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January 2010
HARDCOVERCommitted: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert
January 5th | Viking Adult| 9780670021659
Told with Gilbert's trademark wit, intelligence, and compassion, Committed attempts to "turn on all the lights" when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Her memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
January 5th | Doubleday | 9780385524988
In this compelling, ripped-from-the-headline offering from bestselling author Barbara Delinsky, three high school seniors make a pregnancy pact. Set in an insular, tightly knit community in Maine, Not My Daughter explores the consequences of pact behavior on a small town, as well as the strain placed on mothers and daughters who find themselves in unfamiliar terrain.Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
January 11th | W. W. Norton & Company | 9780393071764
Beneath the Lion’s Gaze tells a gripping story of family, of the bonds of love and friendship set in a time and place that has rarely been explored in fiction. It is a story about the lengths human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
January 12th | Delacorte Press | 9780385344135
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit hole–and the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling.The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig
January 12th | Dutton Adult | 9780525951506
The heroines of Lauren Willig's bestselling Pink Carnation series have engaged in espionage all over nineteenth-century Europe. In the sixth stand-alone volume, our fair English heroine travels to India, where she finds freedom-and risk-more exciting than she ever imagined. Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom
January 12th | Random House | 9781400063574
Love, in its many forms and complexities, weaves through this collection by Amy Bloom, the New York Times bestselling author of Away. Bloom's astonishing and astute new work of interconnected stories illuminates the mysteries of passion, family, and friendship.Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
January 13th | Reagan Arthur Books| 9780316031912
Part memoir, part observation of modern marriage, and part meditation on the roles of God and love in our everyday lives, Marriage and Other Acts of Charity is a unique and unforgettable look into why, and how, we love each other, and proves yet again why Kate Braestrup's writing is "inspirational in the best sense" (New York Daily News). The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir by Nick Flynn
January 18th | W. W. Norton & Company | 9780393068160
A dazzling, searing, and inventive memoir about becoming a father in the age of terror. Haunted by a history of addiction, a relationship with his unsteady father, and a longing to connect with his mother who committed suicide, Flynn artfully interweaves in this memoir passages from his childhood, his relationships with women, and his growing obsession—a questioning of terror, torture, and the political crimes we can neither see nor understand in post-9/11 American life. The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
January 18th | Reagan Arthur Books | 9780316034012
A dazzling novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away. Small Wars by Sadie Jones
January 19th | Harper | 9780061929885
The prizewinning author of The Outcast delivers the emotionally searing story of a marriage in crisis, an unflinching look at lives irrevocably altered by one of history's "small wars." The Book of Fires by Jane Borodale
January 21st | Viking Adult | 9780670021062
It is 1752 and seventeen-year-old Agnes Trussel arrives in London pregnant with an unwanted child. Lost and frightened, she finds herself at the home of Mr. J. Blacklock, a brooding fireworks maker who hires Agnes as an apprentice. As she learns to make rockets, portfires, and fiery rain, she slowly gains his trust and joins his quest to make the most spectacular fireworks the world has ever seen.The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes
January 21st | Viking Adult | 9780670021406
Keyes creates another charming novel that follows seven neighbors whose lives become entangled when a sassy and prescient spirit pays a visit to their Dublin townhouse with the intent of changing at least one of their lives. The Melting Season by Jami Attenberg
January 21st | Riverhead | 9781594488962
Deeply compassionate and unflinchingly bold, The Melting Season is the story of an indelible character's journey from isolation to belonging, as well as an honest look at the things we feel we deserve from our lives- and how far we will go to find them. Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro
January 26th | Harper | 9780061628344
In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has pursued—from the rituals of her black hat Orthodox Jewish relatives to yoga shalas and meditation retreats. A reckoning of the choices she has made and the knowledge she has gained, Devotion is the story of a woman whose search for meaning ultimately leads her home. Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline Luckett
January 27th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446542968
On the surface, Lena Spencer appears to have it all. She and her wealthy husband Randall have two wonderful children, and they live a life of luxury. In reality, however, Lena finds that happiness is elusive. Randall is emotionally distant, her son has developed a drug habit, and her daughter is disgusted by her mother's "overbearing behavior." When Randall decides that he's had enough of marriage counseling, he offers his wife an ultimatum: "Be grateful for all I've done for you or leave." Lena, realizing that money can't solve her problems and that her husband is no longer the man she married, decides to choose the latter. Drawing strength from Tina Turner's life story, Searching for Tina Turner is Lena's struggle to find herself after 25 years of being a wife and mother.PAPERBACKPicking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
January 5th | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312599539
The true story of an unlikely friendship forged between a woman and the man she incorrectly identified as her rapist and sent to prison for 11 years.The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
January 25th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446194228
An Indie-Bound and Literary Guild Blue Ribbon pick, this novel is spellbindingly woven tale about a girl who grows physically and emotionally beyond her small town's wildest expectations.Lone Star Legend by Gwendolyn Zepeda
January 25th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446539609
An aspiring young journalist stuck blogging for a gossip site stumbles across a story that gives new meaning to the word legendary.Damaged by Kia DuPree
January 26th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446547758
In the style of urban literary greats Teri Woods and Vicky Stringer, Kia DuPree tells an engrossing and heart-wrenching story about a young woman living on the streets of Washington D.C.The Dream House: A Novel by Valerie Laken
January 26th | Harper Perennial | 9780060840938
Dream House, the riveting debut novel from Pushcart Prize-winning author Valerie Laken, tells the story of one troubled house --- the site of a domestic drama that will forever change the lives of two families. Embracing volatile issues such as race, class, and gentrification, while seamlessly mixing genres as diverse as crime fiction, suspense, and home renovation, Dream House is a “sexy, sharp-eyed, deeply haunted, [and] wonderful book.” (Charles Baxter, author of the National Book Award finalist The Feast of Love)The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet: A Novel by Myrlin A. Hermes
January 26th | Harper Perennial | 9780061805196
Laced with quotes, references, and in-jokes, cross-dressing, bed-tricks, mistaken identity, and a bisexual love-triangle inspired by Shakespeare′s own sonnets, this novel upends everything you thought you knew about Hamlet. Witty, insightful, playful, and truly wise about the greatest works of the Bard, The Lunatic, The Lover, and the Poet is a delectable treat for people that have loved books like Stephen Greenblatt′s Will in the World and John Updike′s Gertrude and Claudius.Who Owns the World by Kevin Cahill with Rob McMahon
January 29th | Grand Central Publishing l 9780446581219
The desire to own land (and its resources) continues to shape world history. But what do we really know about landownership across the globe? Finally, here's a book that reveals surprising real estate truths about the world around us.
