| OUTLIERS | by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.” First Chapter |
| A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN | by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall. (Broadway, $21.95.) Two men buy a pet lion cub in London, bring him to Africa when he is grown, and later have a heartwarming reunion; an update of a 1971 book. |
| HOUSE OF CARD | by William D. Cohan. (Doubleday, $27.95.) The fall of Bear Stearns and the beginning of the Wall Street collapse. |
| THE YANKEE YEARS | by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci. (Doubleday, $26.95.) The former Yankee manager (1996-2007) on his years with the team. |
| THE LOST CITY OF Z | by David Grann. (Doubleday, $27.50.) A New Yorker writer searches for a British explorer who disappeared 80 years ago in the Amazon. |
| MY BOOKY WOOK | by Russell Brand. (Collins, $25.99.) A memoir of sex, drugs and stand-up from a British comedian. |
| INSIDE THE REVOLUTION | by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) The power of three groups in the Middle East: Islamic radicals, moderate reformers and Muslims who are becoming Christians. |
| DEWEY | by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library and his rise to fame. |
| A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY | by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career. |
| THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE | by Craig M. Mullaney. (Penguin Press, $28.95.) A soldier’s coming-of-age. |
