New and noteworthy
USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.
1 Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977- 2002
by David Sedaris ( Little, Brown, nonfiction, on sale Tuesday) Daily diary WHAT IT’S ABOUT: “jottings” by the popular, acclaimed humorist, which his publisher calls the “closest thing to a memoir ( Sedaris) has ever written.” “Scintillating … hilariTHE BUZZ: ous,” says Publishers Weekly in a starred review.
2 Come Sundown
by Nora Roberts ( St. Martin’s Press, fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S
The ABOUT: Bodine family ranch/ resort in Montana is threatened by murder and revelations about a missing relative.
“Complex … terrific,” THE BUZZ: says Kirkus Reviews.
3 Nighthawk
by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown ( Putnam, fiction, on sale
Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Kurt Austin returns in the latest NUMA team thriller, trying to locate a missing aircraft with a dangerous payload. The Pharaoh’s SeTHE BUZZ: cret, the last book in the series, hit No. 8 on USA TODAY’s Best- Selling Books list.
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Franken, Giant of the Senate
by Al Franken ( Twelve, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S Memoir ABOUT: traces Franken’s improbable journey from Saturday Night Live ( remember Stuart Smalley?) to the Senate floor. “Compulsively THE BUZZ: readable,” says Booklist.
5 Trophy Son
by Douglas Brunt ( St. Martin’s Press, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
A WHAT IT’S ABOUT: tennis prodigy rises to the heights of the pro game, but pays a price in Brunt’s third novel.
Brunt has THE BUZZ: been making the beautiful- people scene lately with his wife, Megyn Kelly, ( including the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art).