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By Barbara Hoffert -- Library Journal, 12/15/2006

Fiction

Abrams, Douglas. The Lost Diary of Don Juan. Atria: S. & S. May 2007. 256p. ISBN 1-4165-3250-1 [ISBN 978-1-4165-3250-7]. $26.
For his first novel, a former University of California and HarperSanFrancisco editor tries on the life of Don Juan. Foreign rights have proliferated. With a seven-city tour; Book Club Reader feature.

Alexie, Sherman. Flight. Black Cat: Grove. Apr. 2007. 208p. ISBN 0-8021-7037-4. pap. $13.
We've had to wait ten years, but finally Alexie offers another novel: the tale of an orphaned Indian boy who must hunt through time to find out who he is. With a 100,000-copy first printing; 25-city tour.

Archer, Jeffrey. Cat O'Nine Tales. St. Martin's. Mar. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-312-36264-1 [ISBN 978-0-312-36264-5]. $27.95. CD: Audio Renaissance.
From best-selling novelist and House of Lords convict Archer, 12 stories (despite the title) mostly inspired by his two-year prison stay.

Bolaño, Roberto. The Savage Detectives. Farrar. Apr. 2007. 592p. ISBN 0-374-19148-4 [ISBN 978-0-374-19148-1]. $27.
Proud founders of the visceral realist movement in poetry, Arturo Betano and Ulises Lima leave Mexico City on New Year's Eve, little suspecting that their search for an obscure poet will end so badly that they'll be on the run for decades. Recently deceased, the Chilean-born Bolaño, who landed in Spain via Mexico, is a major Latin American voice just being discovered here.

Chiaverini, Jennifer. The Quilter's Homecoming: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel. S. & S. Apr. 2007. 336p. ISBN 0-7432-6022-8 [ISBN 978-0-7432-6022-0]. $25.
Fresh from The Christmas Quilt, newlyweds Elizabeth and Henry head west to claim land they have bought, only to discover that they have been duped. With a 13-city tour; reading group guide.

Collins, Jackie. Drop Dead Beautiful. St. Martin's. Feb. 2007. 512p. ISBN 0-312-34179-2 [ISBN 978-0-312-34179-4]. $24.95. CD: Audio Renaissance.
For her 25th novel, Collins brings back Lucky Santangelo, who must contend with a teenaged daughter as out of bounds as she is and an enemy determined to wipe out everything she's got. With a national tour.

Dickey, Eric Jerome. Sleeping with Strangers. Dutton. Apr. 2007. 352p. ISBN 0-525-94999-2 [ISBN 978-0-525-94999-2]. $24.95.
Off-the-grid hit man Gideon helps losers get their bloody revenge, even as three women vie to be the hit on his charts.

Feist, Raymond E. Into a Dark Realm. Eos: HarperCollins. Apr. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-06-079280-9 [ISBN 978-0-06-079280-0]. $25.95.
In Book 2 of the “Darkwar Saga,” Pug leads the Conclave of Shadows to another realm of reality, where they must defeat the worst bunch of assassins ever.

Fielding, Joy. Heartstopper. Atria: S. & S. Apr. 2007. 368p. ISBN 0-7432-9598-6 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9598-7]. $24.95.
Transplanted New Yorker (and mom) Sandie Crosbie goes after a serial killer targeting teenaged girls in suddenly shaken-up small-town Torrance, FL. With a three-city tour; Book Club Reader feature.

Green, Tim. American Outrage. Warner. Apr. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-446-57743-X. $24.99.
A nasty TV journalist who's always told the story discovers to his dismay that this time 'round he is the story.

Gruber, Michael. The Book of Air and Shadows. Morrow. Apr. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-06-087446-5 [ISBN 978-0-06-087446-9]. $24.95. lrg. prnt.
Too bad intellectual properties lawyer Jake Mishkin finds letters hidden in a book rescued from a fire that were written by a 17th-century British spy. Some folks are willing to shed blood to find something of immeasurable value hinted at in the encrypted letters.

