New and noteworthy

USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.

1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic, fiction, on sale Tuesday)

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: The first book in the beloved series about the boy wizard comes in a new edition with more than 100 illustrations by JimKay.

THE BUZZ: Can you say Christmas?

2MJ:

The Genius of Michael Jackson

by Steve Knopper (Scribner, non-fiction, on sale Tuesday)

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: A biography of the “King of Pop” that considers both his indisputable talent and his controversial personal life.

THE BUZZ: “A fascinating account of the tortured artist’s tumultuous life,” says PublishersWeekly. 3 Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, non-fiction, on sale Tuesday)

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Tragic story of Rosemary Kennedy, JFK’s sister, whose life was destroyed when she was lobotomized at age 23.

THE BUZZ: Arrives the same week as two other Kennedy books: PT 109: An American Epic ofWar, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy by William Doyle, and A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction by

Patrick J. Kennedy.

4

The Survivor by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills (Emily Bestler Books/Atria, fiction, on sale Tuesday)

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: CIA covert operativeMitch Rapp is on the hunt for stolen classified documents that are slowly leaking out around the world.

THE BUZZ: Mills was chosen to finish Flynn’smanuscript after the author died of prostate cancer at age 47 in 2013; Flynn’s last Rapp thriller,

The Last Man, made its debut on USA TODAY’s Best- Selling Books list in 2012.

5 Pitch by Pitch: My View of One Unforgettable Game by Bob Gibson and Lonnie Wheeler (Flatiron, non-fiction, on sale Tuesday)

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Hall of Famer Bob Gibson relives Game 1 of the 1968World Series when he struck out 17 Detroit Tigers batters while pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals.

THE BUZZ: With the Cardinals in the hunt for a Series berth this October, it’s a great time to remember Gibson’s gem.

Steve Knopper Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009.

In 1968, Gibson brought home the Cy Young and NL MVP Awards. The following year, MLB lowered the mound to curb pitchers’ dominance.

Harry Potter as you’ve never seen him.

Kate Clifford Larson

ROWLING BY DEBRA HURFORD BROWN; HARRY POTTER ILLUSTRATION BY JIM KAY; JACKSON BY TIMOTHY A. CLARY, APF/GETTY IMAGES; KNOPPER BY MELISSA KNOPPER; LARSON BY DAVID CARMACK; FLYNN BY PETER HURLEY; GIBSON BY BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY

Vince Flynn

J.K. Rowling