FICTION/GENERAL & SHORT STORIES
AKASHIC
A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond (Apr., $15.95) as recounted to Percival Everett and James Kincaid is a satire about the South Carolina senator’s decision to pen his version of African-American history. Author publicity.
Leave It to Beaner (July, $14.95) by Lalo Alcaraz is a graphic novel inspired by the political cartoonist’s childhood as the son of Mexican immigrants living on the U.S.—Mexico border. Author publicity.
ALGONQUIN
New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2004 (July, $14.95), edited by Shannon Ravenel, anthologizes 17 tales by Jill McCorkle, Edward P. Jones and others.
ALYSON
Latter Days (Apr., $13.95) by T.A. Fabris is a gay romance about a shallow L.A. party boy who falls for a hunky but repressed Mormon missionary.
ANCHOR
The Whole Story: And Other Stories (Mar., $13) by Ali Smith celebrates chance and coincidence. Advertising. 5-city author tour.
The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories (Aug., $13), edited by Ben Marcus, collects the work of a new generation of writers. Advertising. Author publicity.
Reprints: Oryx & Crake (May, $14) by Margaret Atwood; Good Faith (June, $14.95) by Jane Smiley.
ATRIA
The Innocent (Mar., $14) by Posie Graeme-Evans is the first in a trilogy about forbidden love in 15th-century England between King
Edward IV and a young peasant girl.
Imagine This (July, $14) by Vickie Stringer. Pamela, from Let That Be the Reason, starts an escort service when Chino walks. 5-city author tour.
Reprints: The Sisters of Apf (Aug., $14) and Nervous (Aug., $15) by Zane.
AVON
Sweetest Taboo (June, $13.95) by Carole Matthews. Sadie Nelson is torn between a flashy Hollywood producer and a gorgeous actor. 100,000 first printing.
On the Couch (July, $10.95) by Alissa Kwitney. Will romance bloom between a Manhattan psychologist and a blunt NYPD detective dumped by his wife? 75,000 first printing.
Call Waiting (Aug., $10.95) by Michelle Cunnah. Emma and Jack face blissful matrimony, or do they? 50,000 first printing.
BALLANTINE
Loverboy and Bad Girl (June, $14.95) by Michele Jaffe. A thriller and an urban police procedural are packaged together. Advertising.
Bride of the Fat White Vampire (Aug., $13.95) by Andrew Fox follows the author’s debut, The Fat White Vampire Blues. Author publicity.
Reprints: The Poorhouse Fair and Of the Farm (Apr., $12.95 each) by John Updike; Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution (July, $15.95) by Jeffrey M. Shaara.
BALLANTINE/ONE WORLD
Passing Through (May, $14.95) by Colin Channer is peopled with complex women. Author publicity.
BALLANTINE READER’S CIRCLE
Reprints: The Three Miss Margarets (June, $13.95) by Louise Shaffer; Lucia, Lucia (July, $13.95) by Adriana Trigiani; The Probable Future (Aug., $13.95) by Alice Hoffman; Standing in the Rainbow (Aug., $14.95) by Fannie Flagg.
BALLANTINE/STRIVERS ROW
The Last King: A Maceo Redfield Novel (Apr., $13.95) by Nichelle D. Tramble. Redfield returns to Oakland to help an old friend accused of murder.
BANTAM
Dear Prince Charming (Aug., $11) by Donna Kauffman. A trend-setting magazine scrambles to find a straight man to replace advice columnist Prince Charming, who turns out to be gay. 40,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Reprints: The Shelters of Stone (Apr., $15) by Jean M. Auel; Villa Incognito (Apr., $14) by Tom Robbins.
BASKERVILLE
The Fat Friend (May, $14.95) by Julie Edelson features a narrator whose obese chum starts shedding pounds and making up for lost time.
BERKLEY
Diary of a Working Girl (Mar., $13) by Kay Hooper is an omnibus of three romances.
