THE MEASURE OF A MAN by Sidney Poitier (Harper San Francisco, $14.95). The movie actor's spiritual autobiography. THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $14). The author recalls a bizarre ...

Romantasy, a genre defined by its combination of romance and fantasy, has exploded in popularity with the rise of magical series like Sarah J. Maas's "A Court of Thorns and Roses" and the boom of ...

A LONG WAY GONE by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22). A former child soldier from Sierra Leone describes his drug-crazed killing spree and his return to humanity. GRACE ...

EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin Books, $15). A writer's yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia. THE MEASURE OF A MAN by Sidney Poitier ...

THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama (Crown, $25). The Illinois junior senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions. BORN ON A BLUE DAY by Daniel Tammet (Free Press, $24). A ...

THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT by James A. Baker III, Lee H. Hamilton et al (Vintage, $10.95). An assessment of America's involvement in the Iraq war, with proposals for a plan of action. FLAGS OF OUR ...

CELL by Stephen King. (Scribner, $26.95) What remains of humanity fights to survive after a mysterious force scrambles cell phone users' brains. THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $24.95; ...