February 2010
HARDCOVERBrava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
February 2nd | Harper| 9780061257070
Very Valentine, an instant New York Times bestseller, introduced the contemporary family saga of the Roncalli and Angelini families, artisans of handcrafted wedding shoes in Greenwich Village since 1903. Brava, Valentine, Trigiani's best novel yet, delivers a hilarious and poignant mix of colorful worlds and unforgettable characters as only she can create them.Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich
February 2nd | Harper| 9780061536090
Into this deeply personal novel about marriage, family and individual identity, Erdrich weaves broader questions about cause and effect in history...A small masterpiece of compelling, painfully moving fiction.The Three Weissmanns of Westport: A Novel by Cathleen Schine
February 2nd | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 978-0374299040
Jane Austen’s beloved Sense and Sensibility has moved to Westport, Connecticut, in this enchanting modern-day homage to the classic novel. Dear Strangers by Meg Mullins
February 4th | Viking Adult | 9780670021437
A luminous, moving portrait of grief and atonement, romance and longing, Dear Strangers unearths the possibilities of hope and renewal in the unexpected bonds forged with family and strangers alike.Weeping Underwater Looks a Lot Like Laughter by Michael J. White
February 4th | Putnam Adult | 9780399155901
Told with both razor-sharp wit and deep empathy from George's later adult perspective, this is a moving, memorable debut novel about friendship and first love-about dealing with grief and trying to grow up without losing yourself along the way.Something Is Out There: Stories by Richard Bausch
February 9th | Knopf| 9780307266279
Richard Bausch’s stories contend with transfixing themes: marital and familial estrangement, ways of trespass, the intractable mysteries and frights of daily life in these times, the uncertainty of knowledge and truth, the gulfs between friends and lovers, the frailty of even the most abiding love --- while underlining throughout the persistence of love, the obdurate forces that connect us. His consummate skill, penetrating wit, and unfailing emotional generosity are on glorious display in this fine new collection. The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
February 10th | Center Street | 9781599952017
The Yellow House captures the story of a young woman fighting to reunite her family and reclaim their ancestral home during the war for Irish Independence.The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens
February 10th | Little, Brown and Company | 9780316069311
Lansens's hopeful and gentle third novel (after The Girls), opens in the same fictitious Ontario county as its predecessors, but the heroine's journey takes her to a vastly different landscape, both literally and spiritually. Hester by Paula Reed
February 16th | St. Martin's Press | 9780312583927
From the moment Hester donned the famous scarlet letter, it instilled in her the power to see the sins and hypocrisy of others, an ability not lost on the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. To Cromwell, Hester’s sight is either a sign of sorcery or a divine gift that Hester must use to assist the divinely chosen in his scheming to control England. Since sorcery carries a death sentence, Hester is compelled against her will to use her sight to assist Cromwell. She soon finds herself entangled in a web of political intrigue, espionage, and forbidden love.Making Toast: A Family Story by Roger Roseblatt
February 16th | Ecco | 9780061825934
Family tragedy is healed by domestic routine in this quiet, tender memoir. Rosenblatt avoids the sentimentality that might have weighed down the story; he writes with humor and an engagement with life that makes the occasional flashes of grief all the more telling. The result is a beautiful account of human loss, measured by the steady effort to fill in the void. The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak
February 18th | Viking Adult | 9780670021451
In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her 2007 novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives --- one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz --- that together incarnate the poet's timeless message of love.Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food and Healing in
Italy by Paula Butturini
February 18th | Riverhead Hardcover | 9781594488979
A story of food and love, injury and healing, Keeping the Feast is the triumphant memoir of one couple's nourishment and restoration in Italy after a period of tragedy, and the extraordinary sustaining powers of food, family, and friendship. Heresy by S.J. Parris
February 23rd | Random House/Doubleday | 9780385531283
Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the 16-century Oxford University campus. Like The Dante Club and The Alienist, this clever, sophisticated, exceptionally enjoyable novel is written with the unstoppable narrative propulsion and stylistic flair of the very best historical thrillers.PAPERBACKThe Book of Night Women by Marlon James
February 2nd | Riverhead Trade | 9781594484360
Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. The slave women around her have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings and desires and identity, Lilith risks becoming the conspiracy’s weak link. Honolulu by Alan Brennert
February 2nd | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312606343
From Alan Brennert, the acclaimed author of Moloka'i comes the story of a young Korean "picture bride" who immigrates to Honolulu in 1914.Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
February 2nd | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312380731
It begins with a very simple, very chilling moment: single mother Ellen Gleeson arrives home one day and opens the mail, only to find a "Missing Child" flyer. She almost tosses it aside --- until she takes a closer look and her heart nearly stops. The photo of the child looks exactly like her adopted son, Tim. Ellen, a journalist, is faced with a wrenching dilemma: ignore the flyer and go on with her life?Lowboy by John Wray
February 2nd | Picador | 9780312429339
Early one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a 16-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, gets on an uptown B-train alone. Will is on a mission to save the world from global warming --- to do it, though, he'll need one willing girl. Lowboy tells the story of Will’s odyssey through the city’s tunnels, back alleys, and streets in search of Emily Wallace, his one great hope.O, Juliet by Robin Maxwell
February 2nd | NAL Trade | 9780451229151
Before Juliet Capelletti lie two futures: a traditionally loveless marriage to her father’s business partner, or the fulfillment of her poetic dreams, inspired by the great Dante. The latter path is hers for the taking when she meets Romeo Monticecco, a soulful young man seeking peace between their warring families. A dreamer himself, Romeo is unstoppable, once he determines to capture the heart of the remarkable woman foretold in his stars. The breathless intrigue that ensues is the stuff of beloved legend. But those familiar with Shakespeare’s muse know only half the story…Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
February 2nd | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312385194
A powerful novel of the secrets women keep and the lies they tell to survive life in a small, 19th century Colorado mining town.A Rather Charming Invitation by C. A. Belmond
February 2nd | NAL Trade | 9780451229083
C.A. Belmond's beloved characters Penny and Jeremy return in this globe-trotting search for a missing family heirloom. The Spare Room by Helen Garner
February 2nd | Picador | 9780312428170
In her first novel in fifteen years, Helen Garner writes about the joys and limits of female friendship under the transforming pressure of illness. "The clear-eyed grace of her prose" in this darkly funny and unsparing novel has been hailed by Peter Carey as "the work of a great writer." Dazzling reviewers around the globe, The Spare Room is destined to be a modern literary classic.The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar
February 2nd | Harper Perennial | 9780061472558
Umrigar renders melancholy novels that resonate with rich prose and vibrant depictions of India, where she spent the first 21 years of her life before moving to the States. The Weight of Heaven is a bold, beautifully rendered tale of cultures that clash and coalesce. --Allison BlockThe Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood
February 3rd | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446698856
The New York Times bestselling book that asks, "What do survivors have and how can we get some of that for ourselves? " is now in trade paperback.Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
February 8th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446696937
Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman describes a very different kind of back-packing trip to China in which she and her college friend set out to conquer the world only to be conquered by it --- now available in paperback.The Crazy School by Cornelia Read
February 12th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446198202
From the acclaimed author of A Field of Darkness comes another compelling novel featuring the acerbic and memorable voice of ex-debutante Madeline Dare --- now available in paperback.Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
February 15th | Bloomsbury USA | 9781608190461
A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did for Afghanistan. Forcibly removed from the ancient village of Ein Hod by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, the Abulhejas are moved into the Jenin refugee camp. There, exiled from his beloved olive groves, the family patriarch languishes of a broken heart, his eldest son fathers a family and falls victim to an Israeli bullet, and his grandchildren struggle against tragedy toward freedom, peace, and home. This is the Palestinian story, told as never before, through four generations of a single family.The American Girl by Monika Fagerholm
February 16th | Other Press | 9781590513040
A mysterious, careening nd shimmering tale of two girls playing adult games beyond their years, inspired by film noir and the gothic novel. In 1969, a young girl makes a trip from Coney Island to the swampy coastland of Helsinki, Finland. There, her death will imediately become part of the local mythology. Everyone dreams of the lost American girl, Edie de Wire.Gemma by Meg Tilly
February 16th | St. Martin's Press| 9780312605292
In the tradition of Dorothy Allison and Alice Sebold, Meg Tilly unflinchingly explores both sides of a story about child molestation and sexual abuse.Postcards from a Dead Girl by Kirk Farber
February 16th | Harper Perennial | 9780061834479
A touching, almost cinematic, debut novel featuring the eccentric, slightly disturbed, and unique character Sid, who finds himself --- among various other darkly comic scenarios --- obsessed by the mysterious European postcards that arrive in the mail from his ex-girlfriend.Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
February 20th | Bloomsbury USA | 9781596913486
Denis Johnson meets David Mitchell in this darkly beautiful and daringly creative novel by two-time Booker Prize nominee Jon McGregor. Intense, exhilarating, and shot through with hope and fury, Even the Dogs is an intimate exploration of life at the edges of society --- littered with love, loss, despair, and a half-glimpse of redemption.In the Midst of It All by Tiffany L. Warren
February 22nd | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446195164
Essence bestseller Tiffany Warren tells an edgy and heartfelt tale about a woman who struggles with her own beliefs and that of her mentally ill mother.
