Books REQUIRED READING

Until August Gabriel García Márquez (Knopf )

The Nobel Prize–winning Colombian author of “Love in the Time of Cholera” and “One Hundred Years of Solitude” died nearly a decade ago, but his final novel was locked away, unpublished, for years. Now it’s getting its due, with the blessing of Marquez’s son. The book follows a woman who visits an island annually on the anniversary of her mother’s death.

Reading Genesis

Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) The acclaimed novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for “Gilead,” gives a surprising, thought-provoking analysis of the bible, focusing on it as a piece of literature.

The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport

Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg (Mariner Books) Two Wall Street Journal reporters look at how Formula One sped past NASCAR and IndyCar in the United States to lead the pack.

Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life

Matt Hay (St. Martin’s Press) Hay was applying to college and falling in love for the first time when he learned he had a rare disease and was rapidly losing his hearing. This moving memoir details how music — one of the things he loved and missed the most — ultimately helped him to find a way to live with his disability.

The Deer Adventures of Timothee and Jimothee

Brett Gubitosi and Birdie Sander This charming coming-of-age tale for readers of all ages follows two young deer brothers exploring the world beyond their hometown of Manitoba, Canada.

A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up

Margaret Wappler (Simon & Schuster) It’s been five years since the actor, who played rebel-with-aheart-of-gold Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills 90210, passed away. Wappler explores what made him a unique figure for Gen X and what his life and death really meant, weaving together anecdotes from those who knew Perry with bits from her own life.