Akashic Books
All or Nothing (Nov., $14.95) by Preston L. Allen explores a gambler's unique and complex relationship with money.
Bellevue Literary Press
The Leper Compound (Jan., $14.95) by Paula Nangle features a woman coming of age in Rhodesia's final conflict-ridden years.
Berkley
The Last Beach Bungalow (Feb., $14) by Jennie Nash. A breast cancer survivor falls in love with one perfect house.
Black Cat
Turpentine (Sept., $14) by Spring Warren tracks a young man's coming-of-age in the 1870s as he and two pals flee Connecticut and escape to the Great Plains. 6-city author tour.
Coffee House Press
(dist. by Consortium)
Night Train (Feb., $14.95) by Lise Erdrich amasses stories that look at rural communities and contemporary American Indian life and culture. Ad/promo. 5-city author tour.
Counterpoint
An Absolute Gentleman (Oct., $14) by R.M. Kinder fictionalizes the author's real-life relationship with a convicted murderer. Ad/promo. Author tour.
Fulcrum
Migration Patterns: Stories (Oct., $14.95) by Gary L. Schanbacher. These stories feature characters living in or touched by the American West.
Harper Perennial
The Seven Days of Peter Crumb (Jan., $13.95) by Jonny Glynn. Violence takes center stage during an embittered soul's intended last week on Earth. 40,000 first printing.
Key Porter Books
(dist. by PGW)
Six Weeks to Toxic (Nov., $13.95) by Louisa McCormack delves into the world of female friendships gone awry. 15,000 first printing.
Lost Coast Press
Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein (Oct., $19.95) by Molly Dwyer imagines Mary Shelley's struggles to maintain her marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley while advocating women's rights.
NAL Accent
Necessary Arrangements (Sept., $13.95) by Tanya Michna explores how two sisters face the biggest challenges of their lives together.
NAL Heat
Bad Girl (Sept., $14) by Maya Reynolds. By day, Sandy Davis is a dedicated social worker; by night, she's fond of spying on her neighbors' erotic encounters.
Serpent's Tail
The Belly of the Atlantic (Sept., $15.95) by Fatou Diome. Salie, a Paris resident, faces severe problems trying to bring her brother to the city from his Senegalese island home.
Shoemaker & Hoard
Strange as This Weather Has Been (Oct., $14.95) by Ann Pancake considers the impact of the mining industry on West Virginia's communities through the eyes of a 15-year-old and her family.
Simon & Schuster
Amazing Grace (Feb., $13) by Mercedes Helnwein travels America's heartland in this coming-of-age tale of two married adolescents, an overweight kid and a Jesus freak. 35,000 first printing.
Three Rivers Press
Blood Is the New Black (Sept., $13.95) by Valerie Stivers. Why is no garlic allowed in the cafeteria at glossy Taste magazine? Intern Kate McAlliston suspects the bloody truth. Ad/promo.
Tin House Books
Ovenman (Sept., $14) by Jeff Parker. A ne'er-do-well skateboarder and kitchen worker relies on Post-Its to make sense of his world.
The Entire Predicament (Oct., $13.95) by Lucy Corin collects stories where characters behave normally in bizarre situations and vice versa.
Univ. of North Texas Press
Wonderful Girl (Oct., $12.95) by Aimee LaBrie presents stories that cover the landscape of dysfunctional childhood and human disconnection.
Vintage
Samedi the Deafness (Sept., $12.95) by Jesse Ball sets a spy novel in an asylum that cures chronic liars. Ad/promo. Author tour.
Virgin Books
The Flawless Skin of Ugly People (Sept., $14.95) by Doug Crandell. An acne-riddled man and his overweight girlfriend strive for physical perfection—but is that the answer? 40,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 4-city author tour.
Zondervan
Sushi for One? (Sept., $12.99) by Cami Tang. The oldest single female cousin in her family seeks a mate to get her grandmother off her back.
