The best new books to read: Top releases, updated weekly

Each week, The Post compiles the buzziest new books.Have a look at our favorite titles in recent weeks.

Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)Published a decade ago, the Southern Reach trilogy became a cult classic, selling millions of copies and earning Stephen King’s stamp of approval.Now, VanderMeer takes readers back to the mysterious Area X wilderness, where an unknown event has rewritten the laws of nature.Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte Press)The latest Jack Reacher thriller finds the ex-military investigator waking up handcuffed to a bed after a car accident.

His unwitting captors have plans to make him talk. Alex Van Halen (Harper) The rocker worked with New Yorker writer Ariel Levy to pen this memoir and tribute to his late brother and bandmate Edward.He recounts their childhood in the Netherlands and Southern California, their formal Indonesian-born mom and Van Halen’s rise to fame. Diana R.

Chambers (Sourcebooks Landmark)This work of historical fiction portrays the celebrity chef’s little known life before she taught Americans to make beef bourguignon.Child worked for the Office of Strategic Services, America’s first espionage agency, during World War II. Shirley MacLaine (Crown)With over 150 photos from MacLaine’s personal archive, this is a vivid account of the 90-year-old Oscar-winner’s life.

She writes of growing up with brother Warren Beatty, moving to New York City as a 16-year-old, her acting career and work as an activist.Along the way, she recalls encounters with everyone from Elvis Presley and Jack Nicholson to the Dalai Lama and Fidel Castro. New York Nico (Dey Street Books) The social media personality shares his top 100 spots — from hobby shops to slice joints —  in the five boroughs.John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Doubleday)For his first nonfiction in nearly two decades, the bestselling author teams up with the founder of Centurion Ministries, a 40-year-old organization that works to exonerate innocents convicted of crimes...