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November/December 2003 Albom, Mitch, THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN. Bestseller about an old war veteran who awakens in the afterlife, and learns that heaven is where your life is explained to you. Amis, Martin, YELLOW DOG. Several narratives are involved in Amis' latest offering (an actor who is attacked and whose personality changes; a creepy journalist; the king of England). Much of the book is devoted to the awfulness of males. Atkinson, Kate, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. Linked short stories by the Whitbread winner (Behind the Scenes at the Museum). Baldacci, David, SPLIT SECOND. Two former Secret Service agents investigate the assassination of one presidential candidate and the kidnapping of another. Bram, Christopher, LIVES OF THE CIRCUS ANIMALS. Satiric novel set in the New York theatrical world by the author of Father of Frankenstein. Brink, André, THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE. A young German woman is shipped to South-West Africa as part of a program to provide wives for colonists. Abused, she assembles a group of vigilantes. Brown, Larry, THE RABBIT FACTORY. Tragi-comedy taking place among Brown's trademark Deep South down-and-outers. Carey, Peter, MY LIFE AS A FAKE. Novel, based on a true Australian incident, about a literary hoax. By the Booker award winner (True History of the Kelly Gang). Coetzee, J. M., ELIZABETH COSTELLO. An aging Australian novelist on the lecture series, by the Nobel laureate. Cornwell, Bernard, HERETIC. An archer searches for the Holy Grail. Docx, Edward, THE CALLIGRAPHER. A London cad, transcribing the sonnets of John Donne for a wealthy client, meets the woman of his dreams. Edgerton, Clyde, LUNCH AT THE PICADILLY. Satire set in a nursing home. Forsyth, Frederick, AVENGER. Attorney and Vietnam vet Cal Dexter on the track of a Serbian war criminal. Freudenberger, Nell, LUCKY GIRLS. Debut short story collection, many set in Asia. Gabaldon, Diana, LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER. First in a new series by the bestselling author. Lord John, investigating a grisly murder, is drawn into 18th-century London's underbelly. Haig, Brian, PRIVATE SECTOR. Fourth book featuring J.A.G. attorney Sean Drummond. Halpern, Sue, THE BOOK OF HARD THINGS. A troubled young man in Poverty, New York, is befriended by a rich, homosexual sophisticate. Hazzard, Shirley, THE GREAT FIRE. Hazzard's first novel in two decades, set in post-WWII Japan. Heilbrun, Robert, OFFER OF PROOF. Thriller featuring public defender Arch Gold. Johnson, Diane, L'AFFAIRE. A rich dot-com executive from California, trying to assist a family, becomes embroiled in a nasty European inheritance struggle. Ludlum, Robert, TRISTAN BETRAYAL. WWII-era thriller. Lupica, Mike, RED ZONE. NFL team owner Jack Molloy, featured in Lupica's Bump and Run, returns. Martin, Steve, THE PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY. Tale of a young obsessive-compulsive man whose life is changed by a social worker. McMurtry, Larry, BY SORROW'S RIVER. Third in the Berrybender saga, featuring the eccentric wealthy English family and their adventures in America's frontier. Morris, Keith Lee, THE GREYHOUND GOD. Traveling across the country with his wife and young son, gambler Luke Rivers wakes up one morning to discover his wife has left him. The book has been compared to The Catcher in the Rye. Morrison, Toni, LOVE. Her eighth novel focuses on the women in the life of a wealthy black patriarch. Orringer, Julie Ellen, HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER. Highly praised debut collection of stories, featuring young female protagonists. Parks, Tim, JUDGE SAVAGE. Judge Daniel Savage's life is coming apart - his, marriage is in trouble, his daughter is skipping college to join a cult, and his best friend's wife is making advances. Patterson, Richard North, BALANCE OF POWER. Last in the Kerry Kilcannon trilogy (Protect and Defend; No Safe Place). Pierre, D.B., VERNON GOD LITTLE. Vernon Little's best friend kills 16 high-school students in Texas, and Vernon comes under suspicion. Funny, well-written Salinger-esque first novel, and Booker Prize winner. Raban, Jonathan, WAXWINGS. Two outsiders (a British novelist whose wife has just left him and an immigrant from China) struggle to adapt. Set in Seattle during the dot-com craze. Roberts, Nora, REMEMBER WHEN. The novel begins in Angel's Gap, Maryland, and then moves to NYC, 56 years