ALGONQUIN BOOKS
Going Away Shoes (Sept., $22.95) by Jill McCorkle collects 11 stories about looking love in the face without flinching. 13-city author tour.
A Friend of the Family (Oct., $23.95) by Lauren Grodstein charts a father's fall from grace as he struggles to save his family, his reputation and himself.
ALLISON & BUSBY
(dist. by IPM)
Mercenaries: The Conquest Trilogy, Book 1 (Sept., $29.95) by Jack Ludlow recounts the events leading up to William, Duke of Normandy, doing battle at Hastings in 1066.
AMERICAN UNIV. IN CAIRO PRESS
(dist. by IPM)
Before the Throne (Oct., $22.95) by Naguib Mahfouz, trans. by Raymond Stock, stands as a drama-in-dialogue about Egyptian history.
ARSENAL PULP PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
The Mere Future (Sept., $22.95) by Sarah Schulman presents a satiric vision of New York in the future.
ATRIA BOOKS
The Christmas Cookie Club (Oct., $24.95) by Ann Pearlman follows 12 women who gather for a cookie exchange on a snowy December night in 2008.
Stardust (Nov., $27.95) by Joseph Kanon. A man returns to Hollywood from the war in 1945 and finds that his brother has died under mysterious circumstances.
ATRIA/STREBOR BOOKS
Dirty Old Men (Oct., $23) by Omar Tyree. This anthology of erotic tales revolves around the attraction of older men to younger women.
BALLANTINE
Evidence: An Alex Delaware Novel (Oct., $27) by Jonathan Kellerman. Two lovers are murdered in one of L.A.'s most exclusive neighborhoods.
No Less than Victory (Nov., $28) by Jeff Shaara. Allies push to destroy the Nazis in the final phase of WWII in Europe.
The Paris Vendetta (Dec., $26) by Steve Berry. Ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone and American Secret Service agent Sam Collins must solve a killing and discover the dark secrets of the Paris Club.
Sizzle (Dec., $26) by Julie Garwood. A woman entrusts her life to a ruggedly sexy man and ends up in danger of losing her heart.
BANTAM
Breathless (Nov., $27) by Dean Koontz. A 35-year-old furniture maker finds two remarkable animals living in the woods.
Blood Ties: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel (Jan., $26) by Kay Hooper. When a dismembered arm is found on a local hiking trail, the FBI's Special Crimes Unit is called in and discovers an evil so sinister it may not be human.
BERKLEY
Dark Slayer (Sept., $25.95) by Christine Feehan is the newest installment in the Carpathian series.
CAN OF WORMS
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Each Day a Small Victory (Sept., $19.95) by Chips Hardy and Oscar Grillo follows Max, who has made a name for himself as a rabid psychopath.
CLERISY PRESS
(dist. by PGW)
Cincinnatus: The Secret Plot to Save America (Oct., $24) by Rusty McClure and David Stern. A businessman travels 1,000 miles in search of a miracle cure for a dying relative.
COUNTERPOINT
(dist. by PGW)
The Creed of Violence (Nov., $25) by Boston Teran delivers an account of the war for oil set at the Mexican-American border in 1910.
SARAH CRICHTON BOOKS
Blame (Sept., $25) by Michelle Huneven. A newly minted Ph.D. awakens in jail to discover she committed murder during an alcoholic blackout. 50,000 first printing.
The Three Weissmanns of Westport (Feb., $TBA) by Cathleen Schine. In this modern-day take on Sense and Sensibility, two sisters return home to live with their recently separated mother.
CRISPIN/HAMMER
(dist. by PartnersWest)
The Fires of Edgarville (Sept., $24) by Craig Joseph Danner. A Japanese-American physician is accused of a mercy killing.
CROWN/SHAYE AREHEART
The Last Will of Moira Leahy (Oct., $29.95) by Therese Walsh. While grieving the loss of her twin, a woman feels the restorative powers of an ancient Javanese dagger. 35,000 first printing.
True Confections (Oct., $22) by Katharine Weber depicts a fourth-generation, family-owned business challenged by multinational competition. 40,000 first printing.
Remedies for Sorrow (Feb., $25) by Chris Bohjalian centers on broken family ties, community secrets and a meditation on sacrifice. 150,000 first printing.
DAFINA
Big Girls Do Cry (Feb., $24) by Carl Weber revisits characters introduced in Something on the Side.
DELACORTE
Southern Lights (Oct., $28) by Danielle Steel. A Manhattan woman who years ago fled her ex-husband's betrayal must send her daughter back to his world of Southern traditions.
