This memoir—the first by a Kennedy of the JFK generation—was originally scheduled for release in October, but the senator’s death in August moved the publication date up a month; it will hit stores the day before The Lost Symbol. While some publishing watchers were skeptical about the potential for the book—what would Teddy really say?—its success is all but assured now. Still, we hope it offers more than boilerplate apologies for Chappaquiddick and more detailed Kennedyiana than early leaked bits indicate. (Twelve, September 14)