New paperbacks: Mindy Kaling, Shonda Rhimes, David Brooks
This month’s critic’s pick is Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling (Three Rivers Press, non-fiction, reprint)
“This is Kaling at the height of her power,” USA TODAY’s Kelly Lawler said of this best-selling essay collection by the creator and star of The Mindy Project. *** out of four stars
Mindy Kaling's 'Me' delivers the goods
Also recently released:
The Witches by Stacy Schiff (Back Bay, non-fiction, reprint)
Subtitle: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem.
Stacy Schiff's 'The Witches' is an intoxicating brew of history
Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson (Random House, fiction, reprint)
This story collection by the author of The Orphan Master’s Son won the National Book Award for Fiction last year.
The Road to Character by David Brooks (Random House, non-fiction, reprint)
The New York Times Op-Ed columnist looks at values that are important to living a meaningful life.
Brooks travels 'The Road to Character'
Once in a Great City by David Maraniss (Simon & Schuster, non-fiction, reprint)
Maraniss, a Detroit native, recalls the city’s glory days in the 1960s in this history.
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (Riverhead, fiction, reprint)
An unpredictable portrait of a marriage, told from both sides; National Book Award finalist.
'Fates and Furies' portrays a marriage
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes (Simon & Schuster, non-fiction, reprint)
The TV hitmaker (Scandal) and former introvert describes how she learned to enjoy saying “yes” rather than “no.”
Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann (Random House, fiction, reprint)
A novella and three stories by the author of Let the Great World Spin.
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead, non-fiction, reprint)
The author of Eat Pray Love offers advice on how to live “creatively.”
Gilbert's new book is short on 'Magic'
Vigilance by Ray Kelly (Hachette, non-fiction, reprint)
A memoir by the former New York City Police Commissioner.
The Early Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote (Modern Library, fiction, reprint)
Fourteen “recently rediscovered” short stories by the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood.
'Dying' for senior sex in new Jong novel
Fear of Dying by Erica Jong (St. Martin’s Griffin, fiction, reprint)
In this sequel of sorts to 1973’s Fear of Flying, Jong takes on dating apps and senior sex.