Hot Legs (June, $15) by Susan Johnson is an erotic novel from the author of Hot Pink .
Reprints: Fire Ice (June, $16) by Clive Cussler; Hidden Riches (July, $13.95) by Nora Roberts.
BERKLEY SIGNATURE
Ladies with Prospects (Apr., $13.95) by Cynthia Hartwick offers a female bonding novel.
Solos (Aug., $13) by Kitty Burns Florey involves an older woman and a younger man.
BET/ARABESQUE
Falcon Saga (Aug., $13) by Francis Ray collects three novels in a single volume on the 10th anniversary of Arabesque.
BET/NEW SPIRIT
A Measure of Faith (Apr., $14) by Maxine Billings. A potential medical problem throws Lynette Montgomery’s marriage into chaos that can only be saved by faith.
BET/SEPIA
If You Only Knew (Mar., $14) by Alex Hairston. An aspiring artist realizes that the woman in his life isn’t Ms. Right, then discovers a family secret that will change his life.
Shades of a Chameleon (June, $14) by Jdaniels. FBI agent Margo Hunter investigates the murder of an exotic dancer and encounters shady politicians, prostitution and corruption.
BLACK SPARROW/DAVID R. GODINE
Here & Elsewhere: Collected Short Fiction (Aug., $22) by Kenneth Burke combines the avant-garde novella Towards a Better Life and the story collection The Complete White Oxen with early, uncollected pieces.
BLOOMSBURY/TIN HOUSE
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax (July, $13.95) by Liz Jensen is about a family falling apart as told through the voices of a comatose son and the doctor drawn into their circle.
Reprints: Bobby Gold Stories (May, $9.95) by Anthony Bourdain, 40,000 first printing; Hey Nostradamus! (July, $13.95) by Douglas Coupland.
MARION BOYARS
The Flea Palace (Apr., $14.95) by Elif Shafak. Ten dysfunctional families live together in a stately residence in Istanbul.
BRAVA
The Secret Life of Bryan (Mar., $14) by Lori Foster. Bounty hunter Bryan Kelly chases a woman whose effect on his senses is truly criminal.
Bad Boys Next Exit (Apr., $14) by Shannon McKenna, Donna Kaufman and E.C. Sheedy continues this erotic series with lively girls and bad boys.
BRIDGE WORKS (dist. by NBN)
The Trouble with Mental Wellness (Apr.; $15.95, $23.95 cloth) by Joseph Colicchio. Endearing characters outline the role of love in lonely lives.
BROADMAN & HOLMAN
The Narrow Door at Colditz (May, $12.99) by Robert Wise is based on a true story about Allied prisoners plotting their escape during WWII.
Wilderking Trilogy: Bark of the Bog Owl (Aug., $12.99) by Jonathan Rogers is an allegorical fantasy about the life of King David.
BROADWAY BOOKS
Reprints: Babyville (Mar., $12.95) by Jane Green; The Devil Wears Prada (Apr., $12.95) by Lauren Weisberger.
BROADWAY/HARLEM MOON
Dad Interrupted (May, $12.95) by Van Whitfield is a love triangle that follows the author’s Beeperless Remote.
Love Is Stronger than Pride (May, $15.95) by E. Lynn Harris et al. includes a novella featuring Basil Henderson, along with a collection of debut novellas from young writers selected by Harris.
CARROLL & GRAF
Tuesday Nights and Wednesday Mornings (June, $13) by Gwendoline Riley offers a novella and stories about skeptical romantics searching for companionship.
Good Girl Wants It Bad (July, $13) by Scott Bradfield channels the confessions of a nymphomaniac serial killer.
CHRONICLE
Reprint: And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You (Apr., $13.95) by Kathi Kamen Goldmark.
CITY LIGHTS
Ingrid Caven (June, $12.95) by Jean-Jacques Schuhl is inspired by the German actress and cabaret singer who was film director R.W. Fassbinder’s star and wife. Advertising. Author tour.
