Country Music: An Illustrated History
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan (nonfiction, Knopf)
A rich, lively history of the country-music genre from its origins to its modern form, based on the hugely popular eight-part PBS film series of the same name.
Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky (fiction, Grand Central Publishing)
From the bestselling author of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” comes a horror yarn about a mother and her child fleeing an abusive relationship and trying to start over in a small town. But when the little boy disappears and then returns with a terrifying voice in his head, everything changes.
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds (children’s, Atheneum)
The bestselling author of books like “Long Way Down” and “All American Boys” returns with a novel told in 10 blocks — (one tale per block) and a look at all the detours we run into just getting home.
Quantum
Patricia Cornwell (fiction, Thomas & Mercer)
The night before a space mission, cybercrime investigator Calli Chase finds a tripped alarm below a NASA research center. There’s also a blizzard on the way, a fishy suicide and a missing security badge. Calli is on the case.
The Double Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden (nonfiction, William Morrow)
Pry your kids away from the screen and introduce them to this delight of a book, packed with all sorts of useful information and projects that run the gamut, including a “Tying a Windsor Knot” and “How to Pick a Padlock.”
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro
Christine Feret-Fleury (fiction, Flatiron)
Juliette lives in Paris, and the bright spot of her day is the time she spends on the Métro reading books. One day, she accepts a quirky assignment from a bookshop owner: She becomes a sort of matchmaker for books and readers, pairing them together.
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