REQUIRED READING

Killer Fashion: Poisonous Petticoats, Strangulating Scarves, and Other Deadly Garments Throughout History Jennifer Wright (nonfiction, Andrews McMeel Publishing)

Fashion’s great and all, but sometimes it can literally kill you. This beautifully illustrated book is packed with fascinating historical details about items of clothing and accessories that have brought harm throughout the years, from lead makeup to dangerous high heels to long skirts, which swept through the streets bringing harmful bacteria and diseases home with them.

Storm for the Living and the Dead: Uncollected and Unpublished Poems Charles Bukowski (poetry, Ecco)

A collection of previously unpublished and uncollected poems from the late American writer/cult favorite.

Secrets of Cavendon Barbara Taylor Bradford (f iction, St. Martin’s)

Bradford is back with her 32nd novel, this one a sweeping post-World War II saga set in Cavendon Hall, where the aristocratic Inghams are served by the Swanns. Now a new generation is in charge, withth a whole host of new scandals and intrigue.

We’ll Sleep When We’re Old Pino Corrias (f iction, Atria)

Opulent, extravagantly wealthy Rome is the setting for this novel, populated by over-the-top characters like Oscar Martello, president of a film production company. When a fire sweeps through Oscar’s villa and the man goes missing, everyone wonders if his muse Jacaranda Rizzi might be responsible.

Year One Nora Roberts (f iction, St. Martin’s)

The sickness began on New Year’s Eve and quickly spread, decimating half of the world’s population. Order has collapsed; chaos reigns. Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New Yorkk and begin to head west in the hopes of starting over.

The City of Brass S.A. Chakraborty (f iction, Harper Voyager)

A wild, fantastical novel about magic, cons and the legendary city of Daevabad.