Books: New and noteworthy

Paste BN’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.

1. The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg (Grand Central, fiction, on sale June 7)

What it’s about: Launches a new series starring Hazel Nash, the grown daughter of Jack Nash, host of America’s favorite conspiracy TV show, The House of Secrets.

The buzz: Conspiracy theorists flock to Meltzer’s thrillers; his novel The President’s Shadow hit No. 8 on Paste BN’s Best-Selling Books list last summer.

2. The Eternal Party by Kristina Hagman with Elizabeth Kaye (Thomas Dunne Books, non-fiction, on sale June 7)

What it’s about: Subtitle: Understanding My Dad, Larry Hagman, the TV Star America Loved to Hate.

The buzz: J.R. Ewing’s grown daughter writes a memoir about her father, who died in 2012.

3. The Cavendon Luck by Barbara Taylor Bradford (St. Martin’s Press, fiction, on sale June 7)

What it’s about: Third book in family saga, set in England, moves into the World War II era for the residents of Cavendon Hall.

The buzz: “Bradford delivers,” says the Romantic Times.

4.Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings (Crown Books for Young Readers, non-fiction, on sale June 7)

What it’s about: Jazz Jennings, now 15, talks about her transgender journey in this memoir.

The buzz: The TLC series I Am Jazz returns for a second season on June 8; the show just a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program (it tied with I Am Cait).

5. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Knopf, fiction, on sale June 7)

What it’s about: Debut novel about two half-sisters born in 18th century Ghana; one marries into splendor, the other is sold into slavery in America.

The buzz: This Indie Next pick of independent booksellers sports a jacket blurb by Ta-Nehisi Coates: “Homegoing is an inspiration.”