Plan now for summer reading?

Some of these just-ordered books won't be released until June, so reserve them now for your summer vacation. They include the latest Stephanie Plum novel (are you planning to see the One for the Money movie?), a grown-up Sisterhood book from Ann Brashares, a tear-jerker from David Baldacci and a new spy novel from Daniel Silva. Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand and Folly Beach by Dorthea Benton Frank look perfect for the beach.

Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree. Viking Books. 2/17/2011. Mystery

Baldacci, David. One Summer. Grand Central Publishing. 6/14/2011.

Bauermeister, Erica. Joy for Beginners. Putnam Adult. 6/9/2011.

Birch, Carol. Jamrach's Menagerie. Doubleday Books. 6/14/2011.

Brackston, Paula. The Witch's Daughter. Thomas Dunne Books. 1/18/2011.

Brashares, Ann. Sisterhood Everlasting. Random House. 6/14/2011.

Christensen, Kate. The Astral. Doubleday Books. 6/14/2011.

Cooke, Carolyn. Daughters of the Revolution. Knopf Publishing Group. 6/7/2011.

Cussler, Clive. The Kingdom. Putnam Adult. 6/7/2011.

DeWitt, Patrick. The Sisters Brothers. Ecco. 5/1/2011.

Evanovich, Janet. Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel. Bantam. 6/21/2011.

Frank, Dorothea Benton. Folly Beach: A Lowcountry Tale. William Morrow & Company. 6/1/2011.

Friedman, George. The Next Decade: Where We've Been...and Where We're Going. Doubleday Books. 1/25/2011. Nonfiction

Gabhart, Ann H. Angel Sister. Fleming H. Revell Company. 2/1/2011.

Gran, Sara. Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). 6/2/2011.

Haji, Nafisa. The Sweetness of Tears. Avon A. 6/1/2011.

Henderson, Eleanor. Ten Thousand Saints. Ecco. 6/1/2011.

Hilderbrand, Elin. Silver Girl. Reagan Arthur Books. 6/21/2011.

Hornfischer, James D. Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. Bantam. 1/25/2011. Nonfiction

Ignatius, David. Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage. W.W. Norton & Company. 6/6/2011.

Keating, Ray. Warrior Monk. Createspace. 9/16/2010.

Knopf, Chris. Bad Bird. Minotaur Books. 2/1/2011. Mystery

Koryta, Michael. The Ridge. Little Brown and Company. 6/8/2011.

Lupton, Rosamund. Sister: A Novel. Crown Publishing Group (NY). 6/7/2011.

Mallery, Susan. Finding Perfect. Harlequin Books. 8/31/2010.

Mallery, Susan. The Best of Friends. Pocket Star Books. 9/28/2010. Romance

Rothfuss, Patrick. The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two. Daw Books. 3/1/2011. Fantasy

Silva, Daniel. Portrait of a Spy. Harper. 7/1/2011.

Walker, Martin. Black Diamond. Knopf Publishing Group. 8/30/2011.

Winspear, Jacqueline. A Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs Novel. Harper. 3/22/2011. Mystery

Return of the Megalist

What were the best books of 2010? There are hundreds of publications and book award committees that have an opinion about this. Suppose they could all vote in one contest. You can see the winners in the Megalist created by Neil Hollands of the Williamsburg Regional Library on Blogging for a Good Book. He has compiled all the major best lists and awards into one spreadsheet. The books are divided into a number of different categories so that you can easily find the genre you like best.

And the books with the most votes are:
General Fiction: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Nonfiction: The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Biography/Memoir: The Immortal Life on Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Mystery/Thriller: Room by Emma Donoghue
Fantasy/Sci-Fi: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Historical: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Young Adult Fiction: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Take a look at the Megalist for an amazing recommended reading list!

 

Zombies at the Star Trek convention, a National Book Award winner, a scapegoat spy, a talking chimp and more new books.

Meet the regulars of a seedy West Virginia horse track in the National Book Award Winner Lord of Misrule. 

Travel to a remote outpost for disgraced spies in the Republic of Georgia with MI5 agent Harry Tate in Red Station, an exciting new espionage novel by Adrian Magson.  

The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale is about a talking chimpanzee who falls in love with the university primatologist who is working with him. Book reviewers think it's great, but warn that readers might be shocked by the love scene. (I wonder if the author got his ideas from Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Kanzi, the language-using bonobo, and did you see when Anderson Cooper dressed up like a bunny rabbit to interact with Kanzi?)

Take a look at these and more of the books just added to our collection!

Aboulela, Leila. Lyrics Alley. Grove Press. 3/1/2011.

Ahern, Cecelia. The Book of Tomorrow. Harper. 2/1/2011.

Allen, Sarah Addison. The Peach Keeper. Bantam. 3/22/2011.

Anderson, Kevin David. Night of the Living Trekkies. Quirk Books. 7/28/2010.

Barbieri, Maggie. Third Degree. Minotaur Books. 11/23/2010. Mystery

Beaton, M.C. Death of a Chimney Sweep. Grand Central Publishing. 2/25/2011. Mystery

Boyd, Noah. Agent X. William Morrow & Company. 2/1/2011.

Boyle, T. Coraghessan. When the Killing's Done. Viking Books. 2/22/2011.

