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By Cindy Orr

This Week In Books

New Titles on the Most Wanted Mashup This Week:

Fiction:

Robert Crais – The First Rule

Elizabeth Kostova – The Swan Thieves

John Lescroart – Treasure Hunt

Non-Fiction:

John Heilemann & Mark Halperin – Game Change

To see the entire Most Wanted Mashup for this week, look to the righthand column and be ready for the patron requests.
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New, Noteworthy, and No-Brainer: Titles Published in the Next Seven Days include:

Tim Dorsey – Gator A-Go-Go

Ralph Ellision – Three Days Before the Shooting

Robin Hobb – Dragon Keeper

Kay Hooper - Blood Ties

And many more. Scroll down to the next entry to see the whole list, or click here.
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Our Under the Radar list this week is Books to Nosh On (Fiction and Nonfiction Featuring Food). Look in the righthand column just under the Most Wanted Mashup for this list.

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And now on to the news of the week:

Start Your Reading for the 2010 Tournament of Books

Twilight, the Graphic Novel

LA Lakers Coach Gives Books to His Team Members

Again? Bloomsbury Puts White Model on Cover of Book with Brown-Skinned Protagonist Update: They Stop Shipping and Work on Design of New Cover

LJ Introduces Graphic Novel PrePub Alert

Since 2006, 1 in Every 17 Novels Purchased in the US Was Written by James Patterson

Kitty Kelley Book on Oprah Due in April

New Book on the History of Memoir

New Study Shows Kids’ Reading Holding Steady

Where Kids Live Can Affect Reading

Translation Often Not Viewed As a Serious Academic Enterprise

New York Times Moves Toward Charging for Frequent Access to Its Site

Anna Nicole Smith Judge Writes Book

The Distinction Between Crime and Thrillers and Literary Fiction Lies in the Attitude to Language

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Books on Screen

Howl, the Film, At Sundance

Geeta Anand’s The Cure to be Released as Extreme Measures

Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief Hits Movie Screens in February

Sean Penn to Join Cast of Water for Elephants?

Martin Scorsese in Talks to Make Hugo Cabret

Up in the Air Based on Walter Kirn Novel from Almost a Decade Ago

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Awards

ALA BCALA Literary Awards

ALA RUSA Notable Books Awards

ALA RUSA 2010 Reading List Awards for Genre Fiction

ALA Stonewall Book Awards from the GLBT Round Table

Edgar Awards

Left Coast Crime Award Nominees

National Book Critics Circle Awards

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Authors

Jonathan Ferris – interview

Neil Gaiman – Kid Goth

Jonathan Lethem – on lucky things

M. R. D. Meek – obituary

Robert B. Parker

Paul Quarrington - obituary by Margaret Atwood

Erich Segal – obituary

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Lists

Zombie Fiction

BookPage’s Readers’ Choice Best Books of 2009

Boston Herald’s Ten Books You’ll Want to Read in 2010

February Indie Booksellers Notables

LJ Best Graphic Novels of 2009

The Best Books on Haiti from The Daily Beast

Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2009

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Lighthearted Link of the Week

What Else Can You Do with a Book?

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