The Ties That Bind (Feb., $28) by Danielle Steel tells of a young woman who suddenly becomes mother to her sister's three small children, and the divergent paths they take when grown.
DIAL PRESS
After You (Sept., $25) by Julie Buxbaum. When her best friend Lucy is murdered, Ellie Lerner confronts hidden secrets as she tries to help Lucy's husband and young daughter.
DISINFORMATION COMPANY
(dist. by Consortium)
The Sisterhood of the Rose: The Recollections of Celeste Levesque (Nov., $24.95) by Jim Marrs combines fact and fiction in a story of ancient secrets.
DOUBLEDAY
Ford County (Oct., $21.95) by John Grisham. The stories in this collection share the Mississippi setting of the author's A Time to Kill. 1.75 million first printing.
Chronic City (Oct., $27) by Jonathan Lethem tells the story of New York City and our age. 100,000 first printing. Author tour.
DOUBLEDAY/NAN A. TALESE
The Year of the Flood (Sept., $26) by Margaret Atwood presents a dystopic vision. 150,000 first printing. Author tour.
DUTTON
Level 26: Dark Origins (Sept., $26.95) by Anthony Zuiker. The creator of CSI delivers cross-platform storytelling that centers on a series of crime thrillers.
Deeper than the Dead (Dec., $26.95) by Tami Hoag. In 1984 California, three children stumble upon a partially buried female body in the woods behind their school.
ECCO
Little Bird of Heaven (Sept., $25.99) by Joyce Carol Oates spins a dark tale set in the Great Lakes region of upstate New York. 75,000 first printing.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX/FRANCES COADY
Generosity: An Enhancement (Oct., $25) by Richard Powers. A notorious geneticist is determined to research the genetic basis of an Algerian woman's blissful exuberance. 75,000 first printing.
FORGE
Home for Christmas (Oct., $14.99) by Andrew Greeley. A young couple's romance hits a snag when Petey, injured in Iraq, finds himself still alive—and dead.
An Irish Country Girl (Jan., $24.99) by Patrick Taylor observes a housekeeper in southern Ireland. 125,000 first printing.
GRAND CENTRAL
A Separate Country (Sept., $25.99) by Robert Hicks. In post—Civil War New Orleans, a man struggles with his inability to admit his past failures. Author tour.
Spooner (Sept., $26.99) by Pete Dexter. The author of Paris Trout looks at the lifelong tie between the title character and his stepfather.
The Last Song (Sept., $24.99) by Nicholas Sparks. This family drama centers on a rebellious teenage girl's romantic awakening. 10-city author tour.
True Blue (Oct., $27.99) by David Baldacci stars a female cop who lost everything after being framed for a crime and spending two years in prison.
Roses (Jan., $24.99) by Leila Meacham spans the 20th century as it examines timber and cotton tycoons and their descendants in a small East Texas town.
GROVE PRESS
Hell (Sept., $24) by Robert Olen Butler follows figures from history and contemporary culture—George W. Bush, Humphrey Bogart—to hell.
War Dances (Oct., $23) by Sherman Alexie collects stories that explore the balance between self-preservation and responsibility.
HAMPTON ROADS
Hypnotizing Maria (Sept., $18.95) by Richard Bach. This exploration of spiritual and philosophical issues questions whether true human nature is bound by space and time. 50,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
HARPER
The Lacuna (Nov., $26.99) by Barbara Kingsolver. A man searching for identity finds himself caught between two worlds. 600,000 first printing.
Pirate Latitudes (Dec., $27.99) by Michael Crichton concocts a tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World. 2 million first printing.
The Burning Land (Jan., $25.99) by Bernard Cornwell resumes the saga of the birth of England and Alfred the Great. 150,000 first printing.
Encore, Valentine (Feb., $25.99) by Adriana Trigiani presents the next chapter in the life of Valentine Roncalli. 150,000 first printing.
HESPERUS PRESS
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
An Awkward Age (Nov., $22.95) by Anna Starobinets and Hugh Aplin compiles stories with modern Russian settings that explore the condition of man.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
The Humbling (Nov., $22) by Philip Roth features a leading American stage actor, now in his 60s and losing his confidence. 75,000 first printing.
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta (Feb., $26) by Paul Theroux follows a journalist into an underworld devoted to the goddess Kali, where tantric sex and religious fervor mix. 40,000 first printing.
HQN BOOKS
A Creed Country Christmas (Nov., $16.95) by Linda Lael Miller celebrates the holidays with Montana men who built the family homestead and established a legacy of love.
