Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

With glowing praise from Elizabeth Gilbert, this nonfiction look at the sex lives of three real women in America is sure to have people buzzing. Taddeo spent nearly a decade delving into the innermost worlds of Lina, an anxiety-ridden Indiana woman whose marriage has lost its luster; Maggie, a 17-year-old carrying on an affair with her teacher; and Sloane, a successful restaurateur who finds herself having sex with other men because it turns her husband on. As pages turn like a novel, you'll gasp as you remember that these are real people. In these pages, Taddeo has captured some of the most intimate, shame-ridden, and confused parts of our inner selves and laid them bare for questioning. Three Women by Lisa Taddeo (July 9)