CLEIS PRESS
Heat Wave: Sizzling Sex Stories (May, $14.95), edited by Alison Tyler, gathers 20 erotic stories set in the sultry summertime.
Taboo: Forbidden Fantasies for Couples (May, $14.95), edited by Violet Blue, is a collection of naughty couples-oriented stories.
COFFEE HOUSE PRESS
The Moon in Its Flight (Apr., $16) by Gilbert Sorrentino groups stories that span 35 years. Advertising.
DAFINA
Havoc After Dark (Mar., $14) by Robert Fleming. This collection of stories blends traditional horror with political and sociological chills.
Enchanted Heart (July, $15) by Felicia Mason. Lance Smith changes women the way he changes his suits—until he meets Vivienne la Fontaine, a woman with secrets.
Reprint: God Still Don’t Like Ugly (Aug., $15) by Mary Monroe.
JOHN DANIEL
Stealing Home (Mar., $14.95) by Irving Weinman is about obsessive characters living in south Florida.
DEL REY MANGA
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (May, $10.99) by CLAMP has characters from the Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits series.
Negima Vol. 1 (May) and ...Vol. 2 (Aug., $10.99 each) by Ken Akamatsu both have a young wizard in training as their hero.
DELL/DELTA
Breakfast at Stephanie’s (June, $12) by Sue Margolis. Stephanie’s singing career is stalled, and even her grandmother is having better luck at dating. 100,000 first printing.Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Reprints: Dreaming the Eagle: A Novel of Boudica, The Warrior Queen (Mar., $14) by Manda Scott, 35,000 first printing; Easter Island (June, $13) by Jennifer Vanderbes, 35,000 first printing.
ECCO
Reprint: The Tattooed Girl (June, $13.95) by Joyce Carol Oates.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
Reprint: The Fixer (May, $14) by Bernard Malamud.
FC2 (dist. by Northwestern Univ. Press)
The Wavering Knife (Mar., $13.95) by Brian Evenson is a story collection that ranges from horror to humor.
FRIGATE BOOKS (dist. by Midpoint)
Henrietta Snow (Apr., $16.95) by Ruth Doan MacDougall is the third installment in a series about teenagers from the “Fabulous ’50s” who now face the millennium.
GRAYWOLF PRESS
Potential Weapons (Apr., $15) by Jocelyn Lieu. Short stories depict racial and cultural ambiguities. Advertising. Author tour.
The Lovers of Algeria (Aug., $16) by Anouar Benmalek, trans. by Joanna Kilmartin, is a love story set in war-torn Algeria’s past and present. Advertising. Author tour.
GROVE PRESS
Troll: A Love Story (May, $12) by Johanna Sinisalo. A fairy-tale creature reveals the beast in all of us.
Tokyo Doesn’t Love Us Anymore (Aug., $13) by Ray Loriga. A salesman journeys from Arizona to Bangkok hawking a drug that eradicates memories. 25,000 first printing.
Reprints: Ten Little Indians (Apr., $13) by Sherman Alexie, 75,000 first printing; The Mammoth Cheese (June, $13) by Sheri Holman, 100,000 first printing; Gilgamesh (June, $13) by Joan London, 25,000 first printing.
HARCOURT
Reprints: Star of the Sea (Mar., $14) by Joseph O’Connor, 50,000 first printing;Crabwalk (Apr., $13) by Günter Grass, 40,000 first printing; Vernon God Little (June, $13) by D.B.C. Pierre; The Time Traveler’s Wife (July, $14) by Audrey Niffenegger, 200,000 first printing.
HARLEQUIN/STEEPLE HILL
Grounds to Believe (Mar., $12.95) by Shelley Bates. A police investigator probes a secretive cult.
After the Storm (May, $12.95) by Lenora Worth. When unmoored Jared meets single mother Alisha, he learns about love, truth and God’s devotion.