KAREN HUNTER PUBLISHING
Mama Dearest (Oct., $25) by E. Lynn Harris. An actress/singer faces the sudden reappearance of a long-lost daughter.
KNOPF
Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim (Oct., $25.95) by Anne Rice. A metaphysical thriller of angels and assassins in time past. 250,000 first printing.
Noah's Compass (Jan., $25.95) by Anne Tyler. A retired schoolteacher must come to terms with the final phase of his life. 300,000 first printing.
LITTLE, BROWN
The Swan Thieves (Oct., $26.99) by Elizabeth Kostova depicts a psychiatrist treating an artist who has attacked a work of art in the National Gallery of Art. 9-city author tour.
A Change in Altitude (Oct., $26.99) by Anita Shreve observes a newly married woman trying to maintain her equilibrium while living in Kenya.
MERCER UNIV. PRESS
The Campfire Boys (Sept., $26) by Philip Lee Williams tells of three brothers who formed one of the most famous campfire acts of the Civil War.
MILKWEED EDITIONS
(dist. by PGW)
The Gray Earth (Nov., $24) by Galsan Tschinag. A Tuvan shepherd boy who moves to a Mongolian state boarding school must navigate between the pull of spirituality and pragmatism.
MIRA
The Perfect Christmas (Oct., $16.95) by Debbie Macomber. A woman must complete three tasks by Christmas so that a matchmaker will fix her up with her perfect man.
A Lakeshore Christmas (Oct., $21.95) by Susan Wiggs. A librarian is determined to make her town's holiday pageant truly spectacular.
MORROW
Mistress of the Game (Sept., $25.99) by Sidney Sheldon brings back the Blackwells, a family rife with secrets and a twisted sense of honor. 200,000 first printing.
Matchless: A Christmas Story (Nov., $19.99) by Gregory Maguire reilluminates Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Match Girl,” suggesting transcendence, the permanence of spirit and the continuity that links the living and the dead.
NEW DIRECTIONS
Monsieur Pain (Jan., $22.95) by Roberto Bolaño involves occult sciences, WWII Paris, César Vallejo and hopeless love.
OTHER PRESS
The American Girl (Feb., $26.95) by Monika Fagerholm, trans. by Katarina Tucker. In 1969, a girl travels from Coney Island to Helsinki, Finland, and becomes a local legend when she dies there.
OVERLOOK PRESS
A Quiet Belief in Angels (Sept., $24.95) by R.J. Ellory centers around a series of murders in rural Georgia in the 1940s and a boy determined to stop them. 100,000 first printing. 8-city author tour.
PANTHEON
The Lost Art of Gratitude (Sept., $23.95) by Alexander McCall Smith presents the sixth installment in the chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie. 100,000 first printing.
A Good Fall (Nov., $24.95) by Ha Jin delves into the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. 40,000 first printing.
La's Orchestra Saves the World (Dec., $23.95) by Alexander McCall Smith celebrates the healing power of friendship and music. 100,000 first printing.
PAPALOTE PRESS
La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories (Sept., $24.95) by Martha Egan offers seven short stories.
PARKWAY PUBLISHERS
(dist. by John F. Blair)
The Soldier's Ride (Sept., $11.95) by Edie Hand and Jeffery Addison follows parallel journeys, each derailed by war, then put back on course.
PERMANENT PRESS
Every Boat Turns South (Sept., $28) by Jay White. A young man returns to see his dying father and report on a sailing venture gone sour.
A Year of Cats and Dogs (Oct., $26) by Margaret Hawkins revolves around a woman in midlife who discovers she can hear animals' thoughts.
POCKET BOOKS
Deep Kiss of Winter (Oct., $21.99) by Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter pairs two Christmas-themed novellas, one about a vampire and the other about an identity shifter.
POLHEMUS PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship (Oct., $24.95) by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel. This “novel cookbook” tells of loss and the ties that bind; includes some 80 recipes. Author tour.
PUBLISHINGWORKS
(dist. by Ingram)
The Thread That Waves (Dec., $22) by Mary Howes follows a British biologist who becomes ill with a disorder that results in the surfacing of repressed memories.
PUTNAM
The Law of Nines (Sept., $27.95) by Terry Goodkind features a man learning his family's shocking secret. 600,000 first printing.
Rough Country (Sept., $26.95) by John Sandford offers another story starring Virgil Flowers. 500,000 first printing.
The Scarpetta Factor (Oct., $27.95) by Patricia Cornwell. The 17th entry in this series finds Scarpetta working with New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Officer on three convoluted cases. 1.5 million first printing.