Hall, Steven. The Raw Shark Texts. Canongate: Grove Atlantic. Apr. 2007. 336p. ISBN 1-84195-911-1 [ISBN 978-1-84195-911-5]. $24.
Is Eric Sanderson crazy? Or is he really skidding along in another dimension of the known world, confronting a shifting identity and the loss of love? With a 125,000-copy first printing; national tour.

Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Harcourt. Apr. 2007. 192p. ISBN 0-15-101304-7 [ISBN 978-0-15-101304-3]. $22.
A Princeton degree, a high-class job, a well-connected girlfriend: immigrant Changez would seem to have it all, until the tumbling of the Twin Towers realigns his thinking. From the author of Moth Smoke, a Betty Trask Award winner.

Hamilton, Masha. The Camel Bookmobile. HarperCollins. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-06-117348-7 [ISBN 978-0-06-117348-6]. $24.95.
When Fiona Sweeney decides she'll do her bit for humanity by bringing books to remotest Kenya (via the real-life Camel Bookmobile), she doesn't know that her efforts will cause one tribe to start feuding. From the author of The Distance Between Us, an LJ Best Book.

Hay, Sheridan. The Secret of Lost Things. Doubleday. Mar. 2007. 416p. ISBN 0-385-51848-X [ISBN 978-0-385-51848-2]. $23.95.
The staff may be a little nutty, but all's well at the New York City bookstore that employs fresh-from-Tasmania Rosemary until someone approaches the store with a long-lost manuscript by Herman Melville (it's really hinted at in his letters). With a national tour; reading group guide.

Hoag, Tami. The Alibi Man. Bantam. Mar. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-553-80201-1 [ISBN 978-0-553-80201-6]. $26. lrg. prnt. $28.95. CD: Random Audio.
Former narcotics detective Elena Estes just wants to be left alone, but when a colleague is murdered, her hunt for the killer leads her straight back to the smarmy Palm Beach crowd she abandoned long ago.
 
Howard, Tracie. Gold Diggers. Doubleday. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-385-51798-X [ISBN 978-0-385-51798-0]. $22.95.
Here's hoping that upper-crust Lauren will outlast her cutthroat friends. From the author of Why Sleeping Dogs Lie.
 
Ignatius, David. Body of Lies. Norton. Apr. 2007. 320p. ISBN 978-0-393-06503-9. $24.95.
Having covered the Middle East and the CIA for more than 25 years, prize-winning Washington Post columnist Ignatius turns to crafting the story of an injured CIA agent intent on bringing down a master terrorist called Suleiman.

Kellerman, Jonathan. Obsession: An Alex Delaware Novel. Ballantine. Apr. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-345-45263-1 [ISBN 978-0-345-45263-4]. $26.95.
When the aunt who's raised bright, ambitious teenager Tanya hints on her deathbed that she committed murder, Tanya turns to psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis for help. Look for the interactive online game.

Koslow, Sally. Little Pink Slips. Putnam. Apr. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-399-15415-9 [ISBN 978-0-399-15415-7]. $24.95.
Dumped as editor in chief just as she is about to refurbish Lady magazine, Magnolia Gold watches her successor turn Lady into a tramp. But she finally gets her revenge.

LaMarche, Phil. American Youth. Random. Apr. 2007. 224p. ISBN 1-4000-6605-0 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6605-6]. $21.95.
After accidentally shooting a friend to death, a teenaged boy in New England must reconsider who he is, even as the town splits into factions. A debut from the fellowship-laden LaMarche; with a five-city tour.

Levi, Primo. A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories of Primo Levi. Norton. Apr. 2007. 176p. ISBN 978-0-393-06468-1. $21.95.
A passel of Levi's stories, all of them stars and none previously appearing in English.

