Forthcoming Books
November 2009
Too Much Happiness: Stories Alice Munro -Nine superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers and last year’s Man Booker award winner. (November 2009)
Generation A by Douglas Coupland – brilliant, timely and very Couplandesque novel about honey bees and the world we may soon live in. Once again, Douglas Coupland captures the spirit of a generation…. (November 2009)
The Humbling by Philip Roth – Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth’s startling new book. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. (November 2009)
The Lakuna by Barbara Kingsolver – (November 2009)
Mariposa by Greg Bear – a sequel to Quantico (November 2009)
Wishin’ and Hopin’ : A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb (November 2009)
Haiku by Andrew Vachss – (November 2009) 
Rainwater by Sandra Brown- A romantic historical novel about an independent woman who runs a boarding house in Dust Bowl Texas. (November 2009)
I, Alex Cross by James Patterson – (November 2009)
Under the Dome by Stephen King – On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. (November 2009)
Ford Country: Stories by John Grisham – Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his immensely popular first novel, A Time to Kill. (November 2009)
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December 2009
Houry by Mehrdad Balali -Three years after the Revolution, Tehran looks like a boneyard. Houri brings alive an alien milieu few Americans understand the subjection of an entire country to the horrors of religious fundamentalist rule. Yet it portrays a universal story older than nations: that of the bitter struggle and harsh love between father and son. (December 2009)
Happy by Alex Lemon - Lemon was a hard-partying student at Macalester College when he had his first stroke at age 19. He teaches at Macalester now, and his biggest battle is with himself. This book really hits you in the gut. It’s what James Frey meant to do. (December 2009)
Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin – A beloved author delivers a gorgeous new novel in which thwarted desires are passed on for generations–and captures the rare moment when a soul breaks free. (December 2009)
I, Sniper by Stephen White – latest Bob Lee Swagger thriller (December 2009)
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January 2010
Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett – The eagerly anticipated debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not a Stranger Here: a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the first decade of the twenty-first century. (January 2010)
The Unnamed by Josh Ferris – A man has a baffling affection in which it causes him to walk without stopping. Â (January 2010)
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde – Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color spectrum denotes a better social standing, Eddie Russet belongs to the low-level House of Red and can see his own color—but no other. The sky, the grass, and everything in between are all just shades of grey, and must be colorized by artificial means. Eddie’s world wasn’t always like this. There’s evidence of a never-discussed disaster and now, many years later, technology is poor, news sporadic, the notion of change abhorrent, and nighttime is terrifying: no one can see in the dark. (January 2010)Â
Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler (January 2010)
Merry Wives of Maggody by Joan Hess – An Arly Hanks Mystery (January 2010)
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert  (January 2010)
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February 2010
The Room and the Chair by Lorraine Adams – Moving from a cockpit over Afghanistan to a newsroom in the American capital, from an Iranian cemetery to a military intelligence office in suburban Washington, The Room and the Chair explores a world of entwined conflicts, and how narratives about violence are told, twisted, hidden, or forgotten. – (February 2010)
Lay Down My Sword and Shield by James Lee Burkereprint of first Hack Holland, Texas Sheriff book. (Feb 2010)
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell – The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries now gives us an electrifying stand-alone thriller that takes off into a sweeping international drama. (February 2010)
Worst Case by James Patterson – 3rd Michael Bennett novel (February 2010)
The Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian – (February 2010)
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta by Paul Theroux – Jerry Delfont leads an aimless life in Calcutta, struggling in vain against his writer’s block, or ‘dead hand,’ and flitting around the edges of a half-hearted romance. Then he receives a mysterious letter asking for his help. The story it tells is disturbing: A dead boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel, a seemingly innocent man in flight and fearing for reputation as well as his life. (February 2010)
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March 2010
Bone Fire by Mark Spragg – No one writes more compellingly about the modern West than Mark Spragg, and Bone Fire finds him at the very height of his powers. (March 2010)
The Surrendered by Chang Rae Lee - A brilliant, haunting story about beauty, loyalty, memory, and war-an unforgettable novel that returns to themes of expatriatism and Korean culture that first made Chang-rae Lee’s reputation. (March 2010)
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April 2010
Third Rail by Michael Harvey – Harvey’s tough talking, Aeschylus quoting, former Irish cop turned PI, Michael Kelly, is backin a sizzling murder mystery that pits him against a merciless sniper on the loose. After witnessing a shooting on an L platform—and receiving a phone call from the killer himself—Kelly is drawn toward a murderer with an unnerving link to his own past, to a crime he witnessed as a child, and to the consequences it had on his relationship with his father, a subject Kelly would prefer to leave unexamined. (April 2010)
The Scent of Rain and Lightning: A Novel by Nancy Pickard – (April 2010)
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