Next Monday marks the start of a big surge in book publication. It happens every year about this time, books dropping like autumn leaves. So gather your nuts together, friends, it's time to go book shopping.
Monday, Sept. 12:
First out is Monday's release of Talking Back…To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels by Andrea Mitchell, published by Viking. Mitchell (the wife of Fed chairman Alan Greenspan) is a 30-year reporter for NBC on politics and related topics. "...a frank and revealing book by a respected journalist whose career spans three decades." —Vanessa Bush, American Library Association.
The Diviners, by Rick Moody, also comes out from Little, Brown on Monday. (Despite the offer from Amazon to ship it immediately, the book isn't available until the 12th.) "In a dizzying, exhilarating comic narrative, Moody follows the doings of Move On Productions and their feverish attempts to launch the miniseries The Diviners, a multigenerational saga about dowsing. Moody introduces, with great affection, a large cast of characters, all of whom are players, whether high or low, in the entertainment industry." —Joanne Wilkinson, American Library Association.
Tuesday, Sept. 13:
Nicholas Sparks' next entry in the saga of Jeremy March, At First Sight, comes out Tuesday from Warner. With characters from Sparks' bestselling True Believer, At First Sight revisits Marsh and his wife, Lexie Darnell: "Just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds..." (Publisher's release notes.)
Henry Holt/Metropolitan releases Bait and Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich on Tuesday. Ehrenreich continues her exploration of wage-earners' travail which she began in the bestseller Nickeled and Dimed. "The tone throughout is classic Ehrenreich: passionate, sarcastic, self-righteous and funny..." but "Ehrenreich can't deliver the promised story because she never managed to get employed in the 'midlevel corporate world' she wanted to analyze." —Publishers Weekly
Discworld Book 30 is out Tuesday: Thud! by Terry Pratchett from HarperCollins. As the anniversary of an historic battle approaches, ancient politics and a present-day murder cause tensions between trolls and dwarfs to boil, in a novel that contains a jab at The Da Vinci Code. (Publisher's release notes.)
Article comments
1 - adam
Thanks for the round-up, Dr Pat. I fancy the Terry Pratchett myself. His imagination is out of this world.
2 - Mark Saleski
this is great (not that i need more ideas for books or anything..)
also, this should be a recurring feature.
yes?
3 - DrPat
It is a feature, Mark -- New Books, right at the top of New Releases.
Depending on the availability of news, I plan to do it every week. I'll probably add up-coming paperback releases for the books I'm personally watching for, as well...
4 - Mark Saleski
oh duh....i was looking for a "Books" major category on the sidebar.