FICTION

PARIS TROUT by Pete Dexter (Penguin: $7.95). Award-winning novel about the murder of a black girl in a small Georgian town.

MEN by Margaret Diehl (Washington Square Press: $7.95). Stella James, modern careerist, likes to experiment in the kitchen--and the bedroom.

CANYON O’GRADY NO. 1: DEAD MEN’S TRIALS by Jon Sharpe (Signet: $2.95). Sharpe, following the success of his “The Trailsman” series, introduces a new Western hero.

SWORD POINT by Harold Coyle (Pocket: $4.95). Iranians conspire to escalate the hostilities between the United States and the Soviets.

ACROSS A STARLIT SEA by Rebecca Brandewyne (Warner: $4.95). Laura Prescott harbors romantic thoughts toward her husband’s younger brother, Nicolas.

NONFICTION

SEARCHING FOR THE STORK by Marion Lee Wasserman (Plume: $7.95). One family’s account of the pressures and unfulfilled promises of infertility.

THE TRIARCHIC MIND: A New Theory of Human Intelligence by Robert J. Sternberg (Penguin: $8.95). Yale psychologist posits that commonly used turn-of-the-century intelligence tests can not adequately rate mental ability.

MAYORDOMO: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico by Stanley Crawford (Anchor: $8.95). Title translates to “ditch manager,” Crawford’s capacity in this remote town for one year.

FAMILY OF SPIES: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring by Pete Earley (Bantam: $4.95). Conversations with Walker illuminate the damage done to U.S. security, a distorted psyche, and the ease with which he passed secrets to the Soviet over 17 years.

NO PLACE BUT HERE: A Teacher’s Vocation in a Rural Community by Garret Keizer (Penguin: $6.95). Keizer’s career choice is reaffirmed through his experiences teaching in a rural, disadvantaged community.

SELF-HELP / REFERENCE

DR. SPOCK ON PARENTING by Benjamin Spock MD (Pocket: $4.95). The pressures of contemporary family life are incorporated in Spock’s time-honored advice.

SMART KIDS WITH SCHOOL PROBLEMS by Priscilla L. Vail (Plume: $8.95). What to do about a child who excels in one area but seems hopeless in others.