Fiction
Another Piece of My Heart, by Jane Green
Best-selling author Green plays to her strengths in this rendering of a blended family that’s not quite as perfect as it appears.
The Vanishers, by Heidi Julavits
A psychic tracks down a missing person, while also fighting off an attack by her mentor and discovering secrets about her own mother.
Hide Me Among the Graves, by Tim Powers
A supernatural steampunk mystery set in London’s 19th-century underworld.
Sail of Stone, by Ake Edwardson
Another entry into the crowded Scandinavian crime-solving subgenre; this one takes place along Sweden’s western seacoast.
Short Stories
Hot Pink, by Adam Levin
Ten new short stories by popular McSweeeny’s scribe Levin.
Anglophilia
Winter King, by Thomas Penn
A closer look at Henry VII, who kicked off the notorious Tudor dynasty.
A Magnificent Obsession, by Helen Rappaport
A detailed look at Queen Victoria’s relationship with Prince Albert, and how his death threatened the monarchy itself. That Woman, by Anne Sebba. A look at the life of Wallis Simpson, the famous American at the center of King Edward VII’s 1936 abdication.
Nonfiction
In Pursuit of the Unknown, by Ian Stewart
The author draws lines between great mathematical equations and the innovation and invention they fostered.
The Mama’s Boy Myth, by Kate Stone Lombardi
A journalist debunks the notion that keeping sons close to home makes them grow up weak.
Biography
Mambo Diablo, by Joe Conzo with David A. Perez
One man’s longtime friendship with famous bandleader Tito Puente.
This Land Is Your Land, by Robert Santelli
A historical look at American singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie and his most famous tune.
