FICTION

THE CAT WHO SNIFFED GLUE by Lillian Jackson Braun (Jove: $3.50). Millionaire journalist-sleuth and his two cats are on the trail of a double homicide.

FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES by Ian McEwan (King Penguin: $6.95). Collection of stories humanizing the bizarre acts of people who live on the fringes of life.

ISLAND OF THE SWANS by Ciji Ware (Bantam: $4.95). An 18th-Century Scottish woman, involved in a lover’s triangle, wields uncommon personal and political power.

GRAY VICTORY by Robert Skimin (St. Martin: $4.95). The South wins the Civil War in Skimin’s scenario.

THE ICARUS AGENDA by Robert Ludlum (Bantam: $5.95). Congressman becomes a terrorist target after rescuing Americans in a foreign country.

NONFICTION

TALKED TO DEATH: The Murder of Alan Berg and the Rise of the Neo-Nazis by Stephen Singular (Berkley: $4.50). Controversial talk-show host’s opinions made him the target of a radical group.

CHRISTABEL by Christabel Bielenberg (Penguin: $6.95). The author dedicates herself to freeing her husband from a concentration camp after his aborted attempt to assassinate Hitler.

THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM: A Year in the Life of America’s Oldest Zoo by John Sedgwick (Fawcett Crest: $4.95). Sedgwick captures life below the surface of the Philadelphia Zoo.

GROWING YOUNG by Ashley Montagu (Bergin & Garvey: $14.95). Montagu makes a case for neoteny.

HOUSE OF DREAMS: The Collapse of an American Dynasty by Marie Brenner (Avon: $4.95). Halcyon days at the Bingham mansion are fewer when the family’s multimillion-dollar communications empire and family relations disintegrate.

SELF-HELP / REFERENCE

CONSUMER REPORTS: 1989 Buying Guide Issue (Grey Castle Press: $29.95). Condensation of major product reports taken from past years of Consumer Reports magazine; in large type.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MAGIC AND MAGICIANS by T. A. Waters (Facts On File: $19.95). Includes all the great ones such as Houdini and how it’s done.