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- 12 June 2012
'The Red House' by Mark Haddon
An dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. (Doubleday)
'Heading Out to Wonderful' by Robert Goolrick
(Algonquin) The author of the smash hit A RELIABLE WIFE returns. This time, the setting is 1948 Virginia, and a mysterious man rolls into town with only two suitcases to his name. But it's when he becomes involved with the wife of the richest man in town that things really get complicated.
'Beautiful Ruins' by Jess Walter
Jess Walter's latest is a little lighter than his last two novels—it deals with Hollywood and unrequited love rather than the aftermath of 9/11 or the implications of our financial crisis. The action begins on the coast of Italy in 1962, where a young man glimpses a beautiful actress and falls in love. Fifty years later, he heads to Hollywood to find her. (Harper)
- 19 June 2012
'Mrs Robinson's Disgrace' by Kate Summerscale
From the author of the bestseller THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER comes another investigation of a famous case that shook the foundations of middle-class Victorian life. This time, it's a divorce scandal. (Walker)
- 10 July 2012
'Gold' by Chris Cleave
We can't wait for Chris Cleave's take on the friendship between two female athletes who, on the eve of the Olympics, must make a choice between their personal and professional goals. (S&S)
- 24 July 2012
'Broken Harbor' by Tana French
From the publisher: In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin - half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned - two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder squad's star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once. (Viking)
- 31 July 2012
'Where We Belong' by Emily Giffin
A successful TV producer in her 30s sees her life come crashing down when the child she gave up for adoption 18 years ago comes knocking on her door.
- 21 August 2012
'Winter Journal' by Paul Auster
Facing his 63rd winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster sits down to write a history of his body and its sensations—both pleasurable and painful.
Thirty years after the publication of The Invention of Solitude, in which he wrote so movingly about fatherhood, Auster gives us a second unconventional memoir in which he writes about his mother's life and death. Winter Journal is a highly personal meditation on the body, time, and memory, by one of our most intellectually elegant writers.
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Category Archives: News
Philip Pullman ranked #2 on banned book list
Today, British newspaper The Guardian reported the top 10 books that people have tried to ban across the United States throughout 2008. Philip Pullman, of the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, et al), came in at #2. (To … Continue reading
Book groups rejoice!
National Reading Group Month (NRGM), sponsored by the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA), starts tomorrow. The 2009 selections for Great Group Reads are out: Appassionata by Eva Hoffman The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë by … Continue reading
In memory of William Safire, "On Language" columnist
By now, many of you know that we lost a great lover of language (and an expert on its quirks) on Sunday. William Safire wrote the “On Language” column in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until earlier this … Continue reading
Another chance to catch 'Little Dorritt'
Attention Dickens fans: after an astounding performance at the Emmys last week (with 7 wins, including best miniseries and outstanding writing), the BBC’s adaptation of Little Dorrit, which aired in the United States back in the spring, is now available … Continue reading
Faulkner or Flannery? (Or Cheever, Ellison…)
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Book Awards, the National Book Foundation is asking the public to vote on the best of their fiction award-winners. Actually, we can vote on the best of six finalists. A panel of … Continue reading
Oprah's next book club pick
We’ll believe it when we see it, but The Washington Post is reporting that Uwem Akpan’s 2008 short story collection, Say You’re One of Them, will be Queen O’s next book club pick. The Post says that Ingram International, a … Continue reading
A turning point?
Near the bottom of Jeffrey Trachtenberg’s report in today’s Wall Street Journal on sales of The Lost Symbol comes this intriguing piece of news: An Amazon spokesman said in an email that “the big surprise” was that the edition of … Continue reading
Dan Brown, savior of publishing?
That was just one of the questions the Wall Street Journal asked in an interview with the Lost Symbol author, which contains a few interesting tidbits about Brown’s personal life and writing routine (apparently his day starts at 4 am—yikes!). … Continue reading
Audio version offers possible clues to Oprah's next pick
As the time for Oprah to make her 63rd book club pick draws near (September 18, if you haven’t heard), we’re digging deeper to try to figure out what the world’s most influential reader has chosen. The audio version of … Continue reading
The WSJ discovers Amish fiction
In a long article, the Wall Street Journal investigates the “new” trend of Amish fiction, and the surprising popularity of romances that aren’t bodice-rippers: Publishers attribute the books’ popularity to their pastoral settings and forbidden love scenarios à la Romeo … Continue reading
Patterson's big deal
News on the wire today is that James Patterson, blockbuster writer extraordinaire, has signed a multi-book deal with Hachette. How many books, you ask? An astonishing 17…and perhaps the craziest thing about that figure is that those 17 books (11 … Continue reading
Fortunate event for middle-grade readers
Daniel Handler, aka “Lemony Snicket,” has just signed a deal with the UK’s Egmont Press to publish a new four-book, middle-grade series starting in 2012. Snicket commented to BBC News: “I can neither confirm nor deny that I have begun … Continue reading
Hilary Duff's reading list
The Daily Mail‘s recent account of Hilary Duff’s time shooting on the set of “Gossip Girl” was focused on Hilary’s “drab to fab” transformation when she changed from a gray T-shirt into a Herve Leger dress. I was more intrigued … Continue reading
January 2010 sneak peek
Now that we’ve listed some our favorites of 2009, let’s look ahead to 2010. We’re already getting tons of January books — here are a few recent arrivals that are on our radar. Roses was a big buzz book at … Continue reading
Oprah to pick #63
Oprah has selected a new book for her club and will share this pick with readers on September 18. All we know now is that it will be a Little, Brown trade paperback priced at $14.99. Given their extensive backlist … Continue reading
