Author: Barbara VanDenburgh, USA TODAY

Ocean Vuong’s autobiographical debut novel is a transcendent and gorgeously written account of a queer Vietnamese immigrant growing up.

Fashion guru Tan France of “Queer Eye” is out with a memoir, Elizabeth Gilbert has a new novel and Kristen Arnett delights with “Mostly Dead Things.”

“My Favorite Murder” hosts Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark share personal stories of addiction, eating disorders and failures in their new book.

Read about the comedy revolution started by Steve Martin and pals in “Wild and Crazy Guys,” and make sure to “Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered.”

Alice Marie Johnson, whom Kim Kardashian West helped free from prison, has a new memoir, and Thomas Harris is back with new thriller “Cari Mora.”

Julia Phillips’ debut novel paints an unforgettable landscape of the far reaches of Russia, where two little girls go missing without a trace.

This week’s new book releases include a collection of short stories from Karen Russell and a searing account of childhood abuse from Eve Ensler.

Balli Kaur Jaswal is back with a new novel, Dustin Lance Black pens a moving memoir and a journalist writes a definitive account of 9/11.

How on earth does E.L. James follow up her best-selling “Fifty Shades of Grey” series? We finally find out in “The Mister.”

Susan Page’s “The Matriarch” chronicles the life of First Lady Barbara Bush; “American Moonshot” tells the thrilling story of the U.S. Space Race.