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New and noteworthy
USA TODAY’s Jocelyn
McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.
1Theft 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 murRoberts der 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.
4Al
Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken ( Twelve, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Memoir traces Franken’s improbable journey from Saturday Night Live ( remember Stuart Smalley?) to the Senate floor. “Compulsively readTHE BUZZ: able,” says Booklist.
5 Trophy Son by Douglas Brunt ( St. Martin’s Press, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: A tennis prodigy rises to the heights of the pro game, but pays a price in Brunt’s third novel.
Brunt has been making THE BUZZ: the beautiful- people scene lately with his wife, Megyn Kelly, ( including the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art).