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Bill Clinton and James Patterson
President Duncan goes undercover to save America from a cyberattack.
(Little, Brown: $30)
Tommy Orange
A powerful tale of contemporary Native American life.
(Knopf: $25.95)
All We Ever Wanted
A scandal sends members of two Nashville families into chaos.
(Ballantine: $28)
In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel for the rest of his life.
(Viking: $27)
A counterterrorism operative is sent to Europe to keep America out of a war.
(Atria: $27.99)
The Perfect Couple
A bridesmaid's body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor hours before a lavish wedding.
Rachel Kushner
A woman is separated from her son while serving two consecutive life sentences in a California correctional facility.
(Scribner: $27)
A beloved teacher is charged in the killing of an 11-year-old boy in a town park.
The Word Is Murder
Portraying himself in his own book, the author is summoned when a widow is killed after planning her own funeral.
(Harper: $27.99)
A serial killer is targeting survivors of a mass shooting at a mall.
(St. Martin's: $27.99)
A thriller that begins when a tarot card reader attends the funeral of a stranger.
(Gallery Press: $26.99)
A retelling of the story of Circe, who draws the wrath of both men and gods.
Read The Times' book review.
Hazards both environmental and emotional darken the edges of this short story collection.
(Riverhead: $27)
A 16-year-old girl witnesses the police shooting of her childhood friend.
(Balzer + Bray: $17.99)
A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple.
Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic
A trip through the Hogwarts curriculum from Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology to Defense Against the Dark Arts.
(Arthur A. Levine: $19.99)
The Only Story
An older man looks back with a pained sense at a relationship from his youth.
A novel of a present-day wealthy family and a poor family in the past, and the secrets that connect them, inspired by a true story.
In the aftermath of WWII, two teenagers are left with a mysterious man.
Amos Decker aka the Memory Man, attempts to solve a string of four bizarre murders.
(Grand Central: $29)
Comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house.
How not being positive all the time will make us become happier people.
(HarperOne: $24.99)
An easy-to-understand introduction to the universe and the forces that govern it.
(Norton: $18.95)
A young woman raised without schooling by survivalists describes her path to Cambridge University.
(Random House: $28)
A personal account of how psychedelics may help the mentally ill.
(Penguin Press: $28)
The Plot to Destroy Democracy
Malcolm Nance
The former U.S. intelligence officer describes the techniques used by Vladimir Putin to influence the 2016 election.
(Hatchette: $28)
The Yale Law School graduate's account of growing up poor in a white working class neighborhood.
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
The early years of the private diaries of the popular humorist.
(Little, Brown: $17.99)
The Soul of America
Understanding the present political climate by looking back at a time history when hope overcame division and fear.
The Book of Joy
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and The Dalai Lama
The Nobel Prize-winning spiritual leaders share their wisdom.
(Avery: $26)
A hard-line, self-help manual of self-reliance and good behavior.
(Random House: $25.95)
I've Been Thinking
The journalist shares bits of wisdom and inspiration on living a meaningful life.
(Pamela Dorman Books: $20)
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
The Senator from Minnesota's memoir of his surprising evolution from Saturday Night Live comedian to serious politician.
(Twelve: $28)
Lincoln's Last Trial
Dan Abrams and David Fisher
Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial before beginning his presidential campaign.
(Hanover Press: $26.99)
The years-long search for The Golden State Killer by the late wife of actor Patton Oswalt.
Born a Crime
The comedian and host of "The Daily Show" recounts the challenges of growing up mixed-race under apartheid in South Africa.
(Spiegel & Grau: $28)
This memoir from the "Bad Feminist" author reveals her lifelong struggle with food and body image.
Make Your Bed
William H. McRaven
The commencement speech from Navy Seal, Adm. William H. McRaven at the University of Texas.
Hallelujah Anyway
The importance of mercy in our lives.
Andrew Sean Greer
The Rooster Bar
You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero
Killers of the Flower Moon
Barbarian Days
William Finnegan
The Soul of an Octopus
No is Not Enough
On Tyranny
The Lost City of the Monkey God