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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of August 4, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:04:16 EDT

New Fiction from Robin Cook, David Ebershoff, Andrew Davidson, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Arthur C. Clarke.
(R.I.P. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008)After the August 2 midnight release of Stephenie Meyer's latest Breaking Dawn went off as a wild success, I thought there wouldn't be much else to talk about in books this week, or even for the rest of the month. As much as I don't seem to get the Twilight series...

The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 28, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:55:52 EDT

Stephenie Meyer's latest dominates this week's new fiction.
Without a doubt, the big news in fiction this week is Stephenie Meyer's anticipated young adult novel Breaking Dawn. As Meyer-mania has taken over the major bestsellers lists for months now, Breaking Dawn, along with her most recent novel The Host, have been everywhere, including here at Blogcritics.Breaking Dawn will be released with the type...

The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 21, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:09:21 EDT

(Another) new James Patterson novel, along with new fiction by Daniel Silva, J. A. Jance, Suzanne Brockmann, and more.
This week's new fiction books run through the same type of stuff we've seen throughout this (so far) slow month in the publishing world. While the amount of quality books have slowed down over the last few weeks, there are still a couple of good novels out this week.James Patterson's ever-prolific writing career has brought him enough...

The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 14, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:44:15 EDT

The latest in Eoin Colfer's popular children's series, plus some new mysteries, romances, and thrillers.
It's been a year since the final installment of the wildly popular Harry Potter book series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, hit the bookshelves to great fanfare. Since the end of the Harry Potter series (despite the rumored prequels and other such buzz among Harry Potter fans), book publishers have scrambled to find a children's book series...

The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 7, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:29:36 EDT

New fiction this week by Robert Crais, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Nora Roberts, Stephen L. Carter, and others.
After an exciting June, there's just not that much happening in the world of fiction so far this month. In many ways, that's to be expected; after all, the big blockbusters of the summer are out there making the rounds on the bestseller lists waiting for summer readers to snatch them up. By the time August rolls around, the books industry...

The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of June 23, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:51:21 EDT

New fiction this week from Joyce Carol Oates, Ethan Canin, James Rollins, Danielle Steele, and others.
This week's fiction has a few of the usual suspects (new murder mysteries and romance novels) along with some new literary fiction. As the summer reading season continues in full force, there are a couple of gems that stick out in the bestseller lists this week, some of which we may continue to hear about as the year goes on.One of the most...

The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of June 16, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:52:37 EDT

New fiction this week by Marian Keyes, Jane Green, Peter David, Poppy Adams, Billie Letts, and more.
If last week's Early Word highlighted good fiction from some new writers, this week's Early Word is all about established writers. There are a decent number of new fiction books out this week (more than last week, it appears) and they run the gamut between chick lit, mystery, children's fantasy, and satire.Currently working their way up most...

The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of June 9, 2008

Kevin Eagan — Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:51:33 EDT

New fiction by James Patterson, Uwem Akpan, Jackie Collins, David Wroblewski and others.
This promises to be an exciting week for fiction, especially for the literary world. Although 2008 has provided a steady stream of good literature from both well-established and new writers, these new fiction books have not been nearly as exciting as some of the big titles from last year. That's not to say there hasn't been anything...