This week, the picks take us back into thrilling territory with the latest from Stephen Gallagher, Lisa Gardner, John Bazell, and Deborah Crombie, into alternate worlds with Matt Ruff and debut novelist Saladin Ahmed, into the Renaissance with Toby Lester, and half a world away with Katherine Boo. Plus: a comedic memoir from actress Ali Wentworth, Doron Weber’s touching chronicle of his chronically ill son , and not one—not two—but five picks for the young’uns, including a “magically delicious” series kickoff from Adam Rex about a cereal company with Bigfoot-sized (and -shaped) secrets.
Adults
February 6
The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher (Crown, $25; ISBN 978-0-307-40664-4).
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner (Dutton, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-525-95276-3).
Da Vinci's Ghost: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Drawing by Toby Lester (Free Press, $26.99; ISBN 978-1-4391-8923-8).
The Mirage by Matt Ruff (Harper, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-06-197622-3).
Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth (Harper, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-199857-7).
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander (Knopf, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-307-95870-9).
No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie (Morrow, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-06-199061-8).
Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir by Doron Weber (Simon & Schuster, $25; ISBN 978-1-4516-1806-8).
February 7
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (DAW, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-7564-0711-7).
Wild Thing by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-316-03219-3).
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (Random, $27; ISBN 978-1400067558).
Children’s/YA
February 6
First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low by Ginger Wadsworth (Clarion, $17.99; ISBN 978-0547243948).
February 7
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (Balzer + Bray, $17.99; ISBN 978-0062020567).
Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard (HarperCollins, $17.99; ISBN 978-0061869747). Series kickoff review.
Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood (Putnam Juvenile,$16.99; ISBN 978-0399257452).
Cold Cereal by Adam Rex (Balzer + Bray, $16.99; ISBN 978-0062060020).
