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We scope out the hottest books on sale the week of May 12.

1. Inferno by Dan Brown (Doubleday, fiction, on sale May 14)
What it’s about: Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, returns in this Italy-set thriller which revolves around Dante’s poetic masterpiece about hell.
The buzz: Brown fans have shown their love for Robert Langdon by making The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol No. 1 USA TODAY best sellers.

2. Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown by Guy Fieri (William Morrow, non-fiction, paperback original, on sale May 14)
What it’s about: The Food Network star returns with more of his favorite “funky” places to dine across the USA.
The buzz: Fieri’s two previous Diners titles were hits with food lovers.

3. The Outsider by Jimmy Connors (Harper, non-fiction, on sale May 14)
What it’s about: Memoir by one of the bad boy of tennis, who won eight Grand Slam singles titles.
The buzz: Connors’ book already has made headlines for revelations about his relationships with former fiancé Chris Evert and his wife, Patti.

4. Little Green by Walter Mosley (Doubleday, fiction, on sale May 14)
What it’s about: Easy Rawlins, last seen drunkenly driving off a cliff in 2007′s Blonde Faith, survived and is back to investigate a disappearance on the Sunset Strip.
The buzz: Since it launched in 1990 with Devil in a Blue Dress, the Easy Rawlins series has garnered many fans, including, most famously, Bill Clinton.

5. The Feud: The Hatfields & McCoys: The True Story by Dean King (Little, Brown, non-fiction, on sale May 14)
What it’s about: An in-depth look at the infamous, bloody feud between two warring families in Appalachia that began with the Civil War.
The buzz: Comes on the heels of last year’s popular History Channel miniseries starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton.

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We scope out the hottest books on sale the week of May 5.

1. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Putnam Books for Young Readers, fiction, on sale May 7)

What it’s about: A teen girl who has survived an alien invasion searches for her younger brother while trying to stay alive herself.

The buzz: Is this first book in a young-adult trilogy poised to be the next Hunger Games? Tobey Maguire is already on board to produce the movie.

2. A Delicate Truth by John le Carre (Viking, fiction, on sale May 7)

What it’s about: A counterterrorist operation called Operation Wildlife on the British crown colony of Gibraltar appears to have gone awry.

The buzz: Veteran spy master le Carre is a frequent visitor to USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list, and Our Kind of Traitor reached No. 27 in 2010.

3. Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (Simon & Schuster, non-fiction, on sale May 7)

What it’s about: A behind-the-scenes look at the classic 1970s TV comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show and how it made it after all.

The buzz: “Armstrong’s absorbing cultural history offers the first in-depth look at a series that changed television,” says Publishers Weekly.

4. Montaro Caine by Sidney Poitier (Spiegel & Grau, fiction, on sale May 7)

What it’s about: A mysterious coin, a struggling CEO named Montaro Caine and a Caribbean medicine man come together in Poitier’s debut novel.

The buzz: Poitier has done it all – acted, directed, won Oscars, been an Oprah Book Club pick and No. 1 best seller with his memoir The Measure of a Man, so at 86, why not try novel writing?

5. Seduction by M.J. Rose (Atria, fiction, on sale May 7)

What it’s about: Historical suspense novel revolves around séances author Victor Hugo (Les Miserables) took part in, in hopes of contacting his beloved 19-year-old daughter, who drowned.

The buzz: It’s an Indie Next pick of independent booksellers. “Rose expertly interweaves mythology, the supernatural, psychoanalysis, and evil incarnate, to create an amazing amalgam of narrative wonder. Certain to satisfy old fans and garner new ones as well,” says Lynne Maxwell of the Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, Pa.

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