“Memory is a funny thing—we tend to remember the bad times more clearly than the good, but the good memories sit there patiently, waiting for us to find them.” —From Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew by Patti Davis, 71, daughter of Nancy and Ronald Reagan (February 6)

The Story of the Bee Gees: Children of the World

by Bob Stanley

The Bee Gees—Barry and the late Maurice and Robin Gibb—had success with hits like “Stayin’ Alive” and “More Than a Woman” yet never received the respect they deserved. So argues author and musician Stanley in his homage to this “deeply odd, and quite wonderful” band of brothers. (February 6)

Wandering Stars

by Tommy Orange

This engrossing tale follows a survivor of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre (where American troops killed some 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people) and his descendants, all haunted by the trauma of displacement. (February 27)

The Women 
by Kristin Hannah

It’s the 1960s, and Frankie McGrath, a sheltered young nursing student, joins the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam. Her eye-opening wartime experiences shape her life long after she returns home. (February 6)

Until August

by Gabriel García Márquez

This sensual novel written by the late Colombian author of One Hundred Years of Solitude will be published by Knopf on March 12. García Márquez didn’t want it made public, but his two sons decided it should be shared, according to Knopf.

After Annie

by Anna Quindlen

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her oldest daughter, Ali, finds new strength amid her grief, while her husband and best friend are similarly shaken and transformed in this moving story. (March 12) —Christina Ianzito