April 2008

April’s roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes FOR ONE MORE DAY, a beautiful, haunting novel from bestselling author Mitch Albom that explores an intriguing question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?; THE GOOD GUY, Dean Koontz’s breathtaking tale of an ordinary man at the center of a mystery of extraordinary proportions; SIMPLE GENIUS, David Baldacci’s follow-up to 2004’s HOUR GAME that marks the return of former Secret Service agents turned private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell; CREATION IN DEATH, the 25th installment in J.D. Robb’s futuristic In Death series featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas; LETHALLY BLOND by Kate White, a sizzling story that sends celebrity journalist and amateur sleuth Bailey Weggins behind the scenes of a hot new TV show; and LOVING FRANK, Nancy Horan's debut novel, which provides a fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright's relationship with Mamah Borthwick Cheney, who commissions the renowned architect to design a new home for her.

Among our nonfiction highlights are I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK, a charming collection of personal essays --- all about being a woman in today's youth-obsessed society --- from three-time Academy Award nominee Nora Ephron; ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE, in which Barbara Kingsolver relates the story of the year when her whole family ate only locally produced food; and three books that will appeal especially to Major League Baseball fans ---  BIG PAPI: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits, OPENING DAY: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, and PRIDE AND PINSTRIPES: The Yankees, Mets, and Surviving Life's Challenges.

FICTION:

AFTER DARK Haruki Murakami Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307278739 • Read a Review	BODY OF LIES David Ignatius W. W. Norton ISBN: 9780393331585 • Read a Review
THE CAMEL BOOKMOBILE Masha Hamilton Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061173493 • Read a Review	THE CHRYSALIS Heather Terrell Ballantine Books ISBN: 9780345494672 • Read a Review
CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT Laurie Viera Rigler Plume ISBN: 9780452289727 • Reading Group Guide	CREATION IN DEATH J.D. Robb Berkley ISBN: 9780425221020 • Read a Review
DEPTHS Henning Mankell Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307385864 • Read a Review	DIVISADERO Michael Ondaatje Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307279323 • Read a Review
THE DOUBLE AGENTS: A Men at War Novel W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV Jove ISBN: 9780515144604 • Read a Review	THE END OF AN ERROR Mameve Medwed Avon ISBN: 9780061335358 • Read a Review
FIVE SKIES Ron Carlson Penguin ISBN: 9780143113461 • Read a Review	FOR ONE MORE DAY Mitch Albom Hyperion ISBN: 9781401309572 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES Min Jin Lee Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 9780446699853 • Read a Review	GARDEN SPELLS Sarah Addison Allen Bantam Discovery ISBN: 9780553590326 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
THE GOOD GUY Dean Koontz Bantam ISBN: 9780553589115 • Read a Review	THE GRAVEDIGGER’S DAUGHTER Joyce Carol Oates Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061236839 • Read a Review
INVISIBLE PREY John Sandford Berkley ISBN: 9780425221150 • Read a Review	THE LAST EMPRESS Anchee Min Mariner Books ISBN: 9780547053707
LETHALLY BLOND Kate White Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 9780446196901 • Read a Review	LOVE KILLS Edna Buchanan Pocket Books ISBN: 9781416525837 • Read a Review
LOVING FRANK Nancy Horan Ballantine Books ISBN: 9780345495006 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	LULU MEETS GOD AND DOUBTS HIM Danielle Ganek Plume ISBN: 9780452289543
THE MERCY SELLER Brenda Rickman Vantrease St. Martin’s Griffin ISBN: 9780312377854 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES Nathan Englander Vintage Books ISBN: 9780375704444 • Read a Review
THE NEW YORKERS Cathleen Schine Picador ISBN: 9780312427832 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	PANDORA'S DAUGHTER Iris Johansen St. Martin's Paperbacks ISBN: 9780312368050 • Read a Review
THE PHONY MARINE Jim Lehrer Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 9780812975512 • Read a Review	THE QUICKIE James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 9780446501644 • Read a Review
THE RAW SHARK TEXTS Steven Hall Canongate U.S. ISBN: 9781847671745	SHEER ABANDON Penny Vincenzi Broadway Books ISBN: 9780767926256 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
SHOE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS Beth Harbison St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 9780312348236 • Read a Review	SIMPLE GENIUS David Baldacci Vision ISBN: 9780446618731 • Read a Review
SLIPKNOT Linda Greenlaw Hyperion ISBN: 9780786891238 • Read a Review	STILL LIFE WITH HUSBAND Lauren Fox Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307277374
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN Donna Leon Penguin ISBN: 9780143113614	TEN DAYS IN THE HILLS Jane Smiley Anchor ISBN: 9781400033201 • Read a Review
UP IN HONEY’S ROOM Elmore Leonard Harper ISBN: 9780060724269 • Read a Review	THE WILDE WOMEN Paula Wall Washington Square Press ISBN: 9780743496247 • Read a Review
THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION Michael Chabon Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780007149834 • Read a Review	YOU DON’T LOVE ME YET Jonathan Lethem Vintage Books ISBN: 9781400076826 • Read a Review
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NONFICTION:
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life Barbara Kingsolver Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780060852566 • Read a Review	THE ARCHITECTURE OF HAPPINESS Alain de Botton Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307277244
AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM: The CIA During America's Time of Crisis George Tenet Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061147791	BIG PAPI: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits David Ortiz, with Tony Massarotti St. Martin’s Griffin ISBN: 9780312383442
DOG YEARS: A Memoir Mark Doty Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061171017	EDITH WHARTON Hermione Lee Vintage Books ISBN: 9780375702877
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman Nora Ephron Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307276827 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	OPENING DAY: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season Jonathan Eig Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780743294614
PRIDE AND PINSTRIPES: The Yankees, Mets, and Surviving Life's Challenges Mel Stottlemyre, with John Harper Harper Paperbacks ISBN: 9780061174094	ROOM FOR DOUBT Wendy Lesser Vintage Books ISBN: 9780307274960
SUPREME DISCOMFORT: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher Broadway Books ISBN: 9780767916363	WHEN A CROCODILE EATS THE SUN: A Memoir of Africa Peter Godwin Back Bay Books ISBN: 9780316018715
WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE? Lee Iacocca Scribner ISBN: 9781416532491 • Read a Review

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