FIRST PERSON
The October BookPage interviews:

A leading business journalist looks into his crystal ball: World Boom Ahead by Knight Kiplinger

Advice for the young and in business: The Pocket Mentor by Harry Hoffman

Lights, camera, Oprah!
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
Journey to Beloved
by Oprah Winfrey
Paradise
by Toni Morrison
Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insight from the World's Most Influential Voice
by Janet C. Lowe

A harvest of Halloween books so big, it's scary
Halloween Treats: Recipes and Crafts for the Whole Family
by Donata Magginpinto
The Big Book of Halloween: Creative and Creepy Projects for Revellers of All Ages
by Laura Dover Doran
Ghosts: True Encounters with the World Beyond
by Hans Holzer
Pumpkins
by Rynn Williams
Llewellyn's 1999 Magical Almanac

FICTION

Armadillo
by William Boyd
Bech at Bay
by John Updike
Casanova in Love
by Andrew Miller
The Divining Rod
by Michael Knight
Evening
by Susan Minot
The Evolution of Jane
by Cathleen Schine
Hill Country
by Janice Woods Windle
The Hundred Days
by Patrick O'Brian
Mama Flora's Family
by Alex Haley and David Stevens
Reservation Road
by John Burnham Schwartz
The Road Home
by Jim Harrison
Waltzing the Cat
by Pam Houston
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
by Fannie Flagg

Mystery & Suspense
Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives
edited by Carole Nelson Douglas

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
by David West Reynolds
Star Wars Encyclopedia
by Stephen J. Sansweet

Romance
Historical:
The Elusive Flame
by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Wild Indigo
by Judith Stanton
Two Brothers
by Linda Lael Miller
The Unexpected Wife
by Emily Hendrickson
Contemporary/Suspense:
The Reef
by Nora Roberts
My Man Pendleton
by Elizabeth Bevarly
Legend
by Laura Baker

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Halloween books usher in non-scary fun
John Pig's Halloween
by Jan L. Waldron
Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet
by Diane de Groat
The Ghosts in the Cellar
by Jacques Duquennoy
The Horrible Spookhouse
by Kicki Stridh
The House of Boo
by J. Patrick Lewis
A Creepy Countdown
by Charlotte Huck
Psssst! It's Me ... the Bogeyman
by Barbara Park

All About Scabs
by Genichiro Yagyu
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
Let My People Go
by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
The Original Curious George
by Margret and H.A. Rey
The Yo-Yo Book
by John E. Ten Eyck

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

YE OLDE CURIOSITY SHOPPE
Travolta: The Life
by Nigel Andrews

The Microsoft File: The Secret Case Against Bill Gates
by Wendy Goldman Rohm

Yes, the times, they are still a changing
New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World
by Kevin Kelly
The Shape of Things to Come
by Richard W. Oliver
Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage
by Charles H. Fine
Shortcuts for Smart Managers
by Lisa Davis
Career Intelligence: The 12 New Rules for Work and Life Success
by Barbara Moses, Ph.D.
If You're Clueless About Getting a Great Job and Want to Know More
by Seth Godin and Beth Burns
Stress for Success
by James E. Loehr
Work and Rewards in the Virtual Workplace
by N. Fredric Crandall, Ph.D., and Marc J. Wallace, Jr., Ph.D.

NONFICTION

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
by Leonard Shlain
Beyond Obedience: Training with Awareness for You and Your Dog
by April Frost with Rondi Lightmark
Family Outing
by Chastity Bono, with Billie Fitzpatrick
God of the Rodeo
by Daniel Bergner
The Handy Bug Answer Book
by Gilbert Waldbauer
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
by Harold Bloom

Biography
Cole Porter: A Biography
by William McBrien
N. C. Wyeth: A Biography
by David Michaelis
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
by Juan Williams

Cooking
Rosemary Brown's Big Kitchen Instruction Book
by Rosemary Carleton Brown
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
by Marc Bittman

Gardening
Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening
by Maria Rodale
Tools of the Earth: The Practice and Pleasure of Gardening
by Jeff Taylor

History
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
by Charles Johnson, et al.
The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life
by Michael Schudson
The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War
by Edward J.Renehan, Jr.
The Pope's Elephant
by Silvio A. Bedini

Humor
Dave Barry Turns Fifty
by Dave Barry

Memoir
Clara, The Early Years: The Story of the Pug Who Ruled My Life
by Margo Kaufman

Politics
A World Transformed
by George Bush and Brent Scowcroft

Science
Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
by Stephen Jay Gould
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's Online Pioneers
by Tom Standage
Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens
by Richard Panek

Sports
Nike Is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports
edited by Lissa Smith
Values of the Game
by Bill Bradley

AUDIO

The Spoken Word: October's audio is "moon music" to the ears ... it's also a real scream
Moon Music
by Faye Kellerman
I Know This Much Is True
by Wally Lamb
Day of Confession
by Allan Folsom
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
by Barbara Vine
Judas Child
by Carol O'Connell
Now You See Her
by Linda Howard
The Loop
by Nicholas Evans