October 2007

October's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes THE CASTLE IN THE FOREST, Norman Mailer's first major work of fiction in more than a decade, which explores the evil of Adolf Hitler; BROTHER ODD, the third installment in Dean Koontz's psychological suspense series about a short order cook who can see and talk with the dead; WILD FIRE by Nelson DeMille, which marks the return of federal agent John Corey as he joins forces with his FBI agent wife to stop a frightening and all-too-plausible plot; THE THIRTEENTH TALE, in which Diane Setterfield weaves together a tale of twins and ghosts when an aging bestselling author invites an obscure biographer to her creepy old home to write the true story of her life; FAMILY TREE, a powerful novel from Barbara Delinsky that asks penetrating questions about family and the choices people make in times of crisis; and HOME TO BIG STONE GAP, which returns to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for the fourth installment in Adriana Trigiani's Big Stone Gap series.

Among our nonfiction highlights are MY LIFE IN FRANCE, a love letter from Julia Child to her husband, friends, France and --- of course --- cooking and food; POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION, a follow-up to Gore Vidal's bestselling PALIMPSEST, in which the celebrated novelist, essayist and critic reflects on his remarkable life; WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Neal Gabler's meticulously researched biography of one of America's iconic figures; and I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS!, a New York Times bestseller by Bob Newhart, who offers his take on everything from his early days as a mild-mannered accountant to his glory days as an actor and a stand-up comedian.

FICTION:

AGAINST THE DAY Thomas Pynchon Penguin ISBN: 9780143112563	BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN: 24 Stories Haruki Murakami Vintage Books ISBN: 9781400096084 • Read a Review
THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS John Connolly Washington Square Press ISBN: 9780743298902 • Read a Review	THE BOOK OF SAMSON David Maine St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 9780312353384
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS John Boyne David Fickling Books/Random House ISBN: 9780385751537 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	BROTHER ODD Dean Koontz Bantam ISBN: 9780553589108 • Read a Review
THE CASTLE IN THE FOREST Norman Mailer Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 9780812978490 • Read a Review	THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Chris Adrian Grove Press ISBN: 9780802143334
FAMILY TREE Barbara Delinsky Broadway Books ISBN: 9780767925181 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guides	FAREWELL SUMMER Ray Bradbury HarperCollins ISBN: 9780061131554 • Read a Review
FIND ME Carol O'Connell Berkley ISBN: 9780425217870 • Read a Review	THE FLAMENCO ACADEMY Sarah Bird Ballantine Books ISBN: 9780345462381
FRAGILE THINGS: Short Fictions and Wonders Neil Gaiman Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061252020 • Read a Review	THE GARDENS OF THE DEAD: A Father Anselm Mystery William Brodrick Penguin ISBN: 9780143112402 • Read a Review
THE HIDDEN ASSASSINS Robert Wilson Harvest Books ISBN: 9780156032568	HOME TO BIG STONE GAP Adriana Trigiani Ballantine Books ISBN: 9780812967821 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guides
KABBALAH : A Love Story Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Broadway Books ISBN: 9780767924139 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guides	THE LADIES OF GRACE ADIEU AND OTHER STORIES Susanna Clarke Bloomsbury USA ISBN: 9781596913837 • Read a Review
THE LIGHT OF EVENING Edna O'Brien Mariner Books ISBN: 9780618919734 • Read a Review	THE MEANING OF NIGHT: A Confession Michael Cox W. W. Norton ISBN: 9780393330342 • Read a Review
NATURE GIRL Carl Hiaasen Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 9780446581752 • Read a Review	PAINT IT BLACK Janet Fitch Back Bay Books ISBN: 9780316067140 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
RUMPOLE AND THE REIGN OF TERROR John Mortimer Penguin ISBN: 9780143112587	SANTA CRUISE: A Holiday Mystery at Sea Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark Pocket Books ISBN: 9781416538028 • Read a Review
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY Nicholas Rennison Grove Press ISBN: 9780802143259	THANKSGIVING NIGHT Richard Bausch Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780060094447
THE THIRTEENTH TALE Diane Setterfield Washington Square Press ISBN: 9780743298032 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	TREASURE OF KHAN: A Dirk Pitt Novel Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler Berkley ISBN: 9780425218235 • Read a Review
WHAT IS THE WHAT Dave Eggers Vintage ISBN: 9780307385901	WILD FIRE Nelson DeMille Vision ISBN: 9780446617772 • Read a Review
WORLD WAR Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks Three Rivers Press ISBN: 9780307346612 • Read a Review
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NONFICTION:
ANDREW CARNEGIE David Nasaw Penguin ISBN: 9780143112440 • Read a Review	BLOOD AND THUNDER: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West Hampton Sides Anchor Books ISBN: 9781400031108 • Read a Review
THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them edited by Roxanne J. Coady and Joy Johannessen Gotham Books ISBN: 9781592403172	I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny Bob Newhart Hyperion ISBN: 9781401309152
KATE: The Woman Who Was Hepburn William J. Mann Picador ISBN: 9780312427405	LINCOLN'S SWORD: The Presidency and the Power of Words Douglas L. Wilson Vintage ISBN: 9781400032631
MY LIFE IN FRANCE Julia Child, with Alex Prud'Homme Anchor Books ISBN: 9780307277695 • Read a Review	POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION: A Memoir Gore Vidal Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307275011
QUEEN OF FASHION: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution Caroline Weber Picador ISBN: 9780312427344 • Read a Review	THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America William Julius Wilson and Richard P. Taub Vintage ISBN: 9780679724186
THE TOUGHEST SHOW ON EARTH Joseph Volpe Vintage ISBN: 9781400096756 • Read a Review	WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination Neal Gabler Vintage Books ISBN: 9780679757474 • Read a Review

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