There are, of course, several other books coming out that are worth mentioning. If it wasn't for Paste Magazine I might not have discovered Awesome by Jack Pendarvis, a novel that deals with a fantastical giant who tries to come to terms with the world around him. Awesome, the jilted, lovable giant who has to deal with many odd and comic situations, tries to connect with the world around him after he is rejected by his love interest. It is a novel that, under all of the comedy, deals with some serious human emotions. Also out this week is The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, a novel that deals with the ghosts of the past in Salem, Massachusetts through Towner Whitney, a direct descendant of a family that dealt in witchcraft and magic. Barry's novel focuses on how the community comes to terms with its very famous past.
Here are some of this week's exciting works of fiction:
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction
by Eric Van Lustbader
Turbulent Sea (Drake Sisters Series #6)
by Christine Feehan
Cry Wolf
by Patricia Briggs
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
Fractured
by Karin Slaughter
Elves of Cintra
by Terry Brooks
The Golden Valkyrie
by Iris Johansen
Beyond Reach
by Karin Slaughter
The Burnt House
by Faye Kellerman
Comic Book Tattoo Tales Inspired by Tori Amos
by Pia Guerra, John Reppion, et al.
Horus Heresy: Battle for the Abyss
by Ben Counter
Article comments
1 - Lisa Solod Warren
Don't understand your list. You seem to mix up paper and hardcover, at least that is what it seems. The Kellerman and Slaughter books, at the least are not New. You should make distinctions between hard, trade, and mass market new releases.
2 - Kevin Eagan
Lisa,
I mainly focus on new hardcovers that are prominent in most bestseller lists. I also include some notable mass market paperbacks, although I cannot include every single one released each week since there are usually hundreds of them. I don't generally include re-releases of books unless they are particularly important that week. 95% of the books I choose are new hardcovers from the major publishing houses.
The reason I don't separate them is that we already have separated our Early Word feature between Fiction and Non-Fiction.