Readers will see these sure to sell titles in bookstores for the first time this week.

Fiction

Andrew Foster Altschul – Lady Lazarus - 4/14/08 – Hot debut novel; thinly veiled account of Curt Kobain, Courtney Love and their daughter, Frances Bean.

Elizabeth Berg – The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation – 4/15/08 – short stories.

Harlan Coben – Hold Tight – 4/15/08 – a serial killer’s sadistic spree in a suburban New Jersey town.

Joan Hess – Mummy Dearest – 4/15/08 – Claire Malloy series.

Manda Scott – The Crystal Skull – 4/15/08 – Edgar Award nominee; Mayan prophecy of the end of days.

Alexander McCall Smith – The Miracle at Speedy Motors – 4/15/08 – the newest in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

Joanna Trollope – Friday Nights - 4/15/08.

Ugly Betty, the Book - 4/14/08.

Nonfiction

John Eldredge – Walking with God: Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really. – 4/15/2008.

Matt Groening – Flanders’ Book of Faith: Simpsons Library of Wisdom – 4/15/2008 – 100,000 print run.

Matt Groening – The Book of Moe: Simpsons Library of Wisdom – 4/15/2008 – 100,000 print run.

Ann Patchett – What Now – 4/15/2008 – based on a commencement speech. 150,000 print run.

Kevin Phillips – Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism – 4/15/08 – guess the subtitle says it all.

Rose Rock – Mama Rock’s Rules: Ten Lessons for Raising a Houseful of Successful Children – 4/15/08 – by Chris Rock’s mom.

Maria Shriver – Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within – 4/15/08.

Herschel Walker – Breaking Free: My Life wtih Dissociative Identity Disorder – 4/15/08 – more commonly known as multiple personality disorder; by the former NFL football player.

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