March 2010
HARDCOVERThe Journal Keeper: A Memoir by Phyllis Theroux
March 1st | Atlantic Monthly Press | 9780802118974
In lovely, straightforward prose, Theroux speaks honestly about the quotidian and miraculous aspects of loss and new chances. It’s all here --- births, deaths and marriages—and the reader is invited into the intimacies of a world that is both familiar and full of surprises.The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
March 2nd | Knopf | 9780307271686
Mathias Malzieu’s The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a fantastical, wildly inventive tale of love and heartbreak—by turns poignant and funny—in which Jack finally learns the great joys, and ultimately the greater costs, of owning a fully formed heart.The Cross Gardener by Jason F. Wright
March 2nd | Berkley Hardcover | 9780425233283
From Jason F. Wright comes a timeless tale that explores the questions we ask when our lives are touched by loss: How do we carry on? And who will show us the way? The answers John Bevan finds illuminate the hope that even in our darkest hours we are not alone.The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
March 2nd | St. Martin's Press | 9780312558154
Beautifully written, stunningly imagined, and wickedly funny, The Dream of Perpetual Motion is a heartfelt meditation on the place of love in a world dominated by technology.Gonville: A Memoir by Peter Birkenhead
March 2nd | Free Press | 9781416598831
Gonville is the story of a son coming to terms with his alternately charismatic, mortifying, thoughtful, violent, generous, and cruel father.House Rules by Jodi Picoult
March 2nd | Atria | 9780743296434
The astonishing new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about a family torn apart by an accusation of murder. Imperfect Endings: A Memoir by Zoe FitzGerald Carter
March 2nd | Simon & Schuster | 9781439148242
Zoe Carter's wrenching memoir about a family coming to terms with the mother's plan, after a long and difficult illness, to commit suicide.One Good Dog by Susan Wilson
March 2nd | St. Martin's Press | 9780312571252
“One Good Dog is a wonderful novel: a moving, tender, and brilliantly crafted story about two fighters --- one a man, one a dog --- hoping to leave the fight behind, who ultimately find their salvation in each other." —Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the RainBone Fire by Mark Spragg
March 9th | Alfred A. Knopf | 9780307272751
No one writes more compellingly about the modern West than Mark Spragg, and in Bone Fire, he is at the very height of his powers.Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life by Frances Mayes
March 9th | Broadway | 9780767929820
With more on the pleasures of life at Bramasole, the delights and challenges of living in Italy day-to-day and favorite recipes, Every Day in Tuscany is a passionate and inviting account of the richness and complexity of Italian life.Lost: A Novel by Alice Lichtenstein
March 9th | Scribner | 9781439159828
Lost is a hauntingly beautiful novel about the lengths we'll go to save someone and the ways responsibility, love, and sorrow bind people together.A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks
March 30th | Doubleday | 9780385532914
From the author of the bestselling Birdsong comes a powerful novel that melds the moral heft of Dickens and the scrupulous realism of Trollope with the satirical spirit of Tom Wolfe.
London: the week before Christmas, 2007. Over seven days we follow the lives of seven major characters: a hedge fund manager trying to bring off the biggest trade of his career; a professional footballer recently arrived from Poland; a young lawyer with little work and too much time to speculate; a student who has been led astray by Islamist theory; a hack book reviewer; a schoolboy hooked on reality TV and genetically altered pot; and a Tube train driver whose Circle Line train joins these and countless other lives together in a daily loop.
With daring skill and savage humor, A Week in December explores the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life; as the novel moves to its gripping climax, its characters are forced, one by one, to confront the true nature of the world they—and we all—inhabit.The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald
March 15th | Bloomsbury USA | 9781608190157
An engrossing novel of murder, organized crime, and politics in contemporary Italy --- the first in a series of Italian crime novels by a promising new writer. In this riveting debut novel, we are introduced to police inspector Alec Blume, an American expatriate and seasoned police veteran. Intelligent yet sometimes petulant, instinctive yet flawed, Blume is a likable and trustworthy protagonist for this first installment of a gritty and exciting new series.Backing Into Forward: A Memoir by Jules Feiffer
March 16th | Nan A. Talese | 9780385531580
The award-winning cartoonist, playwright, and author delivers a witty, illustrated rendition of his life, from his childhood as a wimpy kid in the Bronx to his legendary career in the arts.Club Rules by Andrew Trees
March 16th | St. Martin's Press| 9780312570279
In Eden’s Glen, an iconic world of privilege and ease, the comfortable rituals of wealth and leisure have created an enclave almost untouched by time. But position is not easy to attain, or to keep. And quiet desperation has suddenly found its way into lives whose paths were always smooth before.The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
March 16th | Bantam | 9780553807219
In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world --- no matter how out of place they feel.In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy
March 16th | Bloomsbury USA | 9781608190164
A luminous love story and an internationally acclaimed masterpiece, published in the United States for the first time. Taking on the very best and the very worst of human experience, In the Company of Angels is a moving, achingly human story that achieves a fable-like quality rare in contemporary fiction. Dense with wisdom and humanity, this already acclaimed novel is a riveting testament to the resilience and complexity of the human heart.The Irresistible Henry House: A Novel by Lisa Grunwald
March 16th | Random House | 9781400063000
Filled with unforgettable characters, settings, and action, The Irresistible Henry House portrays the cultural tumult of the mid-twentieth century even as it explores the inner tumult of a young man trying to transcend a damaged childhood. For it is not until Henry House comes face-to-face with the real truths of his past that he finds a chance for real love.Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott
March 23rd | Harper | 9780061825897
Six girls and women are the linked heroines of this deceptively episodic tale deceptive because events scattered over thousands of miles and several decades are finally fused into a striking emotional whole, a continuum of fractured, rarely spoken, but persistent and mysterious love.The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon
March 23rd | Doubleday | 9780385530637
From a fresh and exciting new voice in women's fiction, The Language of Secrets unflinchingly examines the lifelong repercussions of a father's betrayal. It is a story of an unspeakable loss born of human frailty and an ultimate redemption born of human courage.Losing Charlotte by Heather Clay
March 23rd | Alfred A. Knopf | 9780375415388
Heather Clay's riveting debut novel, about the overlapping lives of two starkly different sisters, will invite comparisons to Sue Miller, Jane Hamilton, and Elizabeth Strout.The Bradshaw Variations: A Novel by Rachel Cusk
March 30th | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 9780374100810
From the award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk comes a timely and absorbing story of the harmony and discord of family life. The Bradshaw Variations reveals how our choices, our loves, and the family life we build will always be an echo --- a variation --- of a theme played out in our own childhood. This masterful and often shockingly funny novel shows Cusk to be a writer at the height of her powers.Pearl of China: A Novel by Anchee Min
March 30th | Bloomsbury USA | 9781596916975
