Only eight more weeks 'til spring... and the clock is officially ticking. A preview of the season's best begins below and is complemented with not only our lay-down calendar of on-sale dates for major titles but also assessments from retailers who speak out about this season's timing and content, possible gaps and overlapping blockbusters along with other concerns that might influence their bottom line.

Although our spring titles cover myriad categories, you will have to wait until next week's January 31 issue to savor new travel books and trends, hang about until February 28 for technology and computer fare and bide your time until March 14 for gardening book highlights. For our feature on Spring 2005 Children's Books, click here.

Looking for more? Now you can get a Web-exclusive list of trade paperback reprints and a comprehensive look at what's coming up in mass market in both original and reprint editions. All here on PublishersWeekly.com!

Don't forget to click on the icon next to select publishers and/or titles to learn more about them!

WEB EXCLUSIVES
Mass Market Trade Paperback Reprints
SPRING 2005 HARDCOVERS
Art & Architecture
Biography & Memoirs
Business & Personal Finance
Childcare & Parenting
Contemporary Affairs
Cookbooks, Wine & Entertaining
First Novels & Collections
Fiction/General & Short Stories
Fiction/Mystery & Suspense
Fiction/Science Fiction & Fantasy
Folklore, Myths & Legends
Gay & Lesbian Studies
Health, Fitness & Beauty
History
Humor
Lifestyle
Literary Criticism & Essays
Nature & Environment
New Age
Performing Arts & Film
Philosophy
Photography
Poetry
Politics
Psychology
Reference
Religion & Inspiration
Science
Self-Help & Recovery
Social Sciences
Sports
True Crime
War & Military
Women's Studies
SPRING 2005 TRADE PAPERBACKS
Art & Architecture
Biography & Memoirs
Business & Personal Finance
Childcare & Parenting
Contemporary Affairs
Cookbooks, Wine & Entertaining
Fiction/First & Collections
Fiction/General & Short Stories
Fiction/Mystery & Suspense
Fiction/Science Fiction & Fantasy
Folklore, Myths & Legends
Gay & Lesbian Studies
Health, Fitness & Beauty
History
Humor
Lifestyle
Literary Criticism & Essays
Nature & Environment
New Age
Performing Arts & Film
Philosophy
Photography
Poetry
Politics
Psychology
Reference
Religion & Inspiration
Science
Self-Help & Recovery
Social Sciences
Sports
True Crime
War & Military
Women's Studies