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USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.

1. Make Me by Lee Child (Delacorte, fiction, on sale Sept. 8)

What it’s about: Our hero Jack Reacher arrives in the small town of Mother’s Rest and helps Special Agent Michelle Chang find her missing partner.

The buzz: Child’s fans are just warming up: They sent the digital single, Small Wars: A Jack Reacher Story, to a No. 6 debut on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list on Aug. 27.

2. Reckless: My Life as a Pretender by Chrissie Hynde (Doubleday, non-fiction, on sale Sept. 8)

What it’s about: The singer who was the talk of the town as frontwoman of the great ’80s band The Pretenders tells her story.

The buzz: Hynde has stirred up controversy with comments about rape victims in an interview promoting the memoir.

3. Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy (Picador, non-fiction, on sale Sept. 8)

What it’s about: A psychiatrist reflects on issues of race and racism in the medical field.

The buzz: It’s an Indie Next pick of independent booksellers. “Essential reading,” says Carole Horne of Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass.

4. Bream Gives Me Hiccups and Other Stories by Jesse Eisenberg (Grove, fiction, on sale Sept. 8)

What it’s about: The actor (and playwright) takes a page out of James Franco’s playbook and writes a debut collection of short stories.

The buzz: Happens to arrive the same day as Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic,  the new kids’ book by Jason Segel, his The End of the Tour co-star.

5. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (Viking, non-fiction, ages 10 and up, on sale Sept. 8)

What it’s about: The surprise best seller about the heroics of the American rowing team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics is adapted for young readers.

The buzz:Boys is the latest hit book to go for gold by remaking itself for kids. (See Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing” franchise.)

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