In this ambitious new novel, Anchee Min brings to life a courageous and passionate woman who is now hailed in China as a modern heroine. Like nothing before it, Pearl of China tells the story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers, from the perspective of the people she loved and of the land she called home.The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier
March 30th | Henry Holt and Co. | 9780805090819
A world of possibilities opens up for Joy Harkness when she sets out on a journey that’s going to show her the importance of friendship, love, and what makes a house a home.Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
March 30th | St. Martin's Press | 9780312600150
From The New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life changing effects it has on the people who live there.PAPERBACKWaking Up in the Land of Glitter: A Crafty Chica Novel by Kathy Cano-Murillo
March 1st | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446509244
If Amy Sedaris and Ugly Betty teamed up to rewrite The Friday Night Knitting Club, you'd have this hilarious, heartwarming debut novel from "Crafty Chica" Kathy Cano-Murillo. All the Living by C. E. Morgan
March 2nd | Picador | 9780312429320
Aloma is an orphan, raised by her aunt and uncle, educated in the Kentucky mountains. She moves to an isolated tobacco farm to be with her lover, a young man whose family has died in a car accident. Left mostly to her own, Aloma struggles to settle herself in this lonely setting and must choose either to fight her way to independence or accept the rigors of commitment.Hold Up the Sky by Patricia Sprinkle
March 2nd | NAL Trade | 9780451229144
From a veteran writer new to the Accent list, a novel about four women who find strength and insight in each other.Yes, My Darling Daughter by Margaret Leroy
March 2nd | Picador | 9780312429347
What’s the matter with Sylvie? Such a pretty girl --- four years old, well loved by her young mother, Grace. But there’s something...off about the child. Her deathly fear of water; night terrors; most of all, her fixation with a photo of an Irish seaside town called Coldharbour.The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji
March 2nd | Harper Perennial | 9780061493867
From childhood, willful, intelligent Saira Qader broke the boundaries between her family's traditions and her desire for independence. A free-spirited and rebellious Muslim-American of Indo-Pakistani descent, she rejected the constricting notions of family, duty, obligation, and fate, choosing instead to become a journalist, the world her home. Five years later, tragedy strikes, throwing Saira's life into turmoil. Now the woman who chased the world to uncover the details of other lives must confront the truths of her own.Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton
March 3rd | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446538947
From the author of A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth comes an entirely different kind of novel: a funny, sexy, and provocative satire about marriage --- Le Divorce meets The Love Letter.All Other Nights by Dara Horn
March 8th | W. W. Norton & Company | 9780393338324
How is tonight different from all other nights? For Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army, it is a question his commanders have answered for him: on Passover in 1862 he is ordered to murder his own uncle, who is plotting to assassinate President Lincoln.Dutch II: Angel's Revenge by Teri Woods
March 8th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446551557
New Special Collector's Edition: Dutch II is the second installment in the critically acclaimed series by Teri Woods. In this follow-up to Dutch, Dutch has disappeared and his crew struggles to keep a tight hold on the streets and stay alive. If You Follow Me by Malena Watrous
March 9th | Harper Perennial | 9780061732850
Beautifully wrought and deftly written, If You Follow Me is the stunning debut novel from author Malena Watrous. It tells the story of Marina, who moves to Japan to teach English shortly after her father’s tragic suicide and finds unexpected solace with her Japanese supervisor and seemingly indifferent neighbors. Fans of the works of Curtis Sittenfeld, Diana Spechler, and Min Jin Lee, as well as those interested in Japanese culture, will love If You Follow Me.The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
March 10th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446582216
A woman who has lost her identity to the Witness Protection Program flirts with trusting her life to the Mafioso hired to kill her.The Memory Thief by Rachel Keener
March 12th| Center Street | 9781599951126
Brilliant young novelist Rachel Keener interweaves the coming-of-age stories of two young women, each on a twisting journey from very different but equally troubling pasts that will lead to a shared future.Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs
March 16th | WaterBrook Press | 9781400070015
A timeless tale of betrayal and redemption, flickering against the vivid backdrop of eighteenth-century Edinburgh. Here Burns My Candle reveals the dark side of human nature and the bright hope of divine providence through the saga of a mother who cannot face her future and a daughter who cannot escape her past.The Last Rendezvous by Anne Plantagenet
March 16th| Other Press | 9781590512784
A dramatic, romatic novel about the leading French romantic poetess and actress, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, a woman struggling to balance her passions for her work, her lover, and her family. Her marriage brings love and stability to her life; her passioate affair sparks inspiration in her work.Legend of a Suicide by David Vann
March 16th | Harper Perennial | 9780061875847
In Legend of a Suicide, his heartbreaking semi-autobiographical debut story-collection, David Vann relates the story of a young man trying to come to terms with the guilt and pain of his father’s suicide. The wild outback of the author’s native Alaska acts as the ideal backdrop for this collage of six stories --- a novella and five shorts --- and mirrors the author’s own psychological wilderness. From “an important new voice in American literature” (Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain) comes an unforgettable exploration of the tragic gaps between one boy and his father.Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato
March 16th | Picador | 978312430035
Fear doesn’t come naturally to Mathilda Savitch. Her beloved older sister is dead, pushed in front of a train by a man still on the loose. Her grief-stricken parents have been sleepwalking, and Mathilda decides she’s going to figure out what happened --- but she has to leave behind everything she loves in order to discover the truth.Up at the College by Michele Andrea Bowen
March 22nd | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446695213
Bestselling author Michele Andrea Bowen brings us her fourth novel continuing her hilarious tradition of writing about the lives of real church folk. The hardcover edition of Up at the College features some of the character favorites from Holy Ghost Corner.Neverland by Douglas Clegg
March 23rd | Vanguard Press | 9781593155414
From Douglas Clegg, award-winning author of ISIS, comes a southern gothic tale of family secrets and games of innocence turned to darkness.The Boticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato
March 30th | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312606367
In the heart of Medici Florence, part-time model and full-time prostitute Luciana Vetra stumbles across a deadly secret when she is asked to pose for the central figure of Flora in Sandro Botticelli's famous Primavera in this thrilling novel.Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner
March 30th | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312377465
At 22, Leslie Morgan Steiner seemed to have it all: a Harvard diploma, a glamorous job at Seventeen magazine, a downtown New York City apartment. Plus a handsome, funny, street-smart boyfriend who adored her. But behind her façade of success, this golden girl hid a dark secret. She’d made a mistake shared by millions: she fell in love with the wrong person.Small Change by Sheila Roberts
March 30th | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312594473
A funny, heartwarming women’s fiction novel about three women facing dire financial problems who discover that small changes in their spending habits make a big difference.
