Nonfiction
No Way Out, by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist documents a real-life “mission impossible” executed by U.S. Special Forces in the mountains of Afghanistan.
Mr. President, by Ray Raphael. A deeper look at the 18th-century politics and personalities behind the creation of the office of president of the United States.
The Man Who Quit Money, by Mark Sundeen. Talk about going off the grid: For 12 years, the author didn’t earn or spend a dollar.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson. The British author of “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit” details stories from her early life in a new memoir.
Poetry
Taller When Prone, by Les Murray. According to the New York Times, admirers of this Australian poet “have argued that he ought to be considered for a Nobel.”
Teen
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip, by Jordan Sonnenblick. An all-star pitcher faces the trials and tribulations of teenagerhood — including a frustrating family life and the mysteries of dating.
Fiction
Gods Without Men, by Hari Kunzru. An autistic son disappears during a family vacation, and when he reappears, he’s changed. Kirkus calls it “marvelous.”
The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller. An ambitious retelling of Homer’s classic epic, “The Iliad.”
Enchantments, by Kathryn Harrison. Best-known for her memoir “The Kiss,” Harrison turns her pen to fiction in this historical love story set in czarist Russia.
Perfect on Paper, by Janet Goss. Some people find love in the personals; Goss’ heroine finds it through the crossword puzzles.
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories, by Megan Mayhew Bergman. A “stellar debut … set among the dense forests and swamps of her native North Carolina. Publishers Weekly
