling with wrestles with feelings for Brandon Paul. From the publisher