April 2010
HARDCOVERImpossible to Easy by Robert Irvine
April 1st William Morrow Cookbooks 9780061474118
The host of Food Network’s Dinner: Impossible! and the author of Mission: Cook! shows busy people how to keep food simple but great with a wealth of tips, recipes, and sample menus. Just Let Me Lie Down by Kristin van Ogtrop
April 1st Little, Brown 9780316068284
A charming, hilarious antidote to the chaos of working motherhood from the editor of Real Simple magazine.Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
April 1st William Morrow 9780060567231
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny continues our trade repackaging of classic science fiction. Along with Dune and The Forever War, Lord of Light changed science fiction forever when it was first published, and trade paperback is the perfect format for this seminal title.Lulu Powers Food to Flowers by Lulu Powers
April 1st William Morrow Cookbooks 9780061493270
From one of Los Angeles’s premier caterers and event planners comes a lively, lushly photographed, full-color cookbook featuring 175 recipes and inspired party-planning tips.Slim and Scrumptious by Joy Bauer
April 1st William Morrow Cookbooks 9780061834776
From one of Los Angeles’s premier caterers and event planners comes a lively, lushly photographed, full-color cookbook featuring 175 recipes and inspired party-planning tips.This is Just Exactly Like You by Drew Perry
April 1st Viking Adult 9780670021543
A darkly humorous debut novel of suburban survival and life's occasional miracles. Perry's fresh and funny insights into marriage, autism, parenthood, and suburban ennui (not to mention mulch) create a landscape that will charm and captivate fans of Tom Perrotta and Jennifer Haigh.How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Flower
April 2nd Grand Central Publishing 9780446540681
How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly is the transcendent story of a young woman who, in a 24-hour period, journeys through startling moments of self-discovery that lead her to a courageous and life-altering decision.The Aloha Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
April 6th Simon & Schuster 9781416533184
Now in paperback, Jennifer Chiaverini's bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series continues at a quilter's retreat in scenic Hawaii.The Lake Shore Limited by Sue Miller
April 6th Alfred A. Knopf 9780307264213
Four unforgettable characters beckon you into this spellbinding new novel from the author of last year’s explosive New York Times best seller The Senator’s Wife.Love in a Time of Homeschooling: A Mother and Daughter's Uncommon Year by Laura Brodie
April 6th Harper 9780061706462
After years of watching her eldest daughter, Julia, struggle in the highly regimented public school system, Laura Brodie --- ignoring the skepticism of her husband, friends, and relatives --- made the radical decision to teach her child at home for a year. Though the experiment was not easy, mother and daughter worked through their frustration and difficulties to forge an invaluable bond. Hers is a life lesson no parent should miss.The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
April 6th Ballantine Books 9780345471017
Engrossing, lyrical, and suspenseful, The Scent of Rain and Lightning captures the essence of small-town America --- its heartfelt intimacy and its darkest secrets --- where through struggle and hardship people still dare to hope for a better future.The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCraw
April 6th Random House/Doubleday 9780385531931
A heartbreaking affair, an unsolved murder, an explosive romance: welcome to summer on the Cape in this powerful debut. The Swimming Pool delivers a sensuous narrative of such force and depth that you won't be able to put it down.A Ticket to the Circus: A Memoir by Norris Church Mailer
April 6th Random House 9781400067947
A great American love story, this warm, funny, revealing memoir introduces the world to Norman Mailer’s greatest inspiration, his wife of more than thirty years. Like Zelda Fitzgerald before her, Norris Church Mailer has led a life as large and as colorful as her husband’s --- and every bit as engaging.Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
April 7th Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547069678
Sharratt interweaves well-researched historical details of the 1612 Pendle witch-hunt with a beautifully imagined story of strong women, family, and betrayal. Daughters of the Witching Hill is a powerful novel of intrigue and revelation.The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
April 12th Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547330792
A stunning portrait of motherhood and the artist’s life in all their terror and glory, Maggie O’Farrell’s newest novel is a gorgeous inquiry into the ways we make and unmake our lives, who we know ourselves to be, and how even our most accidental legacies connect us.Men and Dogs: A Novel by Katie Crouch
April 12th Little, Brown and Company 9780316002134
Katie Crouch is an American original. Men and Dogs is an opus of the struggle between a daughter and her father and the wounds and jubilation carried from that relationship into marriage and adulthood.Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff
April 13th Thomas Dunne Books 9780312581589
Fireworks Over Toccoa takes us to a moment in time that will resonate with readers long after the book’s unforgettable conclusion. A devastating and poignant story, this debut novel will resonate with anyone who believes in love.Confessions of a Rebel Debutante by Anna Fields
April 15th Putnam Adult 9780399156311
A delicious, laugh-out-loud funny Southern-fried memoir about growing up a "proper young lady"...or not. A strict regimen of Southern-belle grooming should have prepared Anna Fields for a lifetime of ladylike behavior. But it didn't. Sharp, sweet, and sassy, Confessions of a Rebel Debutante proves you can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl!Lies of the Heart: A Novel by Michelle Boyajian
April 15th Viking Adult 9780670021314
As her husband's killer stands trial, a woman must come to terms with her marriage's hidden fault lines. A powerful debut novel and a rich tale of psychological suspense, Lies of the Heart masterfully dissects a marriage and explores the path of self-discovery that can sometimes be found in grief.Three Wishes by Carey Goldberg, Beth Jones, Pamela Ferdinand
April 19th Little, Brown 9780316079068
The uplifting true story of three best friends whose lives are transformed when they decide to take motherhood into their own hands.The Double Comfort Safari Club: The New No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Novel by Alexander McCall Smith
April 20th Pantheon 9780375424502
The delightful new installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved and best-selling series finds Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi traveling to the north of Botswana, to the stunning Okavango Delta, to visit a safari lodge where there have been several unexplained and troubling events --- including the demise of one of the guests.Intercept by Patrick Robinson
April 20th Vanguard Press 9781593155841
Patrick Robinson's newest novel deals with the ultimate dread of the United States military --- in the opening chapter a liberal-leaning Appeal Court judge liberates four of the most dangerous al-Qaeda terrorists on earth from Guantanamo Bay.Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
April 20th Alfred A. Knopf 9780307592620
From the two-time Booker Prize–winning author: an irrepressibly funny new novel set in early 19th Century America.Day for Night by Frederick Reiken
April 26th Reagan Arthur Books 9780316077569
The prize-winning, critically acclaimed writer Frederick Reiken --- whose first novel made the cover of the New York Times Book Review --- brings us a dazzling and moving novel about a family's mysterious past.Romancing Miss Bronte by Juliet Gael
April 27th Ballantine Books 9780345520043
In this astonishing novel, a brilliant mélange of fact and fiction, Juliet Gael skillfully and stylishly captures the passions, hopes, dreams, and sorrows of literature’s most famous sisters --- and imagines how love dramatically and most unexpectedly found Charlotte Brontë.The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds
April 30th St. Martin's Press 978031238089
Buckle your trench coats --- you’re in for a great ride. The Book of Spies stars two brand-new, fascinating characters --- intelligence officer Judd Ryder and rare books curator Eva Blake. For centuries, emperors, historians, and even the Vatican have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's magnificent Library of Gold. Now one of the volumes, The Book of Spies, has surfaced, and along with it the secret book club that owns the Library of Gold. They form a cabal of the globe's most powerful men --- men who will do anything to achieve their aims and protect their interests. Somehow the CIA must do what no one else has been able to do --- find the library and stop them.PAPERBACKThe Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley
April 5th Picador 9780031242938X
Freya Morris is living in New York when she is summoned back to the formative place of her youth, a remote Canadian village called Gimli, where her Icelandic ancestors once settled. Gradually we learn the truth about her mercurial aunt, the tragic instant that shattered her childhood, and the magical culture of a little-known nation.Where Did You Sleep Last Night? by Danzy Senna
April 5th Picador 9780312429398
When Danzy Senna’s parents got married in 1968, they were two brilliant young American writers from wildly divergent backgrounds --- a white woman with a blue-blood Bostonian lineage and a black man, the son of a struggling single mother. Decades later, Senna looks back on her parents’ divorce and the family mystery that illuminates her own childhood.Between Friends by Kristy Kiernan
April 6th Berkley Trade 9780425233474
Thanks to modern reproductive technology --- and the gift of her friend Cora’s eggs --- Ali Gutierrez is the mother of a fourteen-year-old daughter. Now, yearning for a second child, Ali asks Cora’s permission to use another of the frozen embryos that have been stored away in anticipation of this decision. But Cora has a secret that could not only change Ali’s plans for the future, but tear apart her life right now.Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
April 6th Berkley Trade 9780425232477
Purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida Pollia, Thea --- a slave from Judaea --- becomes her mistress’s rival for the love of Arius the Barbarian, Rome’s newest gladiator. His love brings Thea the first happiness of her life --- until a jealous Lepida tears them apart. Rebuilding her life as a singer, Thea soon attracts the Emperor of Rome. While many have tried to destroy the him, the life of the brilliant and paranoid Domitian lies in the hands of one woman: the Emperor’s mistress.Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
April 8th Grand Central Publishing 9780446540711
A novel that gets to the heart of the Ivy League admissions process through the story of Portia Nathan, a Princeton College admissions officer who has to evaluate her own life as she evaluates hundreds of candidates --- and then make the ultimate admission.The Cradle by Patrick Somerville
April 12th Back Bay Books 9780316036115
Hailed as a "magical debut novel....An endearing story full of genuinely surprising turns" (New York Times), The Cradle is a remarkable tale of devotion, marriage, and parenthood that holds broad appeal for reading groups.The Host by Stephenie Meyer
April 13th Back Bay Books 9780316068055
Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, The Host is a riveting and unforgettable novel about the persistence of love and the essence of what it means to be human.Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne
April 13th Harper Perennial 9780061873218
With a fresh and singular voice, Teddy Wayne marks his literary debut with the story of one 26 year old Middle Eastern man’s attempt to live the American Dream in New York City. Like the award-winning Netherland and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Kapitoil provides an absorbing look into American culture and New York finance from an outsider’s perspective.The Other Family by Joanna Trollope
April 13th Touchstone 9781439129838
From the superb storyteller and quintessential women's fiction author, a new story about two families who must confront each other over an inheritance.John the Revelator by Peter Murphy
April 14th Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780151014026
Joining the ranks of the great novels of friendship and betrayal, John the Revelator grapples with the pull of the world and the hold of those we love.