Phillips, Arthur. Angelica. Random. Apr. 2007. 384p. ISBN 1-4000-6251-9 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6251-5]. $24.95.
In a novel that would seem to be absolutely nothing like Prague and The Egyptologist, Phillips's first two success stories, Constance is convinced that her husband wishes her harm. A Victorian thriller told from four perspectives; with an 11-city tour.

Rankin, Ian. The Naming of the Dead. Little, Brown. Apr. 2007. 400p. ISBN 0-316-05757-6 [ISBN 978-0-316-05757-8]. $24.99. CD: Hachette Audio.
With all the leaders of the free world in town, who but Inspector Rebus can determine whether one's deadly fall was an accident? The bristly inspector is entering his 20th year.

Robards, Karen. Obsession. Putnam. Apr. 2007. 400p. ISBN 0-399-15416-7 [ISBN 978-0-399-15416-4]. $24.95.
Very nearly murdered, a woman awakens in a home she doesn't recognize as hers and quickly discovers that she's part of a CIA sting. She does not take the news gracefully.

Robertson, James. The Testament of Gideon Mack. Viking. Apr. 2007. 400p. ISBN 0-670-03844-X [ISBN 978-0-670-03844-2]. $24.95.
Does Gideon Mack, a good minister though an unbeliever, really owe his escape from a swift-flowing river to the Devil? To find out, read this U.S. debut from a Scottish Book of the Year winner. With an online reading group guide.

Ross, Ann B. Miss Julia Strikes Back. Viking. Apr. 2007. 304p. ISBN 0-670-03841-5 [ISBN 978-0-670-03841-1]. $24.95.
What does Miss Julia do when all her jewelry is stolen? Plan a stakeout in Palm Beach, of course. With a five-city tour.

Saylor, Steven. Roma. St. Martin's. Mar. 2007. 704p. ISBN 0-312-32831-1 [ISBN 978-0-312-32831-3]. $25.95.
Saylor takes a detour from the mysteries he sets in ancient Rome to spin a saga of the city.

Shapiro, Dani. Black & White. Knopf. Apr. 2007. 272p. ISBN 0-375-41548-3 [ISBN 978-0-375-41548-7]. $24.
Clara attempts to escape from her notorious photographer mother, whose reputation rests on the nude pictures she took of her young daughter. But no such luck. With a reading group guide.

Shreve, Anita. Body Surfing. Little, Brown. Apr. 2007. 304p. ISBN 0-316-05985-4 [ISBN 978- 0-316-05985-5]. $25.99. lrg. prnt. $27.99. CD: Hachette Audio.
Divorced and then widowed before age 30, Sydney spends a summer tutoring a teenager and finds herself caught between the girl's two grown brothers.

Slouka, Mark. The Visible World. Houghton. Apr. 2007. 256p. ISBN 0-618-75643-4. [ISBN 978-0-618-75643-8]. $24.
An American son tries to understand his Czech-born mother's despair by investigating her past and finally reimagining it. From the author of God's Fool; with a four-city tour.

Smith, Alexander McCall. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive. Pantheon. Apr. 2007. 240p. ISBN 0-375-42273-0 [ISBN 978-0-375-42273-7]. $21.95. lrg. prnt.
Complications arise as Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni plans a surprise for adopted daughter Motholeli, and who better to resolve them than his wife, Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency? With a 12-city tour.

Somoza, José Carlos. Zig Zag. Rayo: HarperCollins. Apr. 2007. 550p. ISBN 0-06-119371-2 [ISBN 978-0-06-119371-2]. $24.95.
Members of a team whose study of String Theory went seriously awry are now meeting ugly deaths, and, understandably, team member Elisa Robledo wants to discover why. Spanish psychiatrist/novelist Somoza makes his U.S. debut with this international best seller; with a reading group guide.

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Children of Húrin. Houghton. Apr. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-618-89464-0 [ISBN 978-0-618-89464-2]. $26.
Having rummaged through his father's multitudinous papers for 30 years, Christopher Tolkien was finally able to pull together the various pieces (some previously published) that make up this story—important background for the creation of Middle-earth.

