Notable works now on shelves

FICTION

"The Air We Breathe," Andrea Barrett (W.W. Norton), a novel set in a sanitarium during World War I.

"Book of the Dead," Patricia Cornwell (Putnam), a new Kay Scarpetta mystery.

"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," Junot Diaz (Riverhead), a novel about a Dominican-American family.

"T Is for Trespass," Sue Grafton (Putnam), Grafton's latest lettered mystery.

"Playing for Pizza," John Grisham (Doubleday), football and food in Parma, Italy.

"Loving Frank," Nancy Horan (Ballantine), a fictional tale of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's lovers.

"Tree of Smoke," Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a novel about a Vietnam War veteran and his nephew, by the author of "Jesus' Son."

"A Free Life," Ha Jin (Pantheon), the author of "Waiting" returns with a story of Chinese immigrants in the United States.

"Pontoon," Garrison Keillor (Viking), more adventures from Lake Wobegon.

"Fire in the Blood," Irene Nemirovsky (Alfred A. Knopf), a newly translated work from the late author of "Suite Francaise."

"Songs Without Words," Ann Packer (Alfred A. Knopf), a story of two women who have been friends since childhood.

"Run," Ann Patchett (HarperCollins), a Boston family and the one night that changes everything.

"Exit Ghost," Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin), a somber farewell to fictional novelist Nathan Zuckerman.

"Bridge of Sighs," Richard Russo (Alfred A. Knopf), a tale set in New York and Italy by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Empire Falls."

"Cheating at Canasta," William Trevor (Viking), a new collection from the short story master.

NON-FICTION

"The Zookeeper's Wife," Diane Ackerman (W.W. Norton), the story of a Warsaw zoo under Nazi rule.

"The Day of Battle," Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt), the second of a planned trilogy about key World War II battles.

"Boom!" Tom Brokaw (Random House), the former NBC anchor reflects on the 1960s.