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By Cindy Orr

This Week In Books

New Titles on the Most Wanted Mashup This Week

Fiction

Alex Berenson – The Midnight House

Sarah Blake – The Postmistress

Jackie Collins – Poor Little Bitch Girl

Adriana Trigiani – Brava, Valentine

Nonfiction

James S. Hirsch – Willie Mays

To see the entire Most Wanted Mashup of several bestseller lists, look to the righthand column.
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Lots of New, Noteworthy, and No-Brainer entries this week including:

John Banville – The Infinities

Robert B. Parker – Split Image

J.D. Robb – Fantasy in Death

Dan Simmons – Black Hills

Danielle Steel – Big Girl

And many more. Scroll down to the next entry to see the whole list of noteworthy titles to be published in the next week, or click here.
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Our Under the Radar list this week is Herstories: Recent History Titles about Women. Look in the righthand column just under the Most Wanted Mashup for this list, or click here.

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And now on to the news of the week:

It’s Apparently Crime Conference Season!

Malice Domestic: If Traditional Mysteries Are Your Cup of Tea: Conference, Arlington, April 30-May 2

Mayhem in the Midlands Crime Fiction Conference, Omaha, May 27-29

Sleuthfest 2010

Last Train to Hiroshima Author Was Duped, Will Make Correction, He Says

“Inside Account” of Tiger Woods Incident Coming in June

Update on Google Lawsuit

AudioFile’s Interview with Robin Beerbower

From the Yale Herald: In Defense of Romance: Proving the Stereotypes Wrong

What Is Paranormal Romance?

Kevin Trudeau Goes to Jail

Jeez Guys, Calm Down, Says George R. R. Martin

Walter Isaacson to Work with Steve Jobs on Biography

James Patterson Moves to Comics

After More Than a Decade: 4th Book in Celestine Series Due Next Year

James Cameron Writing Prequel to Avatar…in Book Form

Penguin Offers Catalogs Online

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Books on Screen

Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein Will Be a Movie

Film Adaptation of The Monk by Matthew Lewis

Coming in March: The Green Zone

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

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Awards

Audie Awards Nominations

Fiction Translation Awards Longlist

Agatha Award Nominees

Strand Critic Awards Nominees

Nebula Awards Final Ballot

Lead Up to National Book Critics Circle Awards: 30 Books in 30 Days

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Authors

Justin Cronin – interview

Georgelle Hirliman – obituary

Marilyn Johnson – on how she happened to write a bestseller about libraries and librarians (video)

Elizabeth Kostova – interview

Edward Rutherfurd - wins Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction for New York

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Lists

Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestsellers

Best of 2009 Megalist

African American Writers to Watch

LJ Editors’s Spring Picks

Pirate Romances

Top 250 Most Borrowed Books in UK Libraries

2009 Most Downloaded Titles in Libraries

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Lighthearted Link of the Week

Strange Objects Found in Books

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