Vachon, Dana. Mergers & Acquisitions. Riverhead: Putnam. Apr. 2007. 256p. ISBN 1-59448-934-3 [ISBN 978-1-59448-934-1]. $23.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
Georgetown grad Tommy Quinn lands the golden (investment bank) job and the golden (high-society) girl—and then decides it's all a sham. From a first novelist who's been there, done that.

Wall, Paula. The Wilde Women. Atria: S. & S. Apr. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-7434-9621-3 [ISBN 978-0-7434-9621-6]. $24.
Poor Pearl; she fled town after interrupting her fiancé's tryst with her sister. But she comes back one cool (and scary) cookie. A second novel after the highly praised The Rock Orchard; with a four-city tour.

Woods, Stuart. Fresh Disasters: A Stone Barrington Novel. Putnam. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-399-15410-8 [ISBN 978-0-399-15410-2]. $25.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
When Stone Barrington's law firm inexplicably takes on inept con man Bill Eggers as a client, guess who gets the case?

Nonfiction

Asim, Jabari. The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why. Houghton. Apr. 2007. 256p. ISBN 0-618-19717-6 [ISBN 978-0-618-19717-0]. $26.
More than an examination of an ugly epithet, this book by the deputy editor of the Washington Post Book World examines the history of racism in this country; with a five-city tour.

Cohan, William D. The Last Tycoons. Doubleday. Apr. 2007. 608p. ISBN 0-385-51451-4 [ISBN 978-0-385-51451-4]. $29.95. CD: Random Audio.
A former investigative reporter who has also done time on Wall Street (including six years at Lazard Frères) explains how the seemingly indestructible Lazard hit the skids.

Cook, Kevin. Tommy's Honor. Gotham: Penguin Group (USA). Apr. 2007. 304p. ISBN 978-1-59240-297-7. $27.50.
Born in 1821, Old Tom Morris changed the face of golf, but his promising son died at 24. From the author of The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Croker, Richard. The Boomer Century 1946–2046: How America's Most Influential Generation Changed Everything. Warner. Apr. 2007. NAp. ISBN 0-446-58081-3. $25.99.
Attention, baby boomers: you're history. The tie-in to a PBS documentary airing in April.

Deen, Paula. An Intimate Memoir. S. & S. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-7432-9285-5 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9285-6]. $25.
Food network star Deen gets out of the kitchen; with an eight-city tour.

Eig, Jonathan. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season. S. & S. Apr. 2007. 352p. ISBN 0-7432-9460-2 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9460-7]. $26.
What life was really like for rookie Robinson during the year he broke the color barrier in baseball; from a senior special writer at the Wall Street Journal.

Eisenson, Howard J., M.D., & Martin Binks. The Duke Diet: The World-Renowned Program for Healthy and Lasting Weight Loss. Ballantine. Mar. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-345-49903-4 [ISBN 978-0-345-49903-5]. $25.95.
Read up, so you don't have to pay $10,000 for Duke's famed four-week program to make you skinny.

Frank, Robert. Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich. Crown. Apr. 2007. 256p. ISBN 0-307-33926-2 [ISBN 978-0-307-33926-3]. $24.95.
Frank's beat at the Wall Street Journal is wealth in America, so he's already been rubbing shoulders with the nouveaux riches profiled here.

Friedländer, Saul. The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945. HarperCollins. Apr. 2007. 736p. ISBN 0-06-019043-4 [ISBN 978-0-06-019043-9]. $39.95.
A follow-up to the excellent Nazi Germany and the Jews, from a historian who witnessed the Holocaust firsthand.

