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New titles - selected on the basis of good reviews. Nonfiction, fiction and mystery titles are included on these lists. Books for kids and teens (fiction and nonfiction) are also frequently listed.

October 2007

Nonfiction

• The Zookeeper's Wife
  Author: Ackerman, Diane
  Publisher: Norton $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780393061727 Date: 2007
  PW Booklist LJ
  When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski smuggled Jews through the empty cages, saving hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
  Suggested Reading: All Stars | WWII
  Updated 8.20.07
  
• The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
  Author: Atkinson, Rick
  Publisher: Holt $ 35 ISBN: 9780805062892 Date: 2007
  Kirkus LJ PW
  In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.Suggested Reading: All Stars | WWII
  Updated 8.27.07
  
• The New Kings of Nonfiction
  Author: Glass, Ira
  Publisher: Riverhead $ 15 ISBN: 9781594482670 Date: 2007
  Kirkus
  Designed to mesmerize and inspire, this anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling has been personally chosen and introduced by Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program, "This American Life."
  Updated 8.27.07
  
• The Florist's Daughter
  Author: Hempl, Patrica
  Publisher: Harcourt $ 24 ISBN: 9780151012572 Date: 2007
  Kirkus PW
  A tribute to the ardor of supposedly ordinary people, this memoirs concerns reach beyond a single life to achieve a historic testament to mid-century middle America, in Hampl's most intimate, yet most universal, work to date.
  Updated 7.11.07
• A Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literarally As Possible
  Author: Jacobs, A. J.
  Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 25 ISBN: 9780743291477 Date: 2007
  
  The author of The Know-It-All follows up his "New York Times" bestselling account of reading the entire "Encyclopedia Britannica" with another improbable adventure--a year spent living, as literally as possible, by the rules of the Bible.
  Suggested Reading: Time Management or What a Difference a Year Makes
  Updated 8.27.07
  

Fiction

• The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
  Author: O'Farrell, Maggie
  Publisher: Harcourt $ 23 ISBN: 9780151014118 Date: 2007
  PW
  This haunting, multi-generational tale of the horrors that have been done to women under the guise of mental health is the creepy Victorian tale of two elderly sisters who reveal more than a few family secrets after a lifetime of forced seclusion.
  Updated 6.4.07
• Cheating at Canasta
  Author: Trevor, William
  Publisher: Viking $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780670018376 Date: 2007
  PW Booklist LJ Kirkus
  The publication of a new book by William Trevor is a great literary event. Trevor's precise and unflinching insights into the hearts and lives of ordinary people are evidenced once again in this stunning new collection. From a chance encounter between two childhood friends to the memories of a newly widowed man to a family grappling with the sale of their ancestral land, Trevor examines with grace and skill the tenuous bonds of our relationships, the strengths that hold us together, and the truths that threaten to separate us. Subtle yet powerful, his stories linger with the reader long after the words have been put away. - Publisher Marketing
  Suggested Reading: All Stars
  Updated 8.27.07

Crime Fiction

• Interred With Their Bones
  Author: Carrell, Jennifer Lee
  Publisher: Dutton $ 25.95 ISBN: 9780525949701 Date: 2007
  PW LJ
  On the eve of the Globe's production of "Hamlet," Shakespearean scholar Kate Shelton is given what is claimed to be the Bards long-lost work. When a killer decides to stage theatrical murders as flesh-and-blood realities, Shelton must decipher a string of clues before anyone else dies.
  
  Updated 8.20.07
• Die With Me
  Author: Forbes, Elena
  Publisher: Macadam Cage $ 24 ISBN: 9781596922778 Date: 2007
  Booklist LJ
  A new detective series in the style of Prime Suspect from a great new talent from the UK. A series of deaths -- apparent suicides -- of vulnerable young girls is baffling police in London: the bodies are found in the naves of churches after having fallen from a great height. Elena Forbes writes the kind of creepy and atmospheric crime novel that we love, populated by a cast of fresh and engaging characters. - Publisher Marketing
  Suggested Reading: Debuts | Shapespeare
  Updated 9.10.07
  
• Down River
  Author: Hart, John
  Publisher: Minotaur $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780312359317 Date: 2007
  Booklist LJ PW
  In this follow-up to his "New York Times" bestselling debut, The King of Lies, John Hart takes readers into the heart of a small Southern town, where he explores the lengths to which people will go for money, family, and pure greed--and just whether or not forgiveness is ever attainable.
  Suggested Reading: All Stars
  Updated 8.7.07
  
• Island of Exiles
  Author: Parker, I.J.
  Publisher: Penguin $ 14 ISBN: 9780143112594 Date: 2007
  PW
  In I.J. Parker's newest mystery set in eleventh-century Japan, Akitada disguises himself as a prisoner to solve the murder of a prince. - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 8.1.07
• When One Man Dies
  Author: White, David
  Publisher: Three Rivers $ 13.95 ISBN: 9780307382788 Date: 2007
  PW
  While investigating a friends mysterious death, private investigator Jackson Donne discovers that another seemingly unrelated case may hold the key to catching a killer and unlocking the truth within his own past.
  Updated 7.9.07
• Midnight Rambler
  Author: Swain, Jim
  Publisher: Ballantine $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780345475466 Date: 2007
  LJ
  Explosive. Pulse-pounding. Heart-racing. From the bestselling author The Wall Street Journal hails as "one terrific writer," Midnight Rambler is the breakout thriller of the year-a brawny, brainy novel of suspense that pairs James Swain's trademark smooth-as-silk prose with a plot bigger and bolder than anything he's done before. - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 9.24.07
  

Books for Kids, Teens & Readers of All Ages

Age and grade designations are approximate, parental judgement should be used.