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Page Modified: May 1, 2008
New titles - selected on the basis of good reviews. Nonfiction, fiction and mystery titles are included on these lists. Books for kids and teens (fiction and nonfiction) are also frequently listed.
October 2007
Nonfiction
- The Zookeeper's Wife
Author: Ackerman, Diane
Publisher: Norton $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780393061727 Date: 2007
PW Booklist LJ
When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski smuggled Jews through the empty cages, saving hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
Suggested Reading: All Stars | WWII
Updated 8.20.07
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
Author: Atkinson, Rick
Publisher: Holt $ 35 ISBN: 9780805062892 Date: 2007
Kirkus LJ PW
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.Suggested Reading: All Stars | WWII
Updated 8.27.07
- The New Kings of Nonfiction
Author: Glass, Ira
Publisher: Riverhead $ 15 ISBN: 9781594482670 Date: 2007
Kirkus
Designed to mesmerize and inspire, this anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling has been personally chosen and introduced by Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program, "This American Life."
Updated 8.27.07
- The Florist's Daughter
Author: Hempl, Patrica
Publisher: Harcourt $ 24 ISBN: 9780151012572 Date: 2007
Kirkus PW
A tribute to the ardor of supposedly ordinary people, this memoirs concerns reach beyond a single life to achieve a historic testament to mid-century middle America, in Hampl's most intimate, yet most universal, work to date.
Updated 7.11.07 - A Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literarally As Possible
Author: Jacobs, A. J.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 25 ISBN: 9780743291477 Date: 2007
The author of The Know-It-All follows up his "New York Times" bestselling account of reading the entire "Encyclopedia Britannica" with another improbable adventure--a year spent living, as literally as possible, by the rules of the Bible.
Suggested Reading: Time Management or What a Difference a Year Makes
Updated 8.27.07
Fiction
- The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Author: O'Farrell, Maggie
Publisher: Harcourt $ 23 ISBN: 9780151014118 Date: 2007PW
This haunting, multi-generational tale of the horrors that have been done to women under the guise of mental health is the creepy Victorian tale of two elderly sisters who reveal more than a few family secrets after a lifetime of forced seclusion.
Updated 6.4.07 - Cheating at Canasta
Author: Trevor, William
Publisher: Viking $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780670018376 Date: 2007
PW Booklist LJ Kirkus
The publication of a new book by William Trevor is a great literary event. Trevor's precise and unflinching insights into the hearts and lives of ordinary people are evidenced once again in this stunning new collection. From a chance encounter between two childhood friends to the memories of a newly widowed man to a family grappling with the sale of their ancestral land, Trevor examines with grace and skill the tenuous bonds of our relationships, the strengths that hold us together, and the truths that threaten to separate us. Subtle yet powerful, his stories linger with the reader long after the words have been put away. - Publisher Marketing
Suggested Reading: All Stars
Updated 8.27.07
Crime Fiction
- Interred With Their Bones
Author: Carrell, Jennifer Lee
Publisher: Dutton $ 25.95 ISBN: 9780525949701 Date: 2007
PW LJ
On the eve of the Globe's production of "Hamlet," Shakespearean scholar Kate Shelton is given what is claimed to be the Bards long-lost work. When a killer decides to stage theatrical murders as flesh-and-blood realities, Shelton must decipher a string of clues before anyone else dies.
Updated 8.20.07 - Die With Me
Author: Forbes, Elena
Publisher: Macadam Cage $ 24 ISBN: 9781596922778 Date: 2007
Booklist LJ
A new detective series in the style of Prime Suspect from a great new talent from the UK. A series of deaths -- apparent suicides -- of vulnerable young girls is baffling police in London: the bodies are found in the naves of churches after having fallen from a great height. Elena Forbes writes the kind of creepy and atmospheric crime novel that we love, populated by a cast of fresh and engaging characters. - Publisher Marketing
Suggested Reading: Debuts | Shapespeare
Updated 9.10.07
- Down River
Author: Hart, John
Publisher: Minotaur $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780312359317 Date: 2007
Booklist LJ PW
In this follow-up to his "New York Times" bestselling debut, The King of Lies, John Hart takes readers into the heart of a small Southern town, where he explores the lengths to which people will go for money, family, and pure greed--and just whether or not forgiveness is ever attainable.
Suggested Reading: All Stars
Updated 8.7.07
- Island of Exiles
Author: Parker, I.J.
Publisher: Penguin $ 14 ISBN: 9780143112594 Date: 2007
PW
In I.J. Parker's newest mystery set in eleventh-century Japan, Akitada disguises himself as a prisoner to solve the murder of a prince. - Publisher Marketing
Updated 8.1.07 - When One Man Dies
Author: White, David
Publisher: Three Rivers $ 13.95 ISBN: 9780307382788 Date: 2007
PW
While investigating a friends mysterious death, private investigator Jackson Donne discovers that another seemingly unrelated case may hold the key to catching a killer and unlocking the truth within his own past.
Updated 7.9.07 - Midnight Rambler
Author: Swain, Jim
Publisher: Ballantine $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780345475466 Date: 2007
LJ
Explosive. Pulse-pounding. Heart-racing. From the bestselling author The Wall Street Journal hails as "one terrific writer," Midnight Rambler is the breakout thriller of the year-a brawny, brainy novel of suspense that pairs James Swain's trademark smooth-as-silk prose with a plot bigger and bolder than anything he's done before. - Publisher Marketing
Updated 9.24.07
Books for Kids, Teens & Readers of All Ages
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