"Murphy has given the new century its own reference point with his soul-stirring debut... [with] line after line of inspired and, yes, revelatory prose." — Seattle Times
Boy Alone by Karl Taro Greenfield
April 27th Harper Perennial 9780061136672
For the first time, acclaimed journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld speaks out about growing up in the shadow of his autistic brother, revealing the complex mix of rage, confusion, and love that defined his childhood. Boy Alone is his brutally honest memoir of the hopes, dreams, and realities of life with a mentally disabled sibling.Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden
April 27th Picador 9780312429541
The story begins in the apartment of Molly Fox, a well-known stage actress. The unnamed narrator, an old friend of Molly’s who’s staying there in her absence, gradually discovers how little she has really understood about her and her relationship with Molly. The novel evokes the experience of a turning point --- when life changes directions in a single day.The Queen of Palmyra by Kristin van Ogtrop
April 27th Harper Perennial 9780061840326
An atmospheric debut novel about growing up in the changing South in 1960s Mississippi in the tradition of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help.Small Island by Andrea Levy
April 27th Picador 9780312429525
A reissue of the international bestseller, now a PBS miniseries. Hortense arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with a broken heart. Her husband returns from the war, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady befriends them until the unexpected arrival of her husband, who has issues of his own to resolve...
May 2010
HARDCOVERReckless by Andrew Gross
May 1st William Morrow 9780061655951
Investigator Ty Hauck looks into the murder of an upper middle class family in Connecticut and uncovers a frightening financial conspiracy in this new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Don't Look Twice. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
May 4th Alfred A. Knopf 9781400041169
Julie Orringer’s astonishing first novel since the publication of her best-selling short-story collection, How to Breathe Underwater, is a grand love story set against the backdrop of Budapest and Paris, an epic tale of three brothers whose lives are ravaged by war, and the chronicle of one family’s struggle against the forces that threaten to annihilate it.Private Life by Jane Smiley
May 4th Alfred A. Knopf 9781400040605
A riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman’s life, from the 1880s to World War II.My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster
May 4th NAL Hardcover 9780451229861
It's a JENaissance! The New York Times bestselling author of Pretty in Plaid gets her culture on in this hilarious memoir.On Folly Beach by Karen White
May 4th NAL Trade 9780451229212
The latest Southern novel from the acclaimed bestselling and award-winning author of The Memory Water.One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir by Paul Guest
May 4th Ecco 9780061685170
"I read this book in one sitting....Heartbreakingly funny, pitilessly honest, [this] is above all a quiet and bold and loving work of art that renders beautifully what it means to live. You must read this book.” – Brett Lott, #1 New York Times bestselling authorPoint Dume by Katie Arnoldi
May 7th The Overlook Press 9781590203293
Katie Arnoldi (Chemical Pink, The Wentworths) writes with authority, informed by her own extensive and revelatory fieldwork --- including hikes into active cartel-run marijuana grow-sites --- in this novel about the death of surf culture, human trafficking, drug cartels, and the environmental devastation caused by illegal pot farms on public lands.The Marrowbone Marble Company by Glenn Taylor
May 11th Ecco 9780061923937
“Glenn Taylor’s plain-spoken eloquence on labor, race, and war recalls the voices in Studs Terkel’s inspired Working. [This is] a novel of stirring clarity and power, [and] speaks unforgettably from a half century ago to issues still unresolved in American life...a hymn to the human heart.” — Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Lark and TermiteSpent by Avis Cardella
May 14th Little, Brown 9780316035606
A former model's shocking and visceral literary memoir about the shopping addiction that almost destroyed her.The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
May 17th Reagan Arthur Books 9780316074339
A dazzling, breathtaking debut novel about the startling reverberations of a high-school scandal.The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by Marlena DeBlasi
May 18th Ballantine Books 9780345507341
Marlena de Blasi, the acclaimed author of such delectable memoirs as A Thousand Days in Venice and That Summer in Sicily, now brings her luminous prose to the world of fiction with this remarkable debut novel. Set against the backdrop of Europe as it moves inexorably toward World War II, Amandine follows a young orphan’s journey in search of her heritage.The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C. W. Gortner
May 25th Ballantine Books 9780345501868
To some she was the ruthless queen who led France into an era of savage violence. To others she was the passionate savior of the French monarchy. Acclaimed author C. W. Gortner brings Catherine to life in her own voice, allowing us to enter into the intimate world of a woman whose determination to protect her family’s throne and realm plunged her into a lethal struggle for power.PAPERBACKThe Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
May 3rd Grand Central Publishing 9780446402415
Tom Rob Smith --- the author whose debut, Child 44, has been called "brilliant" (Chicago Tribune), "remarkable" (Newsweek) and "sensational" (Entertainment Weekly) --- returns with an intense, suspenseful novel: a story where the sins of the past threaten to destroy the present, where families must overcome unimaginable obstacles to save their loved ones, and where hope for a better tomorrow is found in the most unlikely of circumstances . . .A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
May 4th Back Bay Books 978031602071
The new novel about the fragility of a young marriage from one of our greatest chroniclers of the mysteries of the human heart.Sometimes Mine by Martha Moody
May 4th Riverhead Trade 9781594484681
From the author of the runaway bestseller Best Friends comes an engaging new novel of love, loss, and enduring friendship.The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash
May 4th Berkley Trade 9780425234105
Somehow it comforts Lauren to list the things she lost when a wildfire engulfed the Santa Barbara avocado ranch she shared with her husband, Tom. He, too, didn’t survive the devastating fire. As she negotiates her way through grief, mourning both the tangible and intangible. Now, it’s up to Lauren to understand what she could still gain even when it seems that everything is lost.I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti: A Memoir of Good Food and Bad Boyfriends by Giulia Melucci
May 5th Grand Central Publishing 9780446534413
From failure to fusilli, this deliciously hilarious read tells the story of Giulia Melucci's fizzled romances and the mouth-watering recipes she used to seduce her men, smooth over the lumps, and console herself when the relationships flamed out.Try to Remember by Iris Gomez
May 5th Grand Central Publishing 9780446556194
Something is happening to Gabriela's father. One minute he is calm, the next his temper rages out of control. And now his increasingly erratic behavior has cost him another job, jeopardizing the family. While her father slips deeper into darkness, Gabi's mother slips deeper into denial. Gabi is left alone to help her father. If she can't, her family could lose everything-and risk being deported from the country they've worked so hard to make their home.Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad
May 11th Ecco 9780061766787
“I couldn’t stop reading this thrilling memoir. Why do we sometimes feel most alive when we are risking our lives? Ollestad answers this question with a heart-stopping adventure…a love story that fearlessly explores the bond between a father and son and what it means to lead a life without limits.” — Susan CheeverBy Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan
May 18th Other Press 9781590513521
The fast-paced and penetrating story of the Spanish conversos during the Inquisition, caught between two faiths and two identities. In this story of love, God, faith, and torture, 15-century Spain comes to dazzling, engrossing life.The Bellini Madonna by Elizabeth Lowry
May 25th Picador 9780312429665
Thomas Lynch was once a brilliant young art historian. Now he is disgraced, middle-aged, and overly fond of the bottle and of his young students. But everything will change now that he’s on the trail of a lost masterpiece, a legendary Madonna by the Italian master Giovanni Bellini. A Victorian diary that draws Robert Browning into the painting’s mystery might provide the key.Devil's Queen by Jeanne Kalogridis
May 25th St. Martin's Griffin 9780312624149
From the author of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful The Borgia Bride and I, Mona Lisa comes an irresistible novel of France's most flamboyant queen. Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother in law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.The Embers by Hyatt Bass
May 25th Picador 9780312429711
A once-charmed family is forced to confront the devastating tragedy that struck it years ago in this fiercely tender tale of betrayal and reconciliation.Life Without Summer by Lynne Griffin
May 25th St. Martin's Griffin 9780312599546
The story of a mother who has just lost her four year old daughter in a hit and run accident and the grief counselor who tries to help her to put her life back together.The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
May 25th Alfred A. Knopf 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson’s internationally best-selling trilogy. This Wicked World by Richard Lange
May 27th Back Bay Books 9780316018791
Elmore Leonard meets Denis Johnson in this explosive first novel set on the dark side of Southern California.
