FIRST PERSON
The September BookPage interviews:

Launching dreams: an uplifting memoir of "rocket boy" Homer H. Hickam, Jr.

Sitting down and setting out with Tony Hillerman

Richard North Patterson tackles national politics and timely issues in No Safe Place

Chris Raschka and his round-the-world sardine "Arlene"

The unsinkable story of the Titanic
Titanic and the Making of James Cameron
by Paula Parisi
Titanic: An Illustrated History
by Don Lynch
Art of Titanic
by Ken Marschall
Titanic: Fortune and Fate
Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessup
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Titanic
by Jay Stevenson and Sharon Rutman
The Titanic Collection: Mementos of the Maiden Voyage
Titanic: The Official Story

FICTION

Blind Date
by Frances Fyfield
By The Light Of My Father's Smile
by Alice Walker
Death In Summer
by William Trevor
The Farming of Bones
by Edwidge Danticat
For Kings and Planets
by Ethan Canin
The Loop
by Nicholas Evans
Lost in Translation
by Nicole Mones
Mistler's Exit
by Louis Begley
Model Behavior
by Jay McInerney
Soft!
by Rupert Thomson
Tomato Red
by Daniel Woodrell
Two Cities
by John Edgar Wideman
The Voyage of the Narwhal
by Andrea Barrett

Mystery & Suspense
A Long Finish: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
by Michael Dibdin
An American Killing
by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
The Ape Who Guards the Balance
by Elizabeth Peters
Bag of Bones
by Stephen King
Blast from the Past
by Kinky Friedman
Trouble in Paradise
by Robert B. Parker

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Widowmaker Unleashed
by Mike Resnick

Romance
Anthology:
That Summer Place
by Jill Barnett, Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs
Historical:
Beholden
by Bronwyn Williams
Suspense:
French Quarter
by Stella Cameron
Sunflower
by Martha Powers

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Before You Were Born
by Jennifer Davis
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
by Paula Danziger
Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holidays
by Gilda Berger
My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea
by Frances Park and Ginger Park
The Safe Zone: A Kid's Guide to Personal Safety
by Donna Chaiet and Francine Russell
The Waiting Place
by Marc Sutherland
When Mama Comes Home Tonight
by Eileen Spinelli
Zebra and Other Stories
by Chaim Potok
The Elephant Prince
by Flavia and Lisa Weedn
The Little Snow Bear
by Flavia and Lisa Weedn
The Star Gift
by Flavia and Lisa Weedn
The Enchanted Tree
by Flavia and Lisa Weedn

AUDIO

The Spoken Word: Sound advice to beat the end-of-summer blahs
Titan
by Ron Chernow
Total Health Makeover
by Marilu Henner
Everyday Enlightenment
by Dan Millman
Spiritual Literacy
by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Understanding Men's Passages
by Gail Sheehy
Tanner on Ice
by Lawrence Block
Sunset Limited
by James Lee Burke
Freedomland
by Richard Price
Storming Heaven
by Kyle Mills
Sinatra: A Tribute

Business books that are a sure bet
Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of America's Gambling Industry
by Timothy L. O'Brien
Thinking for a Living: Creating Ideas That Revitalize Your Business, Career and Life
by Joey Reiman
Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions
by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa
Disconnected: How Six People from AT&T Discovered the New Meaning of Work in a Downsized Corporate America
by Barbara Rudolph
Home.ology: The Art of Buying the Right Home at the Right Price -- Every Time
by Carolyn Janik
The Mortgage Kit
by Thomas C. Steinmetz
Home Office Know-How
by Jeffery D. Zbar
Love, Marriage and Money
by Gail Liberman and Alan Lavine

NONFICTION

Help is on the way: enough great parenting books to fill a minivan
A Fine Young Man
by Michael Gurian
Real Boys
by William Pollack
Parents Who Think Too Much
by Anne Cassidy
The Things I Want Most
by Richard F. Miniter
Is It "Just a Phase"?
by Dr. Susan Swedo and Dr. Henrietta L. Leonard
The Parents Answer Book
by the editors of Parents magazine
How Is My First Grader Doing in School?
by Jennifer Richard Jacobson and Dorothy Raymer
How Is My Second Grader Doing in School?
by Jennifer Richard Jacobson and Dorothy Raymer
How to Talk to Your Child About Sex
by Linda and Richard Eyre
"Mommy, I'm Scared"
by Joanne Cantor
For the Love of Children
by Eva Shaw
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5
edited by Steven P. Shelow
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grandparenting
by Walter and Marilyn Hartt with Will Cross
Preschool Primer for Parents
by Doris Herman
It's Never Too Soon
by Dr. Ruth Peters
Keys to Toilet Training
by Meg Zweiback
Best Books for Children
by Valerie V. Lewis and Walter M. Mayes

An Empire Wilderness: Travels into America's Future
by Robert D. Kaplan
Around the House: Reflections on Life Under a Roof
by David Owen

Anthology
Marking the Sparrow's Fall: Wallace Stegner's American West
edited by Page Stegner

Biography
Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World
by James Chace

Collection
The C. S. Lewis Readers' Encyclopedia
edited by Jeffrey D. Schultz and John G. West, Jr.

Cooking
The Barbecue! Bible
by Steven Raichlen

Essays
Something To Declare
by Julia Alvarez

Humor
Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics
by P.J. O'Rourke

Medicine
The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
by Abraham Verghese

Memoir
My Year Off: Recovering Life After a Stroke
by Robert McCrum

Music
Visions of Jazz: The First Century
by Gary Giddins

BURNING QUESTIONS
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

YE OLDE CURIOSITY SHOPPE
Your Pet's Horoscope
by Diana Nilsen