HARPER SAN FRANCISCO
Reprint: Home to Harmony (Apr., $19.95) by Phillip Gulley, 50,000 first printing.
HAWORTH PRESS
Beyond the Wind (Apr., $19.95) by Rob N. Hood centers on a young gay man’s road to self-acceptance.
Aura (May, $19.95) by Gary Glickman portrays the turmoil of New York City life over the past three decades.
HOLT/OWL
Reprint: Fight Club (May, $14) by Chuck Palahniuk.
HOMA & SEKEY
The Eleventh Son: A Novel of Martial Arts (Mar., $19.95) by Gu Long is a problematical romance involving an infamous bandit who allegedly kills without blinking.
HOUGHTON/MARINER
The Matter of Desire (Apr., $12) by Edmundo Paz Soldán. A Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches in an upstate New York university returns to Bolivia to investigate his father’s shadowy past. Ad/promo. Author tour.
The Good Life (June, $12) by Erin McGraw is a collection about characters battling daily demons. Author tour.
Reprints: Long for This World (May, $13) by Michael Byers; Bay of Souls (June, $13) by Robert Stone, 35,000 first printing; The Book of Salt (June, $13) by Monique Truong, 25,000 first printing.
HOWARD PUBLISHING
Secret Tides (Mar., $12.99) by Gary E. Parker is a saga about passion and faith set in the Old South just before the Civil War.
HYPERION
Reprints: Making Waves (Apr., $13.95) by Cassandra King, 50,000 first printing; Trading Up (June, $13.95) by Candace Bushnell, 200,000 first printing; The Center of Everything (July, $14) by Laura Moriarty, 100,000 first printing.
INDIANA UNIV. PRESS
Ebony Rising: Short Fiction of the Harlem Renaissance (June; $24.95, cloth $60), edited by Craig Gable, collects 52 stories from authors famous and obscure.
KENSINGTON
Naughty Little Secrets (Aug., $14) by Mary Wilbon introduces two heroines who romp through martinis, sex, seduction and very stylish murder.
Club Fantasy (Aug., $14) by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd. Will a young woman in New York City who fulfills men’s fancies fulfill her own dreams?
KENSINGTON/URBAN BOOKS
Around the Way Girls (Mar., $14.95) by Dwayne S. Joseph, La Jill Hunt, Angel Hunter. Three voices in urban fiction create three street smart women.
She’s Got Issues (June, $14.95) by Stephanie Johnson. Two women become unlikely friends and learn the value of love, understanding and trust.
LEAPFROG PRESS
Junebug (July, $14.95) by Maureen McCoy. An imprisoned murderer attempts to salvage her hormone-addled 17-year-old daughter. Advertising.
LITTLE, BROWN/BACK BAY
Maybe Baby (Aug., $13.95) by Tenaya Darlington deals with the wildly dysfunctional Glides family of Fort Cloud, Wis. Ad/promo.
Reprints: The Lovely Bones (Apr., $13.95) by Alice Sebold; Hunger (May, $12.95) by Elise Blackwell; The Dogs of Babel (June, $13.95) by Carolyn Parkhurst.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. PRESS
Malaise (Mar., $17.95) by Nancy Lemann. A 40-year-old pregnant mother of two relocates from Alabama to Southern California, where she risks all for the love of an aging tycoon; a Voices of the South book. Advertising.
Guest of a Sinner (Mar., $17.95) by James Wilcox recounts the exploits of half a dozen New York City eccentrics; a Voices of the South book. Advertising.
MACADAM/CAGE
Reprint: Beautiful Girls (Mar., $12.50) by Beth Ann Bauman.
MANIC D PRESS
Gutter Boys (June, $13.95) by Alvin Orloff concerns a naïve young hustler’s adventures in lower Manhattan’s nightclubs and gay bars in the early 1980s. Advertising. Author tour.
MCBOOKS PRESS
Tested by Fate: The Nelson and Emma Trilogy, Part 2 (Apr., $17.95) by David Donachie blends biography and romance in the retelling of the affair between Lady Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson.