June 2010
HARDCOVERAmerican Music by Jane Mendelsohn
June 1st Alfred A. Knopf 9780307272669
From the author of I Was Amelia Earhart, a luminous love story that winds through several generations—told in Jane Mendelsohn’s distinctive mesmerizing style.The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
by Aimee Bender
June 1st Doubleday 9780385501125
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a luminous tale about the enormous difficulty of loving someone fully when you know too much about them. It is heartbreaking and funny, wise and sad, and confirms Aimee Bender’s place as “a writer who makes you grateful for the very existence of language” (San Francisco Chronicle).A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
June 8th Alfred A. Knopf 9780307592835
Egan’s spellbinding new work circles Bennie Salazar, a former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young worker he employs. Bennie and Sasha never discover each other’s pasts, but the reader does, along with the secret lives of a host of other people whose paths intersect with theirs from the 1970s to a postwar future.To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition by Harper Lee
June 8th Harper 9780061743528
50th Anniversary: Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this compassionate, dramatic, deeply moving, regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.The Passage by Justin Cronin
June 8th Ballantine Books 9780345504968
“Every so often a novel-reader’s novel comes along: an enthralling, entertaining story wedded to simple, supple prose, both informed by tremendous imagination. Summer is the perfect time for such books, and this year readers can enjoy the gift of Justin Cronin’s The Passage. Read 15 pages, and you will find yourself captivated; read thirty and you will find yourself taken prisoner and reading late into the night. It has the vividness that only epic works of fantasy and imagination can achieve. What else can I say? This: read this book and the ordinary world disappears.” ---Stephen KingSweet Misfortune by Kevin Alan Milne
June 10th Center Street 9781599952970
Kevin Alan Milne, author of The Paper Bag Christmas and The Nine Lessons, delivers a sweet story about finding love and proving that happiness is not just a myth.Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg
June 14th Little, Brown 9780316054676
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man is an utterly compelling narrative --- lyrical, irresistible, harsh, honest, and beautifully written --- from which you simply cannot look away.After the Fall by Kylie Ladd
June 15th Doubleday 9780385532815
After the Fall peers into the souls of two young, devoted couples betrayed by the one thing they thought was secure and faultless: their friendship. Told in a kaleidoscope of first-person voices, this is an unsettling, morally complex read about the secret longings we all harbor and what happens when the unexpected becomes inevitable.Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer
June 15th Ballantine Books 9780345518286
Beautifully written, powerfully felt, full of both abundant joy and heart-wrenching sorrow, Beachcombers is an extraordinary novel that centers on the bittersweet reunion of three captivating, very different sisters on Nantucket over one gorgeous, exhilarating summer.The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst
June 15th Doubleday 9780385527699
From the bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel comes a dazzling literary mystery about the lengths to which some people will go to rewrite their past.Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
June 21st Reagan Arthur Books 9780316077583
The charming, captivating love story of a couple making a new life --- and their wildest dreams --- come true.The Lovers by Vendela Vida
June 22nd Ecco 9780060828394
“A spare and haunting meditation on how travel can bring us full circle back to the place from which we should have started. I read it over two days and dreamed about it the second night.” - Francine Prose, author of GoldengroveInside Out by Barry Eisler
June 29th Ballantine Books 9780345505101
A fierce and intelligent thriller for fans of Lee Child and Vince Flynn, from former CIA operative turned bestselling novelist Barry Eisler. This is Eisler's most action-packed and politically charged thriller yet.PAPERBACKThe Great Lover by Jill Dawson
June 1st Harper Perennial 9780061924361
An imaginative, fascinating novel about one of the most enduringly popular and romantic figures of the First World War --- the radical, handsome young poet Rupert Brooke.The Help by Kathryn Stockett
June 1st Berkley Trade 9780425232200
Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition, but without a husband, she’s considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town…In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White
June 1st Harper Perennial 9780061351631
The emotional, incredible true story of a man who discovers the secret to happiness, leading a fulfilling life, and the importance of fatherhood in the most unlikely of places --- the last leper colony in the continental United States.The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins
June 1st NAL Trade 9780451229489
A poignant debut novel of an Irish gypsy boy's childhood in the 1950s by the author of the bestselling memoir A Rip in Heaven.The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
June 3rd Grand Central Publishing 9780446178433
Brown University sophomore Kevin Roose takes a semester abroad at Reverend Jerry Falwell's fundamentalist Baptist college, Liberty University, now for the first time in paperback.Alibi by Teri Woods
June 8th Grand Central Publishing 9780446581707
New York Times bestselling author Teri Woods' brings a tale about a botched robbery that leaves one man standing to take the fall. Now he must come up with a plausible alibi to keep from going to prison. The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
June 8th Back Bay Books 9780316043908
One couple's secrets cast six friends adrift...The Truth About Delilah Blue by Tish Cohen
June 8th Harper Perennial 9780061875977
Delilah Blue has always been a bit of an outsider, ever since she moved from Toronto to Los Angeles when she was 8-years-old and her father told her that her mother no longer wanted to be part of their family. Twenty now and desperate to become an artist like her long lost mother, Delilah decides to try nude modeling at the Los Angeles Art Institute, where she can’t afford the classes but figures she can learn while listening to the professors as the students draw her.
