Nonfiction

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.  Harvard neuropsychiatrist Brizendine leads readers through the lifespan of a man’s brain, using readable prose that makes complex scientific research accessible to the layman.

Fiction

The Three Weissmanns of Westport, a novel by Cathleen Schine.  The Weissmanns are an elderly mother and two mature daughters driven to penury by divorce and career reversals.  Critics say that she has captured the essence of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

The Man from Beijing, a novel by Henning Mankell.  An international crime novel from one of Sweden’s greatest living mystery writers.  A massacre in a remote Swedish village propels this thriller in which ordinary people become enmeshed in geopolitical intrigue.

Walking to Gatlinburg, a novel by Howard Frank Mosher.  A Civil War odyssey in the tradition of Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain, this is a story about a Vermont teenager’s harrowing journey south to find his missing-in-action brother.