The Spithead Nymph (May, $14.95) by Jan Needle. This third book in a noir-inspired sea adventure series focuses on the cruelty of slavery.
MIRA
The Roofer (May, $12.95) by Erica Orloff. The daughter of an infamous Hell’s Kitchen criminal is endangered when Hollywood decides to make a movie about her father’s exploits.
The Halo Effect (July, $12.95) by M.J. Rose. A sex therapist with a call-girl patient who has written a tell-all book joins forces with a police detective when the patient disappears.
MONKFISH (Bookcohen@aol.com)
Happy Maisy Coleman (June, $14.95) by Juli I. Huss relates the multigenerational account of a family of early pioneers in the Salvation Army.
NAVPRESS
Rogue Nation (June, $12.99) by Stephen and Ross Lawhead. The second in a trilogy opens with an undercover agent on the trail of a terrorist mastermind. 35,000 first printing.Ad/promo.
NELSON
His Truth Is Marching On: A World War II Novel (Mar., $14.99) by Robert Vaughan. A German soldier helps a disillusioned American soldier recover his faith.
NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
Private Pleasures (July, $14) by Bertrice Small is the author’s first contemporary erotic novel.
Reprints: Eat Cake (May, $14) by Jeanne Ray; The Other Woman (July, $12.95) by Eric Jerome Dickey.
NAL/ACCENT
One Small Thing (Apr., $12.95) by Jessica Barksdale Inclán is about letting go of expectations and finding unexpected joy.
NEW DIRECTIONS
The Last Will and Testament of Señor da Silva (June, $14.95) by Germano Almeida deals with a businessman’s secret identity.
Reprint: Amerika: The Man Who Disappeared (May, $12.95) by Franz Kafka.
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
CLASSICS
The Siege of Krishnapur (Apr., $14.95) by J.G. Farrell chronicles the breakdown of civilization in a British colony under siege.
Memoirs of Hecate County (May, $15.95) by Edmund Wilson gathers stories about the bewitched American libido.
W.W. NORTON
Reprint: Sappho’s Leap (May, $13.95) by Erica Jong.
NORVIK PRESS (dist. by Dufour Editions)
The Angel House (May, $22.95) by Kerstin Ekman, trans. by Linda Schenck, completes the four-novel cycle that covers 100 years in a Swedish town and its memorable women.
OREGON STATE UNIV. PRESS
Trask (May, $18.95) by Don Berry reissues a 1960 historical novel set in the rain forests and rugged headlands of the Oregon coast in 1848.
OVERLOOK PRESS
Reprint: Actress in the House (June, $16.95) by Joseph McElroy.
PENGUIN
The Anxiety of Everyday Objects (Mar., $14) by Aurelie Sheehan. A young working woman fears a life without creative fulfillment. 75,000 first printing. Author tour.
Reprints: Lost in a Good Book (Mar., $14) by Jasper Fforde, 150,000 first printing; Miss Julia Hits the Road (Apr., $14) by Ann B. Ross, 100,000 first printing; The Quality of Life Report (June, $14) by Meghan Daum, 100,000 first printing; Maisie Dobbs (June, $14) by Jacqueline Winspear, 100,000 first printing.
PERENNIAL
Almost Like Being in Love (May, $13.95) by Steve Kluger. A fellow sets out to find the love who got away two decades earlier. 30,000 first printing.
Reprints: The Saving Graces (Apr., $12.95) by Patricia Gaffney, 100,000 first printing; Warrior of the Light (Apr., $9.95) by Paulo Coelho, 50,000 first printing; Fluke (May, $13.95) by Christopher Moore, 100,000 first printing; Little Bitty Lies (June, $13.95) by Mary Kay Andrews, 100,000 first printing.
PICADOR
The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators and Waiting Rooms (July, $15) by the Paris Review editors is a themed compendium of reading material to peruse while waiting.