Ginz, Petr. The Diary of Petr Ginz. Atlantic Monthly. Apr. 2007. 192p. ISBN 0-87113-966-9 [ISBN 978-0-87113-966-5]. $24.
Yet another child lost to the Holocaust, Ginz recorded his artistic aspirations and reactions to the tightening Nazi noose through his incarceration at Theresienstadt and death in Auschwitz at age 16. His diary was recently discovered in a Prague attic. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

Greenburg, Jan Crawford. Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Apr. 2007. 320p. ISBN 1-59420-101-3 [ISBN 978-1-59420-101-1]. $27.95.
Law/politics correspondent for ABC, Greenburg picks apart shifting directions in the Rehnquist and Roberts courts.

Groopman, Jerome, M.D. How Doctors Think. Houghton. Mar. 2007. 320p. ISBN 978-0-618-61003-7. $26.
In a hotly contested book won by the publisher in a preemptive bid, a Harvard Medical School professor explains how issues like a doctor's age, gender, and relationship with the patient can affect care.

Hart, Marjorie. Summer at Tiffany. Morrow. Apr. 2007. 240p. ISBN 0-06-118952-9 [ISBN 978-0-06-118952-4]. $14.95. lrg. prnt.
What was it like for a University of Iowa graduate to land a job at Tiffany's in the summer of 1945? Ask 82-year-old Hart.

Hayes, Stephen F. Cheney: A Revealing Portrait of America's Most Powerful Vice President. HarperCollins. Apr. 2007. 304p. ISBN 0-06-072346-7 [ISBN 978-0-06-072346-0]. $25.95.
Everything you ever (or never) wanted to know about the vice president; from the author of The Connection.

Hicks, Taylor. Heart Full of Soul. Crown. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 978-0-307-38243-6. $24.95.
Back story and life lessons from the American Idol winner.

Homes, A.M. The Mistress's Daughter. Viking. Apr. 2007. 240p. ISBN 0-670-03838-5 [ISBN 978-0-670-03838-1]. $24.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
Adopted at birth, the distinguished novelist explains what happened when her birth parents came looking for her 30 years later. With an eight-city tour; online reading guide.

Hunt, Col. David. On the Hunt: How To Win the War on Terror, Support Our Troops, and Protect Our Liberty at Home. Forum: Crown. Apr. 2007. 272p. ISBN 0-307-34759-1 [ISBN 978-0-307-34759-6]. $26.95.
The military analyst for Fox News, Hunt offers his solutions to everything from Iraq to illegal immigration.

Isaacson, Walter. Einstein: His Life and Universe. S. & S. Apr. 2007. 448p. ISBN 0-7432-6473-8 [ISBN 978-0-7432-6473-0]. $35.99.
The author who splendidly captured Ben Franklin in a 2003 biography here aims to reclaim Einstein. With a 16-city tour.

Isay, Jane. Walking on Eggshells: Staying Close to Your Adult Children. Flying Dolphin: Doubleday. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-7679-2084-8 [ISBN 978-0-7679-2084-1]. $23.95.
For many years editor of behavioral sciences at Yale University Press (she discovered Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia), Isay changes places to write a book for empty nesters.

Lowry, Beverly. Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life. Doubleday. Apr. 2007. 336p. ISBN 0-385-50291-5 [ISBN 978-0-385-50291-7]. $26.
Tubman's life with the Underground Railroad—and beyond.

Manning, Chandra. What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War. Knopf. Apr. 2007. 352p. ISBN 0-307-26482-3 [ISBN 978-0-307-26482-4]. $26.95.
A Georgetown professor explains what both Union and Confederate soldiers really thought about slavery. Reputedly a groundbreaker.

Mathews, Dan. Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir. Atria: S. & S. Apr. 2007. 256p. ISBN 0-7432-9187-5 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9187-3]. $24.
Find out why PETA VP Mathews is committed and how he got that way; with a six-city tour.

Mosley, Walter. This Year You Write Your Novel. Little, Brown. Apr. 2007. 112p. ISBN 0-316-06541-2 [ISBN 978-0-316-06541-2]. $19.95.
With Mosley as instructor, how can your novel go wrong?

