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Summer is paperback season. Here are the hottest offerings:•Audition by Barbara Walters (Vintage, $15.95, non-fiction, reprint) Memoir recounts the life of the legendary television journalist; in stores.
•The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press, $14, fiction, reprint) Lives of the Guernsey book club members during and after occupation by the Nazis; in stores.
•The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin, $15, fiction, reprint) In 1945 Barcelona, an antiquarian book dealer introduces his son to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books; in stores.
•When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Back Bay Books, $15.99, non-fiction, reprint) Humorist's quirky essays on death, sex and everyday life; June 2.
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•The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (Vintage, $15, non-fiction, reprint) New York Times reporter's experiences as war correspondent in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran; June 2.
•Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (Back Bay, $14.99 trade paperback; Little, Brown, $7.99, mass market paperback, non-fiction reprints, movie tie-in editions) A woman recounts cooking every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking; July 1. Film starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams out Aug. 7.
Thank you, Meg. I can't believe that I just made a comment on another thread about how Pat Conroy's dialogue always makes me laugh... and now I see on this list that he has written his first book in fourteen years. I will definitely check it out!
Wow, Meg! You're always on the cutting edge. Thanks for posting this!
love the nod to one of my favorite songs! Some of these look interesting...I might give it a try. I do have a long list of to-read books, however. Thanks for the information!
Thanks Meg for the heads up on the upcoming summer reads. Cool!
Fabulous Meg! Thank you!
More anticipated fiction:
•South of Broad by Pat Conroy (Aug. 11), about a group of friends in Charleston, S.C. "It's the one everyone's talking about," says Barnes & Noble's Bob Wietrak. "It's his first novel in 14 years, and we're thrilled."
•The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (June 16), a prequel to 2004's gothic The Shadow of the Wind. "One of my personal favorites," says Borders' Kathryn Popoff.
•The Girl Who Played With Fire by Swedish author Stieg Larsson (July 28), the follow to last year's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo starring genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. "Everyone says it's better than the first one, and the first was pretty stunning," says Karen Corvello of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Conn.
Booksellers say several debut novels look promising: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (June 9), about a contemporary woman whose ancestor was arrested during the Salem witch trials; and The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (in stores), a mystery starring a precocious 11-year-old.
Non-fiction titles with bookseller backing:
•Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan by Doug Stanton (in stores), about a secret mission undertaken against the Taliban by Special Forces soldiers.
•My Remarkable Journey by Larry King (May 19), the "definitive autobiography" of the CNN talk show host.
•Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz (June 9), about a young widow who discovers her husband's adultery.