Reprints: The Colour (Apr., $14) by Rose Tremain; The Great Fire (July, $14) by Shirley Hazzard.
PLUME
Weekend in Paris (Mar., $13) by Robyn Sisman. A low-level assistant in London impulsively takes off for Paris.
Cuba (Apr., $13) by Emily Barr. Disheartened Maggie decides Cuba is her destination.
Reprints: Family Trust (May, $14) by Amanda Brown.
POCKET BOOKS
Fourplay (Mar., $12) by Brenda L. Thomas continues the escapades of Sasha Borianni, the sexy African-American executive from Threesome.
POCKET/DOWNTOWN PRESS
Shout Down the Moon (Apr., $12) by Lisa Tucker. A woman’s past threatens to destroy the life she’s created for herself and her young son.
Dead Father’s Guide to Sex and Marriage (June, $13) by John Scott Shepard. A son embarks on a journey of self-discovery after his father is found dead.
Reprint: Maneater (May, $12) by Gigi Levangie Grazer.
RANDOM HOUSE
Cloud Atlas (Aug., $14.95) by David Mitchell boomerangs through time, from 1850 into the future and back, with interconnecting stories, characters and fates. Ad/promo.
RED DRESS INK
Spitting Feathers (Mar., $12.95) by Kelly Harte. Tao Tandy baby-sits a parrot before becoming entangled in a bizarre art theft.
Bombshell (May, $12.95) by Lynda Curnyn. Should Grace spurn the singles scene for the sperm bank?
The Sex Was Great But (Aug., $12.95) by Tyne O’Connell. Sleeping with Leo becomes Holly’s secret habit.
REED PRESS
Reprints: Seven Miles a Second (Apr., $16.95) by David Wojnarowicz.
REVELL
A Delirious Summer (May, $12.99) by Ray Blackston. The girls hopscotch from church to church, denomination to denomination, searching for Mr. Right.
LYNNE RIENNER
Oranges in the Sun: Contemporary Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf (Aug., $17.95), edited by Deborah S. Akers and Abubaker A. Bagader, contains stories of hope and love, bereavement and acceptance.
RIVERHEAD
Beijing Doll (July, $14) by Chun Sue. This autobiographical novel that explores a girl’s sexual awakening was banned in China.
Reprint: The Kite Runner (May, $14) by Khaled Husseini.
ST. MARTIN’S/GRIFFIN
Tempest Down (Mar., $14.95) by Jeff Rovin is a techno-thriller set in the icy depths of the Antarctic. Advertising.
The Hunted (June, $14.95) by L.A. Banks continues the Vampire Huntress Legend series. Advertising.
Robert Ludlum’s The Lazarus Vendetta (June, $15.95) by Keith Ferrell is a thriller in the Covert-One series created by Ludlum. Advertising.
Reprints: The Dirty Girl Social Club (May, $12.95) by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez; Gettysburg (May, $14.95) by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen.
SERPENT’S TAIL
Blind Love (Mar., $14) by Mary Woronov is a story collection about love, from euphoric first to jaded last.
The Language of Sharks (June, $14) by Pat MacEnulty assembles stories about women intimate with men, drugs and guilt.
SILHOUETTE
Reprints: Men of the West (Mar., $12.95) by Diana Palmer; The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared (Mar., $14.95) by Nora Roberts.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Reprints: Diary of a Groupie (June, $13) by Omar Tyree, 75,000 first printing; Evidence of Things Unseen (June, $13) by Marianne Wiggins, 50,000 first printing.
S&S/TOUCHSTONE
’Mater Biscuit: A Homegrown Novel (Apr., $13) by Julie Cannon is a sequel to Truelove & Homegrown Tomatoes, wherein Mama Jewell moves in with Imogene Lavender. Advertising.
The Glory Cloak (May, $14) by Patricia O’Brien. Orphaned Susan Gray, cousin of Louisa May Alcott, becomes a friend of Clara Barton during the Civil War. Advertising. Author publicity.
