Feb 03, 2012
Your not-quite-comprehensive guide to what’s dropping the week of February 6.
Adults
February 6
The Lost Saints of Tennessee by Amy Franklin-Willis (Atlantic Monthly, $25; ISBN 978-0-8021-2005-2).
Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder (Atlantic Monthly, $25; ISBN 978-0-8021-2006-9).
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life by David Treuer (Atlantic Monthly, $26; ISBN 978-0-8021-1971-1).
In Her Power by Helene Lerner (Atria/Beyond Words, $14; ISBN 978-1-58270-270-4).
Dark Side of Valor by Alicia Singleton (Atria/Strabor, $15; ISBN 978-1-59309-385-3).
Four of a Kind by Valerie Frankel (Ballantine, $15; ISBN 978-0-345-52540-6).
Stay Awake by Dan Chaon (Ballantine, $25; ISBN 978-0-345-53037-0).
A Life of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring (Bantam, $15; ISBN 978-0-553-38682-0).
Fragile Beginnings: Discoveries and Triumphs in the Newborn ICU by Adam Wolfberg (Beacon, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-8070-1160-7).
What We Can Do About Itby Elizabeth Holtzman with Cynthia L. Cooper (Beacon, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-8070-0321-3).
The Lost Daughter by Lucy Ferriss (Berkley, $15; ISBN 978-0425-24556-9).
Being Buddha at Work: 108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money, and Success by B.J. Gallagher and Franz Metcalf, foreword by the Dalai Lama (Berrett-Koehler, $14.95; ISBN 978-1609942922).
The Complete Slayers: Fast One and the Complete Short Stories of Paul Cain by Paul Cain, edited by Max Alan Collins and Lynn Myers (Centipede Press, $75; ISBN 978-1933618999).
The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith (Crown, $23.99; ISBN 978-0307716422).
The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher (Crown, $25; ISBN 978-0-307-40664-4).
Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith, Racism's Backlash, and the Assassination of a Journalist by Thomas Peele (Crown, $26; ISBN 978-0-307-71755-9).
Gluten-Free Vegan Comfort Food: 125 Simple and Satisfying Recipes, from "Mac and Cheese" to Chocolate Cupcakes by Susan O'Brien (Da Capo, $18; ISBN 978-0738214900).
Assisted Living by Nikanor Teratologen, trans. from the Swedish by Kerri A. Pierce (Dalkey Archive, $14.95; ISBN 978-1-56478-682-1).
The Book of Emotions by João Almino, trans.from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Jackson (Dalkey Archive, $19.95; ISBN 978-1564786814).
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner (Dutton, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-525-95276-3).
Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1959-1974 by William S. Burroughs, edited by Bill Morgan (Ecco,$35; ISBN 978-0-06-171142-8).
Sundays Will Never Be the Same: Racing, Tragedy, and Redemption: My Life in America's Fastest Sport by Darrell Waltrip with Nate Larkin (Free Press, $24.99; ISBN 978-1451644890).
Da Vinci's Ghost: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Drawing Toby Lester (Free Press, $26.99; ISBN 978-1-4391-8923-8).
Ragnarok: The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt (Grove, $24; ISBN 978-0-8021-2992-5).
Me and You by Niccolò Ammaniti, trans. From the Italian by Kylee Doust (Grove/Black Cat, $14; ISBN 978-0-8021-7090-3).
Prehistoric Clock by Robert Appleton (Harlequin/Carina, $3.99; ISBN 978-1-4268-9315-5).
Waterline by Ross Raisin (Harper Perennial,$14.99; ISBN 978-0-06-210397-0).
The Mirage by Matt Ruff (Harper, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-06-197622-3).
Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth (Harper, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-199857-7).
All That I Am by Anna Funder (Harper, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-207756-1).
Restoration by Olaf Olafsson (HarperCollins, $14.99; ISBN 978-0-06-206566-7).
Spin by Catherine McKenzie (HarperCollins, $15; ISBN 978-0-06-211535-5).
Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory by Harold Holzer (Harvard Univ., $24.95; ISBN 978-0-674-06440-9).
The Annotated Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by David Mikics, foreword by Phillip Lopate (Harvard/Belknap, $35; ISBN 978-0-674-04923-9).
Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes us Who We Are by Sebastian Seung (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.00; ISBN 978-0547508184).
Far From Here: A Novel by Nicole Baart (Howard, $16; ISBN 978-1439197332).
Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation by Phil McKinney (Hyperion, $27.99; ISBN 978-1-4013-2446-9).
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander (Knopf, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-307-95870-9).
History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason (Knopf, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-307-59947-6).
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War by Stephen R. Platt (Knopf, $30; ISBN 978-0-307-27173-0).
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor (Knopf, $32.50; ISBN 978-0-307-26564-7).
What Happened to Hannah? by Mary Kay McComas (Morrow, $14.99; ISBN 978-0-06-208478-1).
No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie (Morrow, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-06-199061-8).
The Golden Hour by Margaret Wurtele (NAL, $15; ISBN 978-0-451-23708-8).
Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream by Gregg Jones (NAL, $26.95; 978-0451229045).
The Muses Go to School: Conversations About the Necessity of Arts in Education edited by Herbert Kohl and Tom Oppenheim (New Press, $26.95; ISBN 978-1-59558-539-4).
War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences by Mary L. Dudziak (Oxford Univ., $24.95; ISBN 978-0-19-977523-1).
The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right by Arthur Goldwag (Pantheon, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-307-37969-6).
Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success by Rory Vaden (Perigee, $22.95; ISBN 978-0-399-53723-3).
The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery by Frederick Ramsay (Poisoned Pen, $14.95; ISBN 978-0-9677590-5-0).
Desert Wind: A Lena Jones Mystery by Betty Webb (Poisoned Pen, $24.95; ISBN 978-1-59058-981-6).
Sticks and Stones: A Cat DeLuca Mystery by K.J. Larsen (Poisoned Pen,$24.95; ISBN 978-1-59058923-6).
Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order by Philip Coggan (PublicAffairs, $27.99; ISBN 978-1-61039-126-9).
Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacy in the Modern World by Kwasi Kwarteng (PublicAffairs, $29.99; ISBN 978-1-61039-120-7).
A Good American by Alex George (Putnam/Amy Einhorn, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15759-2).
The Last Storyteller: A Novel of Ireland by Frank Delaney (Random, $26; ISBN 978-1400067855).
The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse by David Owen (Riverhead, $14; ISBN 978-1-59448-561-9).
Other People We Married by Emma Straub (Riverhead, $15; ISBN 978-1-59448-606-7).
Tribulations of the Shortcut Man by P.G. Sturges (Scribner, $24; ISBN 978-1-4391-9421-8).
No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried to Make It Better by Elizabeth Weil (Scribner, $25; ISBN 978-1-4391-6822-6).
Girl Reading by Katie Ward (Scribner, $26; ISBN 978-1451655902).
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (Scribner, $26; ISBN 978-1451663877).
The 6 Husbands Every Wife Should Have: How Couples Who Change Together Stay Together by Steven Craig (Simon & Schuster, $24.99; ISBN 978-143916784).
Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir by Doron Weber (Simon & Schuster, $25; ISBN 978-1-4516-1806-8).
The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites (Simon & Schuster, $25; ISBN 978-1-4516-2951-4).
The Science of Yoga: The Myths and the Rewards by William J. Broad (Simon & Schuster, $26; ISBN 978-1-4516-4142-4).
One Blood by Grame Kent (Soho Crime, $25; ISBN 978-1-61695-058-3).
The Science of Sin: The Psychology of the Seven Deadlies (and Why They Are So Good For You) by Simon M. Lahan (Three Rivers, $14; ISBN 978-0307719348).
The Diamond Life by Aliya S. King (Touchstone, $14.99; ISBN 98-1-4516-2554-7).
Left for Dead by J.A. Jance (Touchstone, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-4516-2858-6).
Leak by Max Holland (Univ. of Kansas, $29.95; ISBN 978-0700618293).
Men in Space by Tom McCarthy (Vintage, $15; ISBN 978-0-307-38822-3).
Outside the Lines by Amy Hatvany (Washington Square,$15; ISBN 978-1-4516-4054-0).
Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others by Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas (Wiley, $22.95; ISBN 978-1-118-11963-1).
February 7
Panther Baby by Jamal Joseph (Algonquin, $23.95; ISBN 978-1565129504).
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn (Atria/Emily Bestler, $27.95; ISBN 978-1416595205).
Nightfire: A Protectors Novel by Lisa Marie Rice (Avon Red, $13.99; ISBN 978-0061808289).
Vengeance Born by Kylie Griffin (Berkley Sensation, $15; ISBN 978-0-425-24536-1).
