Booksellers get their first look at books published between November 2007 and March 2008 at next month’s regional trade shows. Don’t want to miss a thing? Then scope out our exclusive galley checklist, including publishers’ pitches and author bios. It covers 38 novels by new and returning authors in every genre, 7 nonfiction titles ranging from sports to science, and 11 memoirs, including one Scribner is touting as the next Glass Castle.

If that’s too much information, then try our handy shortlist of the winter’s most enticing galleys to grab, from this week’s PW. Selected by five booksellers, the 17 picks include major new novels from Richard Price (FSG, Mar.) and Pat Barker(Doubleday, Jan.).