Susie Bright Presents: Three the Hard Way: Erotic Novels (July, $14) by William Harrison, Greg Boyd and Tsuarah Litsky. Stories deal with the one sexual moment that can change a person forever.
SOFT SKULL PRESS
The Pornographer’s Poem (Apr., $14.95) by Michael Turner pushes the boundaries of sexuality and the novel form. 20,000 first printing.
Skels (May, $14.95) by Maggie Dubris. An EMT perceives the mystical underworld of the homeless people she encounters on rescue runs. 15,000 first printing. Author tour.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. PRESS
Dead Balls and Double Curves: An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction (Mar.; $19.95, cloth $60), edited by Trey Strecker, collects 22 classic stories in chronological order.
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIV. PRESS
In the River Province (May, $15.95) by Lisa Sandlin. Stories find northern New Mexicans encountering saints, both literally and metaphorically.
STRAPLESS
Hard (Mar., $12.95) by Emma Gold follows Easy with new woman-about-London dealing with the dating scene.
Ex-Girlfriends (Apr., $12.95) by Kylie Adams tells what happens when a swinging bachelor gets married—and three ex-girlfriends find out about it.
Spur of the Moment (July, $12.95) by Theresa Alan. The author of Who You Know introduces three outrageous roommates who are pursuing their dreams.
THREE RIVERS PRESS
Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday (May, $10.95), edited by Megan McCafferty, addresses the adolescent milestone.
Waking Beauty (June, $12.95) by Elyse Friedman. An overweight and unhappy 22-year-old wakes up one morning with the body of a sex goddess.
Reprint: The Metamorphosis (July, $10) by Franz Kafka, adapted by Peter Kuper.
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Arctic Summer (Mar., $12) by E.M. Forster is the first of 15 short classics made newly available; a Hesperus Press book.
UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS
Last Stands (May, $19.95) by Gordon Weaver is a story collection about crucial moments in people’s lives.
VILLARD
A Certain Chemistry (May, $13.95) by Mil Millington. A ghost writer for a TV soap actress’s bio imperils his relationship with safe and sure Sara. Advertising.
Slave to Love (July, $12.95) by Rebecca Campbell. Brainy Londoner Alice has a biology degree but little knowledge about the birds and the bees. Advertising.
VINTAGE
The Second Death of Unica Aveyano (Mar., $13) by Ernesto Mestre-Reed chronicles four generations of a Cuban family. Advertising. Author tour.
Cuba in Mind (June, $14), edited by Maria Finn Dominguez, is an anthology by visitors, expatriates and exiles beguiled by Cuba. Advertising.
Reprints: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (May, $12) by Mark Haddon, 200,000 first printing; The Pursuit of Alice Thrift (May, $12.95) by Elinor Lipman, 50,000 first printing.
W PUBLISHING
Beyond a Doubt: Second in the Rock Harbor Series (Apr., $13.99) by Colleen Coble probes the death of a local lighthouse keeper.
WARNER
Reprint: The Wedding (July, $12.95) by Nicholas Sparks.
WARNER FAITH
Nazareth’s Song (June, $12.95) by Patricia Hickman is the second in the Millwood Hollow series about a drifter-turned-pastor and a trio of orphans. Advertising.
WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
Becoming Finola (June, $13) by Suzanne Strempek Shea. In an Irish village, Sophie refashions herself in the image of the much-talked-about but absent Finola—then Finola returns.
Bulletproof Girl (July, $12) by Quinn Dalton offers 11 stories about women on the brink of change.
WHITE PINE PRESS
I Have Forgotten Your Name (June, $16) by Martha Riviera is a novel that explores U.S. influence on life in the Dominican Republic.
WISDOM PUBLICATIONS
Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction (Apr., $16.95), edited by Kate Wheeler, collects stories by such writers as Pico Iyer and Lama Surya Das
