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GIRL IN ICE,by Erica Ferencik. (Scout Press, $27.)

Ferencik, who sets her thrillers in extreme land-

scapes, has placed this one at a climate research

station in the Arctic Circle. There a little girl has

been found frozen in the ice, very much alive, speak-

ing an unknown language. As a linguist attempts to

communicate with her, it becomes clear that nothing

less than the fate of the earth may be at stake.

SECRET IDENTITY,by Alex Segura. (Flatiron, $27.99.)

In this witty, wholly original homage to classic noir

— partly a love letter to New York City in the seamy

1970s, as well as an immersive tutorial in comic-

book publishing of that era — a young woman

investigates the murder of a colleague.

THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM:Reimagining Chronic

Illness,by Meghan O’Rourke. (Riverhead, $28.)For

most of her 30s O’Rourke was terribly sick, with

strange neurological spasms and abrupt agonizing

sensations that sometimes confined her to bed for

days on end; her memoir of the experience, in

probing the links between illness and the self, be-

comes almost existential.

THE BEAUTY OF DUSK:On Vision Lost and Found,by

Frank Bruni. (Avid Reader, $28.)In 2017, Bruni, a

longtime editor, critic and columnist at this newspa-

per, had a stroke while sleeping and woke up to find

he could not see well out of one eye. Determined not

to let blindness leach the purpose or joy from his

life, he began seeking the counsel of others who had

faced similar physical declines.

IN LOVE:A Memoir of Love and Loss,by Amy Bloom.

(Random House, $27.)When the veteran novelist’s

husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he made

the decision to end his own life — and asked her to

write about it. This memoir is an intimate portrait of

their marriage and their trip to Dignitas for an

accompanied suicide.

NEVER SIMPLE:A Memoir,by Liz Scheier. (Holt,

$26.99.)Scheier was raised on a steady diet of lies

and entered adulthood unclear on basic facts about

her own life. Eager to do better for her children, she

decided to set the record straight. This powerful,

conversational and — above all — honest memoir

shakes hard truths out of the family tree.

RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER:Confrontations With a

Body of Memory,by Sarah Polley. (Penguin Press,

$27.)In six candid essays, Polley — a filmmaker

and former child star once known as “Canada’s

sweetheart” — analyzes her early fame, her largely

unsupervised adolescence and her complicated

relationships.

THE NAKED DON’T FEAR THE WATER:An Under-

ground Journey With Afghan Refugees,by Matthieu

Aikins. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.)When Aikins,

a Kabul-based journalist, set out with his translator

on the perilous crossing between Afghanistan and

Europe, he didn’t realize how it would change him.

SECRETS OF THE SPRAKKAR:Iceland’s Extraordi-

nary Women and How They Are Changing the

World,by Eliza Reid. (Sourcebooks, $26.99.)For a

dozen years, Iceland has outranked all countries in

terms of gender equality. Reid, the Canadian-born

first lady, explores why.

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(^) THE PARIS APARTMENT, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) Jess has suspicions about her half- 1
brother’s neighbors when he goes missing.

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(^2) IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A battered wife raised in a violent home 37
attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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(^5) VERITY, by Colleen Hoover. (Grand Central) Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an 12
injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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(^1) HOUSE OF SKY AND BREATH, by Sarah J. Maas. (Bloomsbury) The second book in the 2
Crescent City series. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar must choose to fight or stay silent.

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(^6) THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Washington Square/ 35
Atria) A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine
writer.

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(^) NOTHING TO LOSE, by J. A. Jance. (Morrow) The 25th book in the J. P. Beaumont series. 1
Beaumont tracks a missing person in wintertime Alaska.

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(^12) THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, by Ali Hazelwood. (Berkley) A young professor agrees to pretend 15
to be a third-year Ph.D. candidate’s boyfriend.

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(^9) THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, by Amor Towles. (Viking) Two friends who escaped from a 21
juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in
1954.

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(^10) THE MAID, by Nita Prose. (Ballantine) When a wealthy man is found dead in his room, a 8
maid at the Regency Grand Hotel becomes a lead suspect.

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(^) WISH YOU WERE HERE, by Jodi Picoult. (Ballantine) Diana O’Toole re-evaluates her 9
seemingly perfect life when a pandemic disrupts her vacation in the Galápagos Islands.

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(^3) RED-HANDED, by Peter Schweizer. (Harper) The author of “Profiles in Corruption” 5
portrays a conspiracy of how the Chinese government might infiltrate American
institutions.

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(^2) THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. (Penguin) How trauma affects the 79
body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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(^4) THE 1619 PROJECT, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and 15
Jake Silverstein. (One World) Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy,
in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

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(^11) GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy Award-winning actor 58
shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

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(^6) THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE, by Erik Larson. (Crown) An examination of the leadership 35
of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

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(^7) EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. (Random House) The daughter of survivalists, who is kept 130
out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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(^8) CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. (Knopf) The leader of the indie rock project 22
Japanese Breakfast describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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(^1) FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, by Arthur C. Brooks. (Portfolio) A columnist for The 2
Atlantic espouses ways to shift priorities and habits to overcome waning abilities in later life.

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(^10) WILL, by Will Smith with Mark Manson. (Penguin Press) The actor, producer and 16
musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.

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(^9) ALL ABOUT LOVE, by bell hooks. (Morrow) The late feminist icon explores the causes of a 11
polarized society and the meaning of love.
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