Her only real companion in life is her father, a dapper single salesman. But as he’s entered his mid-50s, his personality seems to be changing. He forgets simple tasks and is often disoriented, signs that he is going through early-onset Alzheimer’s. The disease presents just as Delilah’s long-estranged mother, who Delilah always believed abandoned the family, re-enters the scene with a young daughter in tow and reveals a secret about their past that will irrevocably change their lives. Delilah must decide if her mother is the selfish woman she’s always assumed left her behind or whether somewhere deep inside her father’s memory is the truth behind the family’s separation.April & Oliver by Tess Callahan
June 10th Grand Central Publishing 9780446540605
This sexy and often heartbreaking novel tells the story of April and Oliver, two inseparable childhood friends whose existences again collide with the sudden death of April's younger brother.Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
June 16th Back Bay Books 9780316025263
This brilliant, ebullient, and timely road novel about a young Mexican woman's journey north to America is "a wondrous yarn in the hands of a terrific storyteller" (Seattle Times).Chasing Lilacs by Carla Stewart
June 17th FaithWords 9780446556552
Debut author Carla Stewart stirs heartstrings in this powerful novel about a girl searching for the truth about her mother's love.The Secrets of Newberry by Victor McGlothin
June 21st Grand Central Publishing 9780446178136
Will the bonds of family keep strong when murder, deception, and lies threaten to tear them apart? Two men find out in this intriguing saga set in 1950s Louisiana by Essence bestselling author Victor McGlothin.Good Things I Wish You by Tess Callahan
June 22nd Harper Perennial 9780061239953
The acclaimed author of Vinegar Hill returns with a story of two unlikely romances --- one historical, the other modern-day --- separated by thousands of miles and well over a century.The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri
June 22nd Harper Perennial 9780061772467
In this “charming, moving story, written with a delicate touch” (Joanne Harris), a young woman journeys to Ireland to mend a broken heart, and helps a group of local lacemakers change their lives --- and her own.Commuters by Emily Gray Tedrowe
June 29th Harper Perennial 9780061859472
A profound and entertaining meditation on love and money, Emily Tedrowe’s exceptional debut novel depicts the shockwaves set in motion by the sudden marriage of one middle-class family’s 78-year-old matriarch to a wealthy outsider --- in a union that will scandalize the community, divide their families, and create several surprising alliances.Lit by Mary Karr
June 29th Harper Perennial 9780060596996
In Lit, the long-awaited sequel to her New York Times bestselling memoirs The Liars’ Club and Cherry, Mary Karr chronicles her descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection. A recollection of her struggle to come to terms with her Christian faith after years as an agnostic that explores the relationship between spirituality and substance abuse and depression, Lit is also about getting drunk and getting sober, becoming a mother by letting go of a mother, and learning to write by learning to live.
July 2010
HARDCOVER
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
July 6th | Reagan Arthur Books | 9780316043878
A captivating novel of summer and surprises from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand.Knife Music by David Carnoy
July 8th | The Overlook Press | 9781590203255
A doctor defends himself from an all-too-plausible rape allegation in this scalpel-sharp medical thriller.The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi
July 19th | Reagan Arthur Books | 9780316075428
The debut of a sparkling crime series set in modern Greece: love, lies, tragedy --- and a stranger with the key to every secret.The True Memoirs of Little K by Adrienne Sharp
July 20th | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 9780374207304
In Adrienne Sharp’s richly imagined novel, we see the seething beginnings of revolution and the blind giddiness of a doomed court. Based on fact, The True Memoirs of Little K is historical fiction as it’s meant to be written: passionately eventful and alive with emotions that resonate today. It is a magnificent entertainment.Four Fingers of Death by Rick Moody
July 28th | Little, Brown | 9780316118910
Rick Moody's masterful new novel vividly imagines a lowdown, darkly comic future, as inspired by a drive-in movie classic.PAPERBACKSecrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn
July 2nd | Back Bay Books | 9780316013604
"Charming and approaching Tina Fey funny, Dunn combines crackling dialogue and absurdly real-feeling scenarios to create a big-city smart, yet universally appealing, little gem" (People).Beyond Summer by Lisa Wingate
July 6th | NAL Trade | 9780451230010
National bestselling author Lisa Wingate returns with an uplifting novel set in Blue Sky Hill, where unexpected challenges and new relationships give deeper meaning to "home."Free to a Good Home by Eve Marie Mont
July 6th | Berkley Trade | 9780425234785
Noelle Ryan works as a veterinary technician at a New England animal shelter, helping pets find homes. If only it were as easy to find one for herself. After discovering she can’t have children --- and watching her marriage fall apart after a shocking revelation by her husband --- she feels as sad and lost as the strays she rescues.The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall
July 6th | Berkley Trade | 9780425234235
Russia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St Petersburg’s elite aristocracy --- until her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count.The Impostor's Daughter by Laurie Sandell
July 12th | Back Bay Books | 9780316033060
"The Impostor's Daughter is funny, frank, and absolutely engaging. It's about truth and consequences and families and men and women and fame and, well, life itself. It's wonderful."
--- Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid ThiefThe Debba by Avner Mandelman
July 13th | Other Press | 9781590513705
The page-tuuning thriller of an Israeli ex-assassin's quest to uncover his dead father's secret and the truth about the birth of his conflicted nation. The riddle of the Debba --- the myth, the play, and the novel --- is nothing less than the tangled riddle of Israel itself.Ravens by George Dawes Green
July 15th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446538978
At once frightening, comic, and suspenseful, Ravens is a wholly original and utterly compelling novel from one of our most talented writers.Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
July 20th | Harper Perennial | 9780061843419
Frank is a man with a secret, and a man on the run. Adele is a wounded soul whose dreams of family life and romantic dancing died years ago, even before her husband left her and their son. And Henry is a "loser" and a loner, a boy on the cusp of manhood who, over the next five days, will learn some of life's most valuable lessons: how to throw a baseball, the secret to perfect peach pie, and the importance of placing others --- especially those you love --- above yourself.Sisters, Strangers, and Starting Over by Belinda Acosta
July 20th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446540520
While planning a Quinceañera for her estranged niece, Beatriz learns about life and motherhood in this heartfelt second installment of the Quinceañera Club series.The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
July 27th | Harper Perennial | 9780061730337
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the immensely engaging and inspiring true account of an enterprising African teenager who constructed a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his entire community. William Kamkwamba shares the remarkable story of his youth in Malawi, Africa --- a nation crippled by intense poverty, famine, and the AIDS plague --- and how, with tenacity and imagination, he built a better life for himself, his family, and his village. The poignant and uplifting story of Kamkwamba’s inspiration and personal triumph, co-written with Bryan Mealer, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind has already won ringing praise from former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore as well as Paolo Coelho, internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist.Follow Me by Joanna Scott
July 29th | Back Bay Books | 9780316051682
An epic and unforgettable novel of a young woman's search for herself in America.
August 2010
HARDCOVERMy Hollywood by Mona Simpson
August 3rd Alfred A. Knopf 9780307273529
From the much-loved author of Anywhere but Here and The Lost Father, a long-awaited novel --- her first in ten years --- about two women behind the glitter of Hollywood.City of Veils by Zoë Ferraris
August 9th Little, Brown 978031607427
A riveting literary mystery that reveals the shrouded world of women in modern-day Saudi Arabia.PAPERBACKThe Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle
August 3rd Harper Perennial 9780061906077
From the critically acclaimed author of The Kindness of Strangers comes a wry, engrossing, and moving story of a veterinarian’s journey through the aftermath of divorce --- all amidst a motley crew of animals.Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bourret
August 3rd St. Martin's Griffin 9780312586584
How far will a mother go to save her child? When Ruby Leander learns that the birth parents of the child she saved want her daughter back, she must face the most difficult choice any mother can make.Poison by Sara Poole
August 3rd St. Martin's Griffin 9780312609832
Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. More passionate. More dangerous. More deadly. Meet them through the eyes of a “heroine” unlike any you have every known.Patterns of Paper Monsters by Emma Rathbone
August 9th Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books 9780316077507
A troubled young man navigates the thin line between love and hate --- in an arresting novel that marks the debut of a startling new talent.The Pirate Queen by Patricia Hickman
August 10th WaterBrook Press 9781400072002
The summer Saphora planned to spend alone to figure who she had become deteriorates into a cauldron of domestic chaos after her less-than-perfect husband announces he is dying of cancer.Amigoland by Oscar Casares
August 23rd Back Bay Books 9780316018838
With the precise, winsome prose and heartfelt humor that won such widespread accolades for Brownsville, Oscar Casares's first novel radiates with the generosity and grace of a truly original voice in American fiction.
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