Something About Witches by Joey W. Hill (Berkley Sensation, $7.99; ISBN 978-0425246139).
Breakaway by Deidre Martin (Berkley, $7.99; ISBN 978-0425243688).
Midnight Enchantment by Anya Bast (Berkley, $7.99; ISBN 978-0425245033).
Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames (Berkley, $7.99; ISBN 978-0425245873).
The Walled Flower by Lorraine Bartlett (Berkley, $7.99; ISBN 978-0425246160).
Old Haunts by E.J. Cooperman (Berkley, $7.99; ISBN 978-0425246207).
Cake on a Hot Tin Roof by Jacklyn Brady (Berkley, $7.99; ISBN 978-0425246221).
Town in a Wild Moose Chase by B.B. Haywood (Berkley,$7.99; ISBN 978-0425246177).
Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington (Berkley,$7.99; ISBN 978-9425246191).
Hilarity Ensues by Tucker Max (Blue Heeler, $25.99; ISBN 978-1451669039).
Not Wicked Enough by Carolyn Jewel (Brekley Sensation, $7.99; ISBN 978-0-425-24660-3).
Creepy Archives, Vol. 12 by Various (Dark Horse, $49.99; ISBN 978-1595827708).
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (DAW, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-7564-0711-7).
Apocalypse to Go by Katharine Kerr (DAW, $7.99; ISBN 978-0756407094).
Westward Weird edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes (DAW, $7.99; ISBN 978-0756407186).
Ancient Spirits: A Daisy Gumm Majesty Novel by Alicce Duncan (Five Star, $25.95; IBN 978-1-4328-2570-6).
Shedding Light on Murder by Patricia Driscoll (Five Star, $25.95; ISBN 978-1-4328-2553-9).
Shear Murder: A Bad Hair Day Mystery by Nancy J. Cohen (Five Star, $25.95; ISBN 978-1-4328-2554-66).
Murder in a Basket: An India Hayes Mystery byAmanda Flower (Five Star, $25.95; ISBN 978-1-4328-2567-6).
Hiding From Reality: My Story of Love, Loss, and Finding the Courage Within by Taylor Armstrong (Gallery, $25; ISBN 978-1451677713).
The Last Ditch by Sandy Mitchell (Games Workshop, $24.99; ISBN 978-1849701259).
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb (HarperCollins, $27.99; ISBN 978-0061561634).
Colver Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life by Natalie Dykstra (HMH, $26; ISBN 978-0618873852).
The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America by Scott Weidensaul (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30; ISBN 978-0-151-01515-3).
Three Free Sins: God's Not Mad at You by Steve Brown (Howard, $14.99; ISBN 978-1451612264).
Sugarlicious by Meaghan Mountford (HQN, $17.95; ISBN 978-0373892549).
Wish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope by Amy Welborn (Image, $14; ISBN 978-0307716385).
Blood and Bullets by James R. Tuck (Kensington, $7.99; ISBN 978-0-7582-7147-1).
Colt by Georgina Gentry (Kensington/Zebra, $6.99; ISBN 978-1-4201-2167-4).
Summer of Secrets by Charlotte Hubbard (Kensington/Zebra, $6.99; ISBN 978-1-4201-2169-8).
The World America Made by Robert Kagan (Knopf, $21; ISBN 978-0307961310).
Wild Thing by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-316-03219-3).
Back in the Habit: A Falcone & Driscoll Investigation Alice Loweecey (Midnight Ink, www.midnightink.com, $14.95; ISBN 978-0-7387-2668-7).
The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook: A Treasury of Timeless American Dishes by The Lodge Company (Oxmoor, $24.95; ISBN 978-0848734343).
The New Sunset Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Gardening Guide by the Editors of Sunset Magazine (Oxmoor, $34.95; ISBN 978-0376039200).
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman (Penguin, $25.95; ISBN 978-1594203336).
One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle (Penguin, $7.99; ISBN 978-0451236128).
The Duchess Diaries by Jillian Hunter (Penguin, $7.99; ISBN 978-0451413123).
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (Random, $27; ISBN 978-1400067558).
Parisian Hideaways: Exquisite Rooms in Enchanting Hotels by Casey O'Brien Blondes (Rizzoli, $17.98; ISBN 978-0789324177).
Unbroken by Rachel Caine (Roc, $7.99; ISBN 978-0451464422).
