Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, October 6:
The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath by Ben S. Bernanke (Norton, $35, 9780393247213) is the memoir of the former Federal Reserve chairman. (October 5.)
100 Years of The Best American Short Stories edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30, 9780547485850) includes 40 stories from the past century.
The Best American Short Stories 2015 edited by T.C. Boyle and Heidi Pitlor (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780547939407) is the hundredth volume in this short story series.
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547250250) is a biography of the Kennedy daughter who was lobotomized.
PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy by William Doyle (Morrow, $27.99, 9780062346582) chronicles JFK's World War II service.
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, $27.99, 9780765378552) is book five in the Mistborn fantasy series.
Pretending to Dance: A Novel by Diane Chamberlain (St. Martin's Press, $26.99, 9781250010742) follows a woman with a secret past trying to adopt a baby.
Cleopatra's Shadows by Emily Holleman (Little, Brown, $27, 9780316382984) is historical fiction about Cleopatra's rise told through her younger sister.
Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel by Zachary Thomas Dodson (Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385539838) is an illustrated story about two members of the same family separated by 300 years.
The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All: Know Your Booze Before You Choose by Richard Betts, Crystal English Sacca and Wendy MacNaughton (Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780544520608) is a smell-based guide to whiskey types.
Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose by Melanne Verveer and Kim K. Azzarelli (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24, 9780544527195) includes a foreword by Hillary Clinton.
Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin (Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35, 9780544301986) is a companion to Pépin's final PBS series.
Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook (Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35, 9780544373280) is a cookbook by an Israeli restaurateur.
Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song by Sara Bareilles (Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781476727776) is a musician's memoir.
Got to Give the People What They Want: True Stories and Flagrant Opinions from Center Court by Jalen Rose (Crown Archetype, $28, 9780804138901) gives opinions from an ESPN analyst and former basketball player.
Paperback:
Pop Goes the Weasel: A Detective Helen Grace Thriller by M.J. Arlidge (NAL, $15, 9780451475503).
Movie:
Steve Jobs, adapted by Aaron Sorkin from the biography by Walter Isaacson, opens October 9. Danny Boyle directs Michael Fassbender as the the founder of Apple.
