Fiction

• Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
• Zugzwang by Ronan Bennett
• The Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford
• A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
• Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
• Hidden Moon by James Church
• Three Sisters by James D. Doss
• Zeroville by Steve Erickson
• Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn
• Mr. Monk in Outer Space by Lee Goldberg
• The Last Noel by Heather Graham
• The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill
• The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg
• A Free Life by Ha Jin
• Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon
• The Wandering Ghost by Martin Limon
• Dreamsongs by George R. R. Martin
• A Monk Jumped Over a Wall by Jay Nussbaum
• Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
• The Race by Richard North Patterson
• A Christmas Beginning by Anne Perry
• The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis by Michael Pritchett
• Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel
• Murder on K Street by Margaret Truman
• Everlasting by Kathleen Woodiwiss

Nonfiction
• How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read by Pierre Bayard
• Richard M. Nixon by Conrad Black
• No Reservations by Anthony Bourdain
• The Second Civil War by Ronald Brownstein
• The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea Buchanan
• The Science of Leonardo by Fritjof Capra
• The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus by Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein
• Christmas with Paula Deen by Paula Deen
• Write It When I’m Gone by Thomas M. DeFrank
• American Creation by Joseph Ellis
• Local Girl Makes History by Dana Frank
• Steve and Me: Life with the Crocodile Hunter by Terri Irwin and Gil Reavill
• Finding Iris Chang by Paula Kamen
• A Family Christmas by Caroline Kennedy
• Ticket to Exile by Adam David Miller
• Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth by The Onion
• Valley Boy by Tom Perkins
• A Land So Strange by Andre Resendez
• YOU: Staying Young by Michael Roizen
• The Star Wars Vault by Stephen Sansweet and Peter Vilmur
• Gonzo by Corey Seymour
• Bad Karma: Confessions of a Reckless Traveller in Southeast Asia by Tamara Sheward
• Dark Victory by Ed Sikov
• Slash by Slash
• Shakespeare Unbound by Rene Weis
• Ronnie Wood by Ron Wood

Fiction

• Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
• A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton
• The Ghost by Robert Harris
• Ghost: A Novel by Alan Lightman
• Chat by Archer Mayor
• Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills
• The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
• Now and Then by Robert B. Parker
• Foreigners by Caryl Phillips

Nonfiction
• Steroid Nation by Shaun Assael
• Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen
• Rape: Sex, Violence, History by Joanna Bourke
• Queens of Havana by Alicia Castro
• Life: Selected Quotations by Paulo Coelho
• Bill of Wrongs by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
• The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
• What Happens Next? A History of American Screenwriting by Marc Norman
• I Live for This!: Baseball’s Last True Believer by Bill Plaschke with Tommy Lasorda
• The Star Wars Vault by Stephen Sansweet and Peter Vilmur
• Due Considerations: Essays by John Updike
• The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America by Beth Wenger
• Soul to Soul: Communications from the Heart by Gary Zukav

Fiction

• Snapshots by Michal Govrin
• Slam by Nick Hornby
• Pandora’s Daughter by Iris Johansen
• Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory
• The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
• Death Star by Michael Reaves & Steve Perry
• The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
• Cheating at Canasta by William Trevor
• The Christmas Promise by Donna VanLiere

Nonfiction
• Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! by Scott Adams
• Choice by Karen E. Bender and Nina De Gramont
• Forces for Good by Leslie Crutchfield
• Curveball by Bob Drogin
• Mosaic by Amy Grant
• Jezebel: the Untold Story by Lesley Hazleton
• The Intellectual Devotional: American History by David Kidder
• Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
• On God: An Uncommon Conversation by Norman Mailer and Michael Lennon
• Schulz and Peanuts: a Biography by David Michaelis
• Young Stalin by Simon Sebeg Montefiore
• Dirty Diplomacy by Craig Murray
• Kids Are Americans Too by Bill O’Reilly
• Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
• Musicophilia by Oliver W. Sacks
• Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life by Donald J. Trump
• A Life Decoded: My Genome by J. Craig Venter
• Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson

