May 2004

This month's roundup of New in Paperback titles features authors whose debut novels achieved bestseller status when originally released in hardcover. They include Mark Haddon (THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME), Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (THE DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB) and Jacqueline Winspear (MAISIE DOBBS). We also spotlight the works of such established writers as James Patterson, Mary Kay Andrews and Jane Smiley. Sports fans, history buffs and political junkies will especially enjoy our nonfiction selections, which include WHO'S YOUR CADDY, TO CONQUER THE AIR: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight, and AN UNFINISHED LIFE, Robert Dallek's acclaimed and much talked about biography of John F. Kennedy.

FICTION:

THE BOOK OF DEAD BIRDS Gayle Brandeis Perennial ISBN: 0060528044	THE CLEARING Tim Gautreaux Vintage ISBN: 1400030536 • Read a Review
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Mark Haddon Vintage ISBN: 1400032717	THE DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 0312313829
FAMILY TRUST Amanda Brown Plume ISBN: 0452285534 • Read a Review	GETTYSBURG: A Novel of the Civil War Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 0312309368 • Read a Review
GOOD FAITH Jane Smiley Anchor ISBN: 0385721056 • Read a Review	HUNGER Elise Blackwell Back Bay Books ISBN: 0316907197 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
I AM MADAME X Gioia Diliberto Scribner ISBN: 0743456807 • Reading Group Guide	THE LAKE HOUSE James Patterson Warner Books ISBN: 0446615145 • Read a Review & Excerpt
LITTLE BITTY LIES Mary Kay Andrews Perennial ISBN: 0060566698 • Read a Review & Excerpt • Reading Group Guide	MAISIE DOBBS Jacqueline Winspear Penguin ISBN: 0142004332
MOON OVER MANHATTAN Larry King and Thomas H. Cook Plume ISBN: 0452285224 • Read a Review	THE PHOTOGRAPH Penelope Lively Penguin ISBN: 0142004421 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT Meghan Daum Penguin ISBN: 014200443X	THE ROMANTIC Barbara Gowdy Picador USA ISBN: 0312423241
SLIDER Patrick Robinson Perennial ISBN: 006058033X	WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lionel Shriver Perennial ISBN: 006072448X
NONFICTION:
BEYOND BELIEF: The Secret Gospel of Thomas Elaine Pagels Vintage ISBN: 0375703160 • Reading Group Guide	THE CLINTON WARS Sidney Blumenthal Plume ISBN: 0452285275
FATHER FIGURES: Three Wise Men Who Changed a Life Kevin J. Sweeney Regan Books ISBN: 0060597232	FEEDING A YEN: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco Calvin Trillin Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 0375759964 • Read a Review
JOHN PAUL JONES: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy Evan Thomas Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0743258045	ME AND MY DAD: A Baseball Memoir Paul O'Neill, with Burton Rocks Perennial ISBN: 0060595795
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES James Frey Anchor ISBN: 1400031087 • Reading Group Guide	MY INVENTED COUNTRY: A Memoir Isabel Allende Perennial ISBN: 0060545674
THE ROAD TO COOPERSTOWN: A Father, Two Sons, and the Journey of a Lifetime Tom Stanton St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 0312331185	SIX WIVES: The Queens of Henry VIII David Starkey Perennial ISBN: 0060005505 • Read a Review
THE TEAMMATES: A Portrait of a Friendship David Halberstam Hyperion ISBN: 0786888679 • Read a Review	TO CONQUER THE AIR: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight James Tobin Free Press ISBN: 0743255364 • Read a Review
AN UNFINISHED LIFE: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 Robert Dallek Back Bay Books ISBN: 0316907928 • Read a Review & Excerpt	WHO'S YOUR CADDY? Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf Rick Reilly Broadway Books ISBN: 0767917405 • Read a Review & Excerpt

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