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Boys From Biloxi (Doubleday) is set within the 1960s Dixie Mafia, where the sons of two rival immigrant families end up on opposite sides of the law. $30

In The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams (Oct. 25, Little, Brown), Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Stacy Schiff argues that Adams’ efforts during the Revolutionary War did more to bring about independence than those of any other Founding Father. $35

Bestselling author

Dani Shapiro

(Inheritance) has published her first novel in 15 years.

Signal Fires (Knopf) follows a constellation of characters over five decades, a horrific accident, a twist of fate and secrets so dangerous they can’t be spoken. $28

Set in Belfast during the Troubles and drawn from author Louise Kennedy’s own childhood, Trespasses (Nov. 1, Riverhead) is about forbidden love and the effects of violence, loyalty and political and religious unrest. $27