Fiction

• Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
• The Gift by Richard Paul Evans
• The Cry of the Dove by Fadia Faqir
• World Without End by Ken Follett
• Mark’s Story by Tim La Haye & Jerry B. Jenkins
• Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley
• Redemption Falls by Joseph O’Connor

Nonfiction
• American Crescent by Hassan Al-qazwini
• Clapton: the Autobiography by Eric Clapton
• I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
• The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs
• A Family Christmas by Caroline Kennedy
• Jesus Freaks by Don Lattin
• The Wreck of the Medusa by Jonathan Miles
• Celebrity Detox by Rosie O’Donnell
• Arsenals of Folly by Richard Rhodes
• Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein
• Inside the Helmet by Michael Strahan

Weekly RA Scan by Cindy Orr

Happy Banned Books Week. In your zeal to display banned books, make sure you don’t miss the other news of the week.

We have new books by Lisa Kleypas, Cornelia Funke, Mario Vargas Llosa, Iain Banks, M. C. Beaton, Ursula Hegi, Nick Hornby, Philip Roth and others. On the nonfiction side, there are memoirs by Clarence Thomas, Diana Ross, Suge Knight, 50 Cent and Dorothy Hamill, plus the journal of Joyce Carol Oates, several biographies, and more. Click here, or look to the right and scroll down for New This Week to see the full list of books hitting the shelves in the next few days.

Awards, Awards, Awards
It was a huge week for awards as well. The Anthony Awards for best mystery works were presented Saturday. And the winners are:

Best novel: Laura Lippman – No Good Deeds

Best first novel: Louise Penny – Still Life

Best Paperback Original: Dana Cameron – Ashes and Bones

Best short story: Simon Wood – “My Father’s Secret,â€? Crime Spree Magazine

Best nonfiction: Jim Huang and Austin Lugar, Editors – Mystery Muses

Contribution to the field: Jim Huang, Crum Creek Press and The Mystery Company

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We also have the Macavity Awards from Mystery Readers International:

Best Novel: Nancy Pickard – The Virgin of Small Plains

Best First Novel: Nick Stone – Mr. Clarinet

Best Nonfiction: Jim Huang and Austin Lugar, eds. – Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today’s Mystery Writers

Best Short Story: by Tim Maleeny – “Til Death Do Us Part” in MWA Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder, edited by Harlan Coben

Sue Feder Historical Mystery: Rhys Bowen – Oh Danny Boy

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Then we have the Barry Awards, cosponsored by Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures, also announced at Bouchercon:

Best Novel: George Pelecanos – The Night Gardener

Best First Novel: Louise Penny – Still Life

Best British Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen – Priest

Best Thriller: Daniel Silva – The Messenger

Best Paperback Original: Sean Doolittle – The Cleanup

Best Short Story: Brendan DuBois – “The Right Call”

The Don Sandstrom Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom: Beth Fedyn

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and, of course, the Shamus Awards from the Private Eye Writers:

Best Novel: Ken Bruen – The Dramatist

Best Paperback Original: P.J. Parrish – An Unquiet Grave

Best First Novel: Declan Hughes – The Wrong Kind of Blood (William Morrow)

Best Short Story: O’Neil DeNoux, “The Heart Has Reasons” (AHMM, September 2006)

The Eye for Lifetime Achievement: Stuart Kaminsky

The Hammer for Best PI Series Character: Shell Scott, created by Richard Prather

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The Financial Times has announced its shortlist for the Business Book of the Year Award. Nominees include The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan, The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Immigrants by Philippe Legrain, The Last Tycoons by William D. Cohan, Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams, and Zoom by Iain Carson and Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran. Details and book summaries here. These guys read fast! Greenspan’s book was just published, and Zoom is scheduled for October 1.

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The National Book Foundation has chosen the winners of its 5 Under 35 Award. The Foundation asked well known authors to vote for writers under 35 who deserve to be recognized. The winners are:

Kirstin Allio – Garner

Dinaw Mengestu – The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears

Asali Solomon – Get Down

Anya Ulinich – Petropolis

Charles Yu – Third Class Superhero

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ALA’s RUSA CODES (Reference Users Services Association) has announced the establishment of The Reading List, a new genre award. The Reading List Council consists of twelve librarians who are experts in readers’ advisory and collection development.

