This week, Amor Towles writes of debutantes, jazz and self-discovery in the 1930s, Felix Francis conjures a fictional murder at a horse race, rock icon Jerry Blavat releases his memoir and Clyde Edgerton explores race in the South during the 1960s through friendship and music.

Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

Rules of Civility
Author: Amor Towles
Publisher: Penguin Group, July 26
List Price: $26.95, hardcover
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Dick Francis’s Gamble
Author: Felix Francis
Publisher: Penguin Group, July 26
List Price: $26.95, hardcover
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You Only Rock Once: My Life in Music
Author: Jerry Blavat
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers, July 24
List Price: $23, hardcover
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The Night Train
Author: Clyde Edgerton
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, July 24
List Price: $23.99, hardcover
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The Brightest Star in the Sky
Author: Marian Keyes
Publisher: Penguin Group, July 26
List Price: $16, paperback
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