Complete book coverage for Sunday, June 14, 2009

How one writer found a valuable expression of her identity in a letter.

Ayelet Waldman’s blunt views as a parent don’t always get big, warm hugs from the mommy clique.

White nationalists find sundry faults with the U.S. government. A look inside their break-away impulse.

An exploration of children’s literature probes interesting issues but overlooks some important authors and is sometimes unclear.

Going in search of freedom isn’t always the best thing, this novel warns.

Decoding the man, who fought injustice but was ensnared in scandal, isn’t so easy.

Early work from Tolkien takes a crack at solving an epic mystery.

Some notes on Laurie Sheck’s ‘A Monster’s Notes.’

Far Bright Star A Novel Robert Olmstead Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: 208 pp., $23.95 “Thus far the summer of 1916 had been a siege of wrathy wind and heated air.

Fiction weeks on list1.Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown : $27.99) A recently downsized reporter investigates a serial killer who uses his computer job to find his victims.1 2.Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House: $25) Two sisters from Shanghai encounter tragedy and heartbreak as they are sold into arranged marriages in 1930s Los Angeles. 1 3.Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (Delacorte: $27) The capture of a suspected suicide bomber on a N.Y. subway causes a chain of global events. 2 4.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 475.The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. 56.Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday: $24.95) Terrorists disguised as foreign exchange students living with American families plot mass destruction. 47.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality.448.Sunnyside by Glen David Gold (Knopf: $26.95) Tales of a young soldier, Charlie Chaplin and an aspiring actor portray life in early 20th century America.19.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up. 20 10.The Women by T.C.

Fiction 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ($12.95) 2.