Eight genres are currently included in the Reading List: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Women’s Fiction and Adrenaline titles, which collectively encompass suspense, thrillers and action adventure works. The Council will adapt the list to include new genres and changes in reading interests as they occur. The first awards will be given during ALA’s Midwinter Conference in January, 2008.

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Genre Bestsellers

The following are the July bestsellers at Independent Mystery Booksellers Association member stores:

Hardcover
1. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews
2. The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
3. Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
4. Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
5. Justice Denied by J.A. Jance
5. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak
7. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
8. Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter
9. Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
9. Hard Row by Margaret Maron

Paperbacks
1. The Chocolate Jewel Case by JoAnna Carl
2. A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris
3. Billy Boyle by James Benn
4. A Brush with Death by Hailey Lind
5. The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby
6. A Play of Lords by Margaret Frazer
6. Ammunition by Ken Bruns
6. The Tunnels by Michelle Gagnon
9. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
10. Saks and Violins by Mary Daheim

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Religion Bestsellers

Publishers Weekly has announced the Religion bestsellers from July as well:

Hardcover
Reposition Yourself by T.D. Jakes. Atria
Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI. Doubleday
God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. Twelve
The God Delusionby Richard Dawkins. Houghton Mifflin
Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen. FaithWords
Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment by Deepak Chopra. HarperOne
Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future by Joel C. Rosenberg. Tyndale
Kingdom Come by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Tyndale
Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality by Rob Bell. Zondervan

Paperback
90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. Baker/Revell
Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury. Tyndale
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. Moody/Northfield
The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren. Zondervan
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Harper San Francisco
A Sister’s Secret by Wanda E. Brunstetter. Barbour
Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer. FaithWords
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller. Thomas Nelson
Forever by Karen Kingsbury. Tyndale
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s SoulJohn Eldredge. Thomas Nelson

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Author News
Diana Gabaldon fans will be pleased to know that she has sold the second to last book in the Outlander Series to Bantam Dell for publication in Fall 2009.

Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between Us and If Today Be Sweet, has sold a new novel called The Weight of Heaven to Harper. It is the story of a young American couple who travel to India to heal from the grief of the death of their son, and while there decide to adopt a child, but are forced to face their own cultural imperialism.

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Sisters in Crime celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and Nancy Pickard, Rochelle Krich and Sara Paretsky reminisce here.

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Romance Writers Vote for the Best Library Program
The Romance Writers of America has opened voting for Libraries Love Romance. RWA members will vote on which library embodied excellence in library programs and promotions focusing on romance fiction.

That’s all for this week.

Fiction

• Blue Christmas: Now With More Holiday Cheer by Mary Kay Andrews
• The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
• Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M. C. Beaton
• The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett
• Jazz and Twelve O’Clock Tales by Wanda Coleman
• Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
• Down River by John Hart
• The Worst Thing I’ve Done by Ursula Hegi
• Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
• 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
• Slam by Nick Hornby
• Eulalia! by Brian Jacques
• Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
• The Parting by Beverly Lewis
• Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber
• Run by Ann Patchett
• Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
• Dark of the Moon by John Sandford
• Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler
• The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa

Nonfiction
• 50 X 50 by 50 Cent
• The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson
• Foreskin’s Lament by Shalom Auslander
• Beyond the White House by Jimmy Carter
• If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans by Ann Coulter
• The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi
• Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends by William Guarnere
• A Skating Life by Dorothy Hamill
• Dandelion by Catherine James
• Stanley by Tim Jeal
• Nureyev by Julie Kavanagh
• America Nightmare/American Dream by Suge Knight
• Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story by William C. Martin
• Heirlooms by David Mas Masumoto
• Life’s a Campaign by Chris Matthews
• America in Space: NASA’s First Fifty Years
• The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates, 1973-1982 by Joyce Carol Oates
• Cook With Jamie by Jamie Oliver
• Kids Are Americans Too by Bill O’Reilly
• Upside Down by Diana Ross
• Emergence of Memory by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
• Break Through by Michael Shellenberger
• My Grandfather’s Son by Clarence Thomas
• The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters
• Head and Heart by Garry Wills
• Ronnie Wood by Ron Wood

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