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Featured Titles 2009

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 sometimes listed.

February 2009

Nonfiction

• The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
  Author: Grann, David
  Publisher: Doubleday $ ISBN:9780385513531 Date: 2009
  PW
  After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed "New Yorker" writer Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th century: what happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z?
  Updated 1.27.09
  

Fiction

• Little Bee
  Author: Cleave, Chris
  Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 24 ISBN: 9781416589631 Date: 2009
  Booklist LJ
  From the author of the international bestseller Incendiary comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• Brothers
  Author: Hua, Yu
  Publisher: Random $ 29.95 ISBN: 9780375424991 Date: 2009
  Kirkus PW Booklist
  From the acclaimed--and controversial--Chinese novelist comes a spirited comedy of society running amok. By turns comic and tragic, filled with sly humor and a vibrant sense of life in China today, Brothers is the most important work to date from this award-winning writer.
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• Addition
  Author: Jordan, Toni
  Publisher: HarperCollins $ 24.99 ISBN: 9780061582578 Date: 2009
  Kirkus LJ
  As charming as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, this wonderful debut novel is full of wit and intelligence. Jordan has created such a real character in Grace that [readers] are cheering her on--"Sydney Morning Herald."
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• What I Did for Love
  Author: Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
  Publisher: HarperCollins $ 25.99 ISBN: 9780061351501 Date: 2009
  PW
  The beloved "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers another wonderfully whimsical modern fairy tale sure to touch fans' hearts and funny bones. Splendid entertainment.--"Booklist"
  Updated 11.3.08
  

Crime Fiction

• Spade and Archer: The Prequel to the Maltese Falcon
  Author: Gores, Joe
  Publisher: Random $ 24 ISBN: 9780307264640 Date: 2009
  Booklist Kirkus PW
  A gritty, pitch-perfect noir novel, Spade & Archer is the authorized prequel to Dashiell Hammett's classic, The Maltese Falcon. In 1921, P.I. Sam Spade tangles with a villain who's planned what he thinks is the perfect crime. And he'll fall in love--though it won't turn out for the best.
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• Dog On It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery
  Author: Quinn, Spencer
  Publisher: Pocket $ 25 ISBN: 9781416585831 Date: 2009
  Booklist LJ PW
  In this irresistible new detective series featuring a canine narrator, Quinn speaks two languages--suspense and dog--fluently. Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, and in a few places terrifying . . . [a] one-of-a-kind novel (Stephen King).
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• Murder at the Academy Awards: A Red Carpet Mystery
  Author: Rivers, Joan and Jerrilyn Farmer
  Publisher: Pocket $ 24 ISBN: 9781416599371 Date: 2009
  PW
  From the woman who pioneered the dishy Oscar night interview comes a fabulous red carpet roman clef that blends the classic whodunit with a dash of celebrity glitz, glamour, and, of course, gossip.
  Updated 1.27.09