In This Issue
June 2005
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
June BookPage interviews:

David McCullough: Highlighting a pivotal year in America's long struggle for independence

Nick Hornby: The characters in his heartfelt fourth novel have nothing to lose

Melissa Bank: Hitting the spot with a charming follow-up to The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Pete Hautman: National Book Award winner creates compelling fiction for teens

Meet Eric Jerome Dickey

Meet Todd Parr


FEATURES

Saluting Dad: Life lessons for Father's Day

Exploring the history of Golf

Pregnancy advice for moms-to-be

Well Read: Michael Cunningham's brilliant new novel visits New York City past, present and future

Listen Up: Listening Library's Tim Ditlow recalls his audiobook pioneer parents

War of the Worlds leads lineup of summer blockbusters


FICTION

Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch by Dai Sijie

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

Margarettown by Gabrielle Zevin

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco

Hitler's Peace by Philip Kerr

A Way from Home by Nancy Clark

Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The Hidden Family by Charles Stross

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

BOOK CLUBS

Selections in new paperback releases

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber by Lauren Mechling

The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going

The Happy Troll by Max Bollinger

The Last Codfish by J.D. McNeill

Papa, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse

The Cloud Chamber by Joyce Maynard

So, What's it Like to Be a Cat? by Karla Kuskin

Burning City by Ariel and Joaquin Dorfman

NONFICTION

Biography
Becoming Justice Blackmun by Linda Greenhouse
The Perfectionist by Rudolph Chelminski

Business
Do as I Say, not as I Did by Carol Frank

Current Events
True Story by Michael Finkel

History
The Colonel and Little Missie by Larry McMurtry
The Genius Factory by David Plotz
The Last Voyage of Columbus by Martin Dugard

Memoir
Mysteries of My Father by Thomas Fleming

Politics
The Survivor by John F. Harris


AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Sukey's favorite audio books

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: This month's new mysteries

COOKING
The thrill of the grill

ROMANCE
Whole latte lovin' goin' on


Burning Questions
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all



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