Fiction
Come Home, by Lisa Scottoline. The latest thriller from the best-selling author of “Think Twice and Look Again.” This time, a mother sacrifices her future for a child from her past.
Hinterland, by Caroline Brothers. Fictionalized account of two Afghan brothers, refugees who cross Asia and Europe to pursue a new life in England.
The Cove, by Ron Rash. The “Bard of Appalachia” tells the story of Laurel Shelton, a country-girl outcast who falls in with a seductive and mysterious stranger.
The Lifeboat, by Charlotte Rogan. First-time novelist Rogan structures the edifice of moral ambiguity surrounding a young woman’s survival during three weeks in a crowded lifeboat. Kirkus
Butterfly’s Child, by Angela Davis- Gardner. What happens after the conclusion of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly?” The acclaimed author imagines.
I Am an Executioner, by Rajesh Parameswaran. A collection of short stories — sometimes dark, sometimes quirky, sometimes both.
Nonfiction
The Taste of Tomorrow, by Josh Schonwald. The pros and cons of our well-intentioned, but often blindsided “foodie fundamentalism.” Publishers Weekly
Games Primates Play, by Dario Maestripieri. An evolutionary biology expert looks at human behavior’s roots in primate ancestors.
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms, by Richard Fortey. A deeper look at plants and animals that have evolved the least over the milennia.
Two Americans, by William Lee Miller. A look at Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and mid-20th-century politics and culture.
The Social Conquest of Earth, by Edward O. Wilson. The celebrated academic makes a case for group selection, not kin selection, as the primary driver of evolution.
Squeezed, by J.C. Bourque. A Denver writer offers his humorous, frustrated take on the current state of American politics.
Drop Dead Healthy, by A.J. Jacobs. The author of “The Year of Living Biblically” takes on the marketing-crazed world of health and wellness, following every piece of health advice he can find — to absurd affect.