La Tartine Gourmande: Recipes for an Inspired Life by Beatrice Peltre (Roost, $35; ISBN 978-1590307625).
Colters' Daughter by Maya Banks (Samhain, $15; ISBN 978-1609283940).
Dark Inspiration by Russell James (Samhain, www.samhainpublishing, $15; ISBN 978-1-60928-669-9).
The Lamplighters by Frazer Lee (Samhain, www.samhainpublishing.com, $25; ISBN 978-1-60928-670-5).
A Scandalous Countess by Jo Beverley (Signet, $7.99; ISBN 978-0451236043).
Death on Heels: A Crime of Fashion Mystery by Ellen Byerrum (Signet, $7.99; ISBN 978-0451236135).
Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom edited by John Joseph Adams (Simon & Schuster, $16.99; ISBN 978-1442420298).
FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal by James F. Simon (Simon & Schuster, $28; ISBN 978-1416573289).
Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness edited by Rebecca Walker (Soft Skull, $14.95; ISBN 978-1593764173).
King of Darkness by Elisabeth Staab (Sourcebooks Casablanca, $6.99; ISBN 978-1-4022-6315-6).
Deliver Me From Darkness by Tes Hilaire (Sourcebooks Casablanca, $6.99; ISBN 978-1-4022-6434-4).
The Lord of Illusion by Kathryne Kennedy (Sourcebooks Casablanca, $7.99; ISBN 978-1-4022-3654-9).
Stud by Cheryl Brooks (Sourcebooks Casablanca, $7.99; ISBN 978-1-4022-5168-9).
Miss Hillary Schools A Scoundrel by Samantha Grace (Sourcebooks Casablance, $6.99; ISBN 978-1-4022-5831-2).
Zombie Love: The Do's, Don'ts, and It Depends of Undead Dating by Jeff Busch (Sterling, $12.95; ISBN 978-1402792281).
The Hunger Pains: A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon (Touchstone, $13.99; ISBN 978-1451668209).
American Vampire, Vol. 3 by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Sean Murphy (Vertigo, $24.99; ISBN 978-1401233334).
Life as I Blow It: Tales of Love, Life & Sex… Not Necessarily in That Order by Sarah Colonna, foreword by Chelsea Handler (Villard, $15; ISBN 978-0345528377).
February 8
Pure by Julianna Baggott (Grand Central, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-4555-0306-3).
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford (Random, $25; ISBN 978-1400069101).
February 9
Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies, New Zealand and the United States by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford Univ., $34.95; ISBN 978-0-19-983270-5).
Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect by Robert J. Sampson (Univ. of Chicago, $27.50; ISBN 978-0-226-73456-9).
February 10
Book of Sith: Secrets From the Dark Side by Daniel Wallace (47North, $99.99; ISBN 978-161282612).
Children’s/YA
February 6
First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low by Ginger Wadsworth (Clarion, $17.99; ISBN 978-0547243948).
The Rivals by Daisy Whitney (Little Brown for Young Readers, $15.99; ISBN 978-0316090575).
February 7
Cold Cereal by Adam Rex (Balzer + Bray, $16.99; ISBN 978-0062060020).
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (Balzer + Bray, $17.99; ISBN 978-0062020567(.
Seekers: Return to the Wild: Island of Shadows by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99; ISBN 978-0061996344).
Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $17.99; ISBN 978-0061703812).
Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard (HarperCollins, $17.99; ISBN 978-0061869747).
Listen to My Trumpet! by Mo Willems (Hyperion Book CH, $8.99; ISBN 978-1423154044).
Almost Everything: A Vampire Princess Novel by Tate Hallaway (NAL Trade, $9.99; ISBN 978-0451235664).
Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood (Putnam Juvenile,$16.99; ISBN 978-0399257452).
The Hunger Games: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Kate Egan (Scholastic, $18.99; ISBN 978-0545422901).
The Secret of Ashona by Kaza Kingsley (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $16.99; ISBN 978-1416979920).
The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols (Simon Pulse, $9.99; ISBN 978-1442452367).
Mia's Baker's Dozen by Coco Simon (Simon Spotlight, $5.99; ISBN 978-1442446137).
The Fourth Stall Part II by Chris Rylander (Walden Pond, $15.99; ISBN 978-0061996306).
Gideon by Olivier Dunrea (Houghton Mifflin, $9.99; ISBN 978-0618436613).
The Wood Queen by Karen Mahoney (Llewellyn, $9.95; ISBN 978-073726625).
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