Forthcoming Books
January 2010
Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler (January 2010)Â 
Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin - A beloved author delivers a gorgeous new novel in which thwarted desires are passed on for generations–and captures the rare moment when a soul breaks free. (December 2009)Â
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde – Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. (January 2010)
Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett – The eagerly anticipated debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not a Stranger Here: a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the first decade of the twenty-first century. (January 2010) 
The Unnamed by Josh Ferris – A man has a baffling affection in which it causes him to walk without stopping. Â (January 2010)
Doors Open by Ian Rankin – Double crossing thriller. (January 2010)Â
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith (January 2010)
Merry Wives of Maggody by Joan Hess – An Arly Hanks Mystery (January 2010)
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert  (January 2010)
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February 2010
The Room and the Chair by Lorraine Adams – Moving from a cockpit over Afghanistan to a newsroom in the American capital, from an Iranian cemetery to a military intelligence office in suburban Washington, The Room and the Chair explores a world of entwined conflicts, and how narratives about violence are told, twisted, hidden, or forgotten. – (February 2010)
Black Hills by Dan Simmons (February 2010)
Lay Down My Sword and Shield by James Lee Burkereprint of first Hack Holland, Texas Sheriff book. (February 2010)
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell – The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries now gives us an electrifying stand-alone thriller that takes off into a sweeping international drama. (February 2010)
Belfield Hall: Or, The Observations of Miss Dido Kent by Anna Dean First in a new historical series, introduces Dido Kent. In September 1805, Dido journeys to Bellfield Hall, the country seat of the Montague family, at the request of her niece, Catherine, who’s upset that her fiancé, Richard Montague, has suddenly broken their engagement and taken flight. Soon after arriving at Bellfield Hall, Dido learns of an even more distressing event—the discovery of the body of an unknown young woman in the shrubbery. (February 2010)
Worst Case by James Patterson – 3rd Michael Bennett novel (February 2010) 
The Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian – (February 2010)
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta by Paul Theroux – Jerry Delfont leads an aimless life in Calcutta, struggling in vain against his writer’s block, or ‘dead hand,’ and flitting around the edges of a half-hearted romance. Then he receives a mysterious letter asking for his help. The story it tells is disturbing: A dead boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel, a seemingly innocent man in flight and fearing for reputation as well as his life. (February 2010)
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March 2010
Bone Fire by Mark Spragg – No one writes more compellingly about the modern West than Mark Spragg, and Bone Fire finds him at the very height of his powers. (March 2010)
The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer – (March 2010)
The Surrendered by Chang Rae Lee - A brilliant, haunting story about beauty, loyalty, memory, and war-an unforgettable novel that returns to themes of expatriatism and Korean culture that first made Chang-rae Lee’s reputation. (March 2010)
Solar by Ian McEwan – (March 2010)
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April 2010
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel – from the Man Booker Award Winning author (Life of Pi). (April 2010)
Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott – Sequel of a sort to her novel Rosie. (April 2010)
Third Rail by Michael Harvey – Harvey’s tough talking, Aeschylus quoting, former Irish cop turned PI, Michael Kelly, is backin a sizzling murder mystery that pits him against a merciless sniper on the loose. After witnessing a shooting on an L platform—and receiving a phone call from the killer himself—Kelly is drawn toward a murderer with an unnerving link to his own past, to a crime he witnessed as a child, and to the consequences it had on his relationship with his father, a subject Kelly would prefer to leave unexamined. (April 2010)
The Scent of Rain and Lightning: A Novel by Nancy Pickard – (April 2010)
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear (April 2010)
Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni (April 2010)
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