New in paper: Lehane, Krakauer, Smiley

This month's critic's pick is World Gone By by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow, fiction, reprint)

Reviewer Don Oldenburg called this World War II-era novel about “retired” gangster Joe Coughlin, the third in a trilogy, “an exceptional read.” (Ben Affleck is directing and starring in an adaptation of the second book, Live by Night.)  ***1/2 stars out of four

Also recently released:

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage, fiction, reprint)

An allegory, set in post-Arthurian Britain, about an elderly couple who journey to see their son.

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer (Anchor, non-fiction, reprint)

The best-selling author and journalist examines campus rapes reported at the University of Montana.

Early Warning by Jane Smiley (Anchor, fiction, reprint)

The second volume in a century-spanning trilogy about an Iowa farm family begins in 1953.

Death of a King by Tavis Smiley (Back Bay, non-fiction, reprint)

Subtitle: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year.

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (Back Bay, fiction, reprint)

A sequel of sorts to Life After Life, focusing on Ursula Todd’s younger brother, Teddy.

Thomas Cromwell by Tracy Borman (Grove Press, non-fiction, reprint)

Tells the real story of the man behind Henry VIII, recently catapulted to stardom by Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall series.

Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon (Dey St., non-fiction, reprint)

A memoir by the founding member of Sonic Youth.

Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova (Gallery Books, fiction, reprint)

A Boston cop struggles with Huntington’s Disease; by the author of Still Alice.

I’ll Be Right Back After This by Pat O’Brien (St. Martin’s Griffin, non-fiction, reprint)

The TV personality deals with career highs and personal lows in this memoir.

West of Sunset by Stewart O’Nan (Penguin, fiction, reprint)

Novel about the final years in the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, as he struggles to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter.

Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller (Penguin, non-fiction, reprint)

The author looks to her past life in Africa to make sense of her painful divorce; memoir.