'THE FELLOWSHIP: THE LITERARY LIVES OF THE INKLINGS' by Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 644 pages, $17
Zaleski and Zaleski explore the life and workings of the Inklings, the name given to the friendship between C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield and Charles Williams, who met weekly in Oxford to discuss literature, works in progress, philosophy and other ideas.
'AMONG THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS: A NOVEL' by Julia Pierpont, Random House, 335 pages, $16
Well-known artist Jack Shanley leads a secret life. His wife, Deb, has largely avoided Jack's weaknesses until an anonymous package addressed to Deb is delivered to her children. In it details Jack's secret life, causing the family to spiral out of control.
'DEAR MR. YOU' by Mary-Louise Parker, Scribner, 229 pages, $16
"Dear Mr. You" is a collection of letters and remembrances composed by the "Weeds" actress to the men, both real and imagined, who have impacted her life, such as the grandfather she never met, former lovers and the uncle of her adopted daughter.
'DEATH AND MR. PICKWICK: A NOVEL' by Stephen Jarvis, Picador, 802 pages, $20
A fictionalized look at the life of Robert Seymour, "Death and Mr. Pickwick" follows one of the illustrators behind "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" as he meets a young storyteller using the pen name Boz-real name Charles Dickens-and the landmark novel they would create.
'GIRL IN THE WOODS: A MEMOIR' by Aspen Matis, William Morrow, 382 pages, $15.99
Matis reflects on her five-month journey hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail as a 19-year-old. Matis embarked on the journey after struggling through her first semester of college following being raped on just her second night in college.