Featured Titles 2009

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 sometimes listed.

November 2009

Nonfiction

• Lit
  Author: Karr, Mary
  $ 25.99 ISBN: 9780060596989 Date: 2009
  Kirkus LJ
  Karr pens the long-awaited sequel to the beloved and bestselling The Liars' Club in her memoir about a self-professed blackbelt sinner's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection.
  Updated 10.27.09
  

Fiction

• Makers
  Author: Doctorow, Cory
  $ 24.99 ISBN: 9780765312792 Date: 2009
  PW LJ
  From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of Little Brother comes this tale of two friends who invent things--including entirely new economic systems. Together, they transform the country, and a journalist-turned-blogger is there to document it all.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• A Friend of the Family
  Author: Grodstein, Lauren
  $ 23.95 ISBN: 9781565129160 Date: 2009
  PW
  Grodstein delivers a riveting story in the tradition of The Ice Storm, American Beauty, and Little Children, charting a father's fall from grace as he struggles to save his family, his reputation, and himself.
  Updated 8.13.09
  
• Too Much Happiness
  Author: Munro, Alice
  $ 25.95 ISBN: 9780307269768 Date: 2009
  Booklist PW Kirkus
  With clarity and ease, Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives.
  Updated 10.27.09

Crime Fiction

• The Big Wake Up
  Author: Coggins, Mark
  $ 14.95/24.95 ISBN: 9781606480564/9781606480557 Date: 2009
  PW
  Flirting ends in tragedy for San Francisco private eye August Riordan when a beautiful university student from Buenos Aires is shot. After a harrowing chase involving a cable car, he catches the man responsible, but that is only the beginning.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• Dial H for Hitchcock: CeCe Caruso
  Author: Kandel, Susan
  $ 13.99 ISBN: 9780061826672 Date: 2009
  PW
  Cece Caruso--mystery biographer extraordinaire, vintage clothing enthusiast, and part-time sleuth--is in freefall. First, she calls off her wedding, for reasons even she can't explain. Second, her newest biography (of Alfred Hitchcock) is way past due.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• The Long Division
  Author: Nikitas, Derek
  $ 24.99 ISBN: 9780312363987 Date: 2009
  LJ PW
  From the Edgar-nominated author of Pyres comes the story of an Atlanta housecleaner who makes a desperate attempt to locate the teenage son she had given up for adoption. But mother and son soon find themselves ensnared in a deadly game of murder and deceit.
  Updated 10.27.09
  
• Broken Jewel
  Author: Robbins, David L.
  $ 25 ISBN: 9781416590583 Date: 2009
  Kirkus LJ
  Set against the backdrop of the Los Banos prison raid--one of the most daring episodes of World War II--Broken Jewel tells a powerful story of war, love, and survival .
  Suggested Reading: Historical Crime Fiction
  Updated 10.27.09
  

Young Adult

• Fire
  Author: Cashore, Kristin
  $ 17.99 ISBN: 9780803734616 Date: 2009
  Kirkus Horn Book SLJ PW
  Exquisitely romantic, this companion to the acclaimed Graceling has an entirely new cast of characters, save for one person who plays a pivotal role in the previous book. This story features a girl named Fire, whose beauty is impossibly irresistible and who can control the minds of everyone around her.
  Updated 10.27.09