in the future. Sparks, Nicholas, THE WEDDING. Wilson Lewis (the son-in-law from The Notebook) decides to patch up his marriage. Stephenson, Neal, QUICKSILVER. Europe in the Baroque age, by the author of Cryptonomicon. Vargas Llosa, Mario, THE WAY TO PARADISE. Based on the lives of artist Paul Gaugin and his Peruvian grandmother. Waldman, Ayelet, DAUGHTER'S KEEPER. The effects of mandatory drug sentencing laws on a California family. Waters, Mary Yukari, THE LAWS OF EVENING. Much-praised debut short story collection about Japanese post-WWII society. White, Edmund, FANNY: A FICTION. Mock-biography of Fanny Wright (real-life abolitionist and feminist) as written by English novelist Mrs. Frances Trollope (Anthony's mother). Wilcox, James, HEAVENLY DAYS. In his first novel in five years, the comic novelist returns to Tula Springs, Louisiana. Willett, Jincy, WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD. Darkly funny novel featuring two totally opposite twin sisters. Willett, Jincy, JENNY AND THE JAWS OF LIFE. Reissued short-story collection, with an introduction by David Sedaris. Wolff, Tobias, OLD SCHOOL. His first novel, set in a prep school in the 1960's.
Burke, James Lee, LAST CAR TO ELYSIAN FIELDS. Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcel help out a priest targeted by the Mob. Cornwell, Patricia, BLOW FLY. Kay Scarpetta leaves Virginia and takes refuge in Florida as a private forensic consultant. Dexter, Pete, TRAIN. In 1953, a young black caddy (nicknamed "Train") and a San Diego cop team up to hustle golfers across the country. By the National Book Award winner. Fesperman, Dan, SMALL BOAT OF GREAT SORROWS. Espionage novel set in the former Yugoslavia. Fusilli, Jim, TRIBECA BLUES. The third in the series featuring detective Terry Orr, who became a detective after his wife and son were pushed in front of a subway train. Heywood, Joseph, CHASING A BLOND MOON. Michigan Conservation Officer Grady Service on the trail of bear poachers. Hill, Sam, BUZZ MONKEY. Top Kiernan is head of an Internet research company - but that's just a front for his work as a mercenary. McDermid, Val, DISTANT ECHO. In 1978, four drunken students stumble over the raped and stabbed body of a dying woman in St. Andrews, Scotland. However, no one is charged with her murder. Years later, someone starts stalking the four men. Mayor, Archer, GATEKEEPER. 15th in the Joe Gunther series. Paretsky, Sara, BLACKLIST. In V.I. Warshawski's latest case, she has to investigate the past - the Red Scare era. Parker, Robert, STONE COLD. Fourth novel featuring police chief Jesse Stone, who comes up against serial killers. Pottinger, Stan, THE LAST NAZI. Thriller featuring a female Nazi hunter, an aged, evil foster son of Mengele, and a virus targeted at Jews. Slaughter, Karin, A FAINT COLD FEAR. Medical examiner Sara Linton is called to investigate a suspicious suicide at a local college campus. Smith, Alexander McCall, TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE. Second in the series about Precious Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Tapply, William, SHADOW OF DEATH. A campaign manager, suspicious that his candidate's husband is having an affair, hires Boston PI Brady Coyne. Woods, Stuart, CAPITAL CRIMES. Will Lee has become President, but he and wife Kate, director of the CIA, have to track down the murderer of right-wingers. Burrell, Paul, A ROYAL DUTY. Recollections of one of Princess Diana's closest confidants. Caws, Mary Ann, MARCEL PROUST. Part of the Overlook "Illustrated Lives" series. Garcia Márquez, Gabriel, LIVING TO TELL THE TALE. The great writer's beginnings, and the first of a projected three-volume autobiography. Hamilton, Nigel, BILL CLINTON. The first volume (ending with the defeat of George Bush) by the author. Jackson, Robert H.; Barrett, John Q. (Editor), THAT MAN: AN INSIDER'S PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Jackson, who died in 1954, was a good friend of Roosevelt. This never-before-published memoir provides an insider's insight into FDR. Middlebrook, Diane, HER HUSBAND: HUGHES AND PLATH: PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE. The author drew on new material. Shah, Saira, THE STORYTELLER'S DAUGHTER. Memoirs of the daughter of an Afghan aristocrat and the woman who went undercover to make the documentary, Beneath the Veil. Skinner, Kiron K. (Editor), REAGAN: A LIFE IN LETTERS. Reagan was a prolific correspondent, and this selection, carefully arranged and annotated, reveals a good deal about his life.