Mundy, Liza. Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Men, Women, and the World. Knopf. Apr. 2007. 352p. ISBN 1-4000-4428-6 [ISBN 978-1-4000-4428-3]. $24.95.
A feature writer at the Washington Post Magazine considers the brave new world of assisted reproductive technology; with a five-city tour.

Nusseibeh, Sari with Anthony David. Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life. Farrar. Apr. 2007. 544p. ISBN 0-374-29950-1 [ISBN 978-0-374-29950-7]. $26.
From his unique perspective—his father was Jerusalem's mayor and he himself was appointed by Arafat to run the city's Arab sector—Nusseibeh makes his case for a two-state solution to the anguish in the Middle East.

Ortiz, David with Tony Massarotti. Big Papi: The Story of How My Baseball Dreams Came True. St. Martin's. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-312-36633-7 [ISBN 978-0-312-36633-9]. $24.95. Spanish. ISBN 0-312-36663-9 [ISBN 978-0-312-36663-6. $16.95.
How Ortiz got from the Dominican Republic to All-Star status.

Piver, Susan. How Not To Be Afraid of Your Own Life: Opening Your Heart to Confidence, Intimacy, and Joy. St. Martin's. Apr. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-312-35596-3 [ISBN 978-0-312-35596-8]. $19.95. CD: Audio Renaissance.
Piver uses ancient techniques (of the Buddhist variety) to get at contemporary problems and find peace. With a national tour.

Preston, Richard. The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. Random. Apr. 2007. 256p. ISBN 1-4000-6489-9 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6489-2]. $25.95.
Preston leaps from The Hot Zone into a grove of Sequoia sempervirens, or the California redwoods. With an 11-city tour.

Rampersad, Arnold. Ralph Ellison: A Biography. Knopf. Apr. 2007. 576p. ISBN 0-375-40827-4 [ISBN 978-0-375-40827-4]. $35.
The celebrated biographer of Langston Hughes takes on another great African American writer. With a seven-city tour.

Ripken, Cal, Jr., with Donald T. Phillips. Get in the Game: 8 Principles of Perseverance That Make the Difference. Gotham: Penguin Group (USA). Apr. 2007. 320p. ISBN 1-59240-264-X [ISBN 978-1-59240-264-9]. $26. CD: Penguin Audio.
Preparation, anticipation, and loving what you do: three of baseball great Ripken's rules for getting ahead. With a national tour.

Rodriguez, Deborah. The Kabul Beauty School: Beneath the Veil of Afghan Women. Random. Apr. 2007. 256p. ISBN 1-4000-6559-3 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6559-2]. $24.95.
Michigan-born Rodriguez made a difference by opening up a beauty school in Kabul, Afghanistan, where women resist patriarchy by learning to cut'n'curl.

Rybczynski, Witold. Last Harvest. Scribner. Apr. 2007. 356p. ISBN 0-7432-3596-7 [ISBN 978-0-7432-3596-9]. $26.
The author of Home talks about lots of homes, tracking the development of a subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. With a seven-city tour.

Shapiro, Laura. Julia Child. Viking. Apr. 2007. 208p. ISBN 0-670-03839-3 [ISBN 978-0-670-03839-8]. $19.95.
The celebrated cook gets a nod from “Penguin Lives.”

Stewart, David O. The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Wrote the U.S. Constitution. S. & S. Apr. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-7432-8692-8 [ISBN 978-0-7432-8692-3]. $27.
A Washington, DC, lawyer looks at all the dealmaking that went on to create the Constitution.

Stubbs, John. John Donne: The Reformed Soul; A Biography. Norton. Apr. 2007. 576p. ISBN 978-0-393-06260-1. $35.
No bells tolling here; this book won a 2004 Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award as a work in progress.

Talty, Stephan. Empire of Blue Water. Crown. Apr. 2007. 352p. ISBN 0-307-23660-9 [ISBN 978-0-307-23660-9]. $24.95.
Pirate of the Caribbean Henry Morgan spent three decades attacking Spanish ships for the benefit of the English.