The Wrecker (Nov., $27.95) by Clive Cussler with Justin Scott. In 1907, the Southern Pacific Railroad hires Det. Isaac Bell (hero of The Chase) to investigate sabotage. 750,000 first printing.
Kindred in Death (Nov., $26.95) by J.D. Robb delivers an addition to the futuristic suspense series starring Lt. Eve Dallas and Roarke. 600,000 first printing.
U Is for Undertow (Dec., $27.95) by Sue Grafton represents Kinsey Millhone's 21st foray into suspense and misadventure. 1.25 million first printing.
RANDOM HOUSE
Homer & Langley (Sept., $26) by E.L. Doctorow draws on the true story of the famous Collyer brothers to imagine their lives and times. Author tour.
Last Night in Twisted River (Oct., $28) by John Irving. A father and son become fugitives in 20th-century North America. Author tour.
Where the God of Love Hangs Out (Jan., $24) by Amy Bloom explores the unexpected patterns that love, and its absence, weave into our lives.
American Taliban (Feb., $26) by Pearl Abraham penetrates the headlines to consider how an American could end up fighting for the Taliban.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Feb., $25) by Helen Simonson. A retired major is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront 21st-century realities.
RIVERHEAD
Juliet, Naked (Sept., $25.95) by Nick Hornby combines music, superfandom and starting over. 300,000 first printing.
SCRIBNER
Under the Dome (Nov., $35) by Stephen King studies a Maine town subject to the imposition of an impenetrable dome that isolates its citizens from the world. 1.5 million first printing.
Her Fearful Symmetry (Sept., $27) by Audrey Niffenegger. American twin sisters move to the London apartment near Highgate Cemetery their Aunt Elspeth leaves them after she dies. 600,000 first printing.
Half Broke Horses (Oct., $25) by Jeannette Walls spins a tale based on the author's grandmother's life. 500,000 first printing.
SEVERN HOUSE
London in Chains (Nov., $28.95) by Gillian Bradshaw. Attacked by soldiers and rejected by her sweetheart, a 17th-century woman hopes to start life afresh in London.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
The Christmas List (Oct., $19.95) by Richard Paul Evans offers a new story of the author's favorite holiday. 500,000 first printing. 10-city author tour.
Tis the Quilting Season (Nov., $19.95) by Jennifer Chiaverini finds the Elm Creek Quilters home for the holidays, hand-stitching gifts. 150,000 first printing.
ST. MARTIN'S
Vanished (Sept., $25.99) by Joseph Finder launches a series featuring high-powered security investigator Nick Heller.
Blood Games (Oct., $27.99) by Iris Johansen thrusts heroine Eve Duncan into a web of danger.
Between the Plums (Oct., $27.99) by Janet Evanovich combines three “Between-the-Numbers” books.
The Christmas Secret (Oct., $14.99) by Donna VanLiere explores the meaning of love, family, hope and sacrifice.
ST. MARTIN'S/THOMAS DUNNE
But Not for Long (Oct., $24.99) by Michelle Wildgen follows three housemates during a summer blackout that reveals the cracks in all three lives.
To Try Men's Souls (Nov., $26.99) by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen looks at George Washington and the fight for America's freedom. 250,000 first printing.
TEXAS TECH UNIV. PRESS
The Last Reader (Oct., $26.95) by David Toscana, trans. by Asa Zatz. When the librarian's son in a Mexican village discovers a dead body, seldom-read books provide clues to the mystery.
TOUCHSTONE
White Queen (Sept., $26.99) by Philippa Gregory takes place amid the tumult and intrigue of England's War of the Roses.
VANGUARD PRESS
A Matter of Class (Jan., $15.95) by Mary Balogh. Lifelong rivals in Regency England decide to punish their profligate son and daughter by forcing them to marry each other. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
The Christmas Clock (Nov., $12.95) by Kat Martin tells the story of an eight-year-old boy who longs to buy a Victorian clock as a gift for his grandmother. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo budget.
VERTIGO
Peter & Max (Oct., $22.99) by Bill Willingham, illus. by Steve Leialoha. This first Fables prose novel focuses on a quest for revenge from medieval times to the present day.
VIKING
Love and Summer (Sept., $25.95) by William Trevor depicts a shy orphan girl in a small Irish town married to a man whose life has been blighted by tragedy.
WATERBROOK PRESS
The Sound of Sleigh Bells (Oct., $14.99) by Cindy Woodsmall explores an Amish woman's second chance at love with a woodcarver.