Bergreen, Laurence, OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: MAGELLAN'S TERRIFYING CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE. Day-by-day account of the grueling voyage. Bradley, James, FLYBOYS: A TRUE STORY OF AMERICAN COURAGE. The author of Flags of Our Fathers focuses on a group of nine aviators who were shot down off the Japanese-held island of Chichi Jima in 1945. Braudy, Susan, FAMILY CIRCLE: THE BOUDINS AND THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE LEFT. The relationship between left-wing lawyer Leonard and his daughter Kathy, and its disastrous results. Collins, Gail, AMERICA'S WOMEN: FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF DOLLS, DRUDGES, HELPMATES AND HEROINES. Lively work by the editorial page editor of The New York Times. Garrells, Anne, NAKED IN BAGHDAD: THE IRAQ WAR AS SEEN BY NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S CORRESPONDENT. By NPR's senior foreign correspondent. Essig, Mark, EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. Some of the reasons behind Edison's support for the electric chair. Gelb, Arthur, CITY ROOM. Gelb's forty-five years at The New York Times - from copyboy to managing editor. Ivins, Molly, BUSHWACKED: LIFE IN GEORGE W. BUSH'S AMERICA. The Texan columnist and Bush-observer writes about the damage done to ordinary Americans by Bush's policies. McLean, Bethany; Elkind, Peter, THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM: THE AMAZING RISE AND SCANDALOUS FALL OF ENRON. Fortune reporter McLean was one of the first to question the company's high valuation - this book delves into the details of the Enron collapse. Moore, Michael, DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY? A continuation of his attack on the Bush administration. Oney, Steve, AND THE DEAD SHALL RISE: THE MURDER OF MARY PHAGAN AND THE LYNCHING OF LEO FRANK. The author has unearthed new material - including a full list of the conspirators (many important politicians in Georgia) - on the infamous 1913 lynching of Leo Frank. Sheehy, Gail, MIDDLETOWN, AMERICA: ONE TOWN'S PASSAGE FROM TRAUMA TO HOPE. Story of Middletown, New Jersey, the commuter suburb which lost more people in the World Trade Center than any city besides New York. Starkey, David; Olsen, Ashley, SIX WIVES: THE QUEENS OF HENRY VIII. Lively and informative. Thomas, Helen, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, MR. PRESIDENT. Some recollections of the "First Lady of the White House press corps."
Okrent, Daniel, GREAT FORTUNE: THE EPIC OF ROCKEFELLER CENTER. Entertaining history about the creation of the midtown suite of buildings. Bates, Elizabeth Bidwell, AMERICAN FURNITURE: 1620 TO THE PRESENT. Hyman, I., MARCEL BREUER, ARCHITECT. Comprehensive treatment of Breuer's life and architecture. Pearl, Nancy, BOOK LUST: RECOMMENDED READING FOR EVERY MOOD, MOMENT AND REASON. The author, a voracious reader and librarian, came up with her own list of recommendations. Rule, Ann, HEART FULL OF LIES. In Rule's latest true-crime offering, it's the wife who comes under suspicion for the murder of her husband. Winchester, Simon, THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING: THE STORY OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY. The author of The Professor and the Madman returns to the subject of the OED. |