New in paper: 'Middlemarch,' 'Mr. Mercedes'
This month's critic's pick is My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead (Broadway, non-fiction, reprint). It's a "smart, delightful blend of biography, memoir, reportage, and a celebration of George Eliot's most famous novel," wrote reviewer Carmela Ciuraru. **** out of four.
Also newly released:
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Gallery, fiction, reprint)
King dives into noir with this tale of a retired cop chasing a crazed man behind the wheel.
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall (Berkley, non-fiction, reprint)
The true story of a suburban American white woman and her friendship with her African gardener.
The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin (HarperPerennial, fiction, reprint)
The "final" volume of TheTales of the City focuses on beloved transgender landlady Anna Madrigal.
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie (Bloomsbury, fiction, reprint).
Reissue of the first in a series, inspiration for Grantchester, now airing on Masterpiece Mystery!
Casebook by Mona Simpson (Vintage, fiction, reprint)
A boy named Miles and his best friend spy on Miles' mother to learn why her marriage broke up.
One More Thing by B.J. Novak (Vintage, fiction, reprint)
Short fiction by the actor from The Office.
Why I Read by Wendy Lesser (Picador, non-fiction, reprint)
Subtitle: The Serious Pleasure of Books.
Ripper by Isabel Allende (HarperPerennial, fiction, reprint)
In Allende's first crime novel, a teenage girl investigates the disappearance of her mother.
French Women Don't Get Facelifts by Mireille Guiliano (Grand Central, non-fiction, reprint)
Tips on how to age with style, by the author of French Women Don't Get Fat.
Love & Treasure by Ayelet Waldman (Anchor, fiction, reprint)
A necklace with links to the Holocaust propels this historical fiction.
Broadchurch by Erin Kelly (Minotaur, fiction, reprint)
A novelization of the British version of the compelling TV murder mystery.
My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel (Vintage, non-fiction, reprint)
A writer who suffers from the affliction examines the modern problem of anxiety.