Briggs, Patricia. River Marked. Ace Books. 3/1/2011. Fantasy

Brockmeier, Kevin. The Illumination. Pantheon Books. 2/1/2011.

Burton, Mary. Senseless. Zebra. 1/1/2011. Romance

Childress, Mark. Georgia Bottoms. Little Brown and Company. 2/23/2011.

Coonts, Stephen. Deep Black: Death Wave. St. Martin's Press. 2/1/2011.

Crocker, Gareth. Finding Jack. St. Martin's Press. 2/15/2011.

Cussler, Clive. The Jungle. Putnam Adult. 3/8/2011.

DasGupta, Rana. Solo. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). 2/1/2011.

Dew, Robb Forman. Being Polite to Hitler. Little Brown and Company. 1/6/2011.

Dorsey, Tim. Electric Barracuda. William Morrow & Company. 2/1/2011.

Fforde, Katie. Love Letters. St. Martin's Press. 1/18/2011.

Fletcher, Susan. Corrag. W.W.Norton & Company. 11/15/2010.

Fuentes, Carlos. Destiny and Desire. Random House. 1/4/2011.

Gordon, Jaimy. Lord of Misrule. McPherson. 11/15/2010. National Book Award Winner

Greenwood, T. This Glittering World. Kensington Publishing Corporation. 1/1/2011.

Hale, Benjamin. The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore. Twelve. 2/2/2011.

Hayder, Mo. Gone. Atlantic Monthly Press. 2/1/2011. Mystery

Hoffman, Alice. The Red Garden. Crown Publishing Group (NY). 1/25/2011.

Hunter, Madeline. Sinful in Satin. Jove Books. 9/28/2010. Romance

Jensen, Carsten. We, the Drowned. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). 2/9/2011.

Katchor, Ben. The Cardboard Valise. Pantheon Books. 3/8/2011.

Kelly, Erin. The Poison Tree. Pamela Dorman Books. 1/6/2011.

Lee, Cavanaugh. Save as Draft. Simon & Schuster. 2/1/2011.

Levithan, David. Lover's Dictionary. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1/4/2011.

Linz, Cathie. Luck Be a Lady. Berkley. 10/5/2010. Romance

Lovett, Li Miao. In the Lap of the Gods. Leapfrog Press. 11/2/2010.

Lukas, Michael David. The Oracle of Stamboul. Harper. 2/1/2011.

Magson, Adrian. Red Station. Severn House Publishers. 12/1/2010.

Newton, Heather. Under the Mercy Trees. Harper Paperbacks. 1/1/2011.

O'Connor, Joseph. Ghost Light. Farrar Straus Giroux. 2/1/2011.

Packer, Ann. Swim Back to Me: Stories. Knopf Publishing Group. 4/12/2011.

Palmer, Michael. A Heartbeat Away. St. Martin's Press. 2/15/2011.

Pearson, Allison. I Think I Love You. Knopf Publishing Group. 2/8/2011.

Perry, Anne. Treason at Lisson Grove: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel. Ballantine Books. 4/19/2011.

Pittard, Hannah. The Fates Will Find Their Way. Ecco. 2/1/2011.

Preston, Douglas. Gideon's Sword. Grand Central Publishing. 2/22/2011.

Robertson, Imogen. Instruments of Darkness. Pamela Dorman Books. 2/17/2011.

Schlink, Bernhard. The Gordian Knot. Vintage Books USA. 12/7/2010.

Upson, Nicola. Two for Sorrow: A Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey. Harper Paperbacks. 8/1/2011.

Wilks, Eileen. Blood Challenge. Berkley. 1/4/2011. Romance

Winter, Kathleen. Annabel. Grove Press. 1/4/2011.

Anecdotes from *classy* guys and other new books.

Ready for some ribald reads? We have new books from Tucker Max, Adam Carrola, and Gary Dell'abate, the producer of the Howard Stern Show. Also, discover Ricky Martin's real vida loca in his new autobiography.

 

Acker, Rick.  When the Devil Whistles.  Abingdon Press.  10/1/2010.

Adair, Cherry.  The Bodyguard.  St.   Martin's Press.  6/29/2010.   Romance

Brennan, Marie.  A Star Shall Fall.  Tor Books.  8/31/2010.   Fantasy.

 

Cameron, Barbara.  A Time to Love.  Abingdon Press.  10/1/2010.

Camilleri, Andrea.  The Track of Sand.  10/26/2010  Penguin Books. Mystery.

 

Carolla, Adam.  In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy.  Crown Archetype.  11/2/2010.  Nonfiction

Clipston, Amy.  A Plain & Simple Christmas.  Zondervan.  9/14/2010.

Coupland, Douglas.  Player One: What Is to Become of Us: A Novel in Five Hours.  House of Anansi Press.  10/1/2010.

Dell'abate, Gary.  They Call Me Baba Booey.  Spiegel & Grau.  11/2/2010.  Biography.

 

Drake, David.  What Distant Deeps.  Baen Books.  9/7/2010.   Sci-Fi.

 

Edwardson, Ake.  The Shadow Woman.  Penguin Books.  9/28/2010.   Mystery.

 

Ernst, Kathleen.  Old World Murder.  Midnight Ink.  10/8/2010.   Mystery.

 

Fei, Deanna.  A Thread of Sky.  Penguin Press.  4/1/2010.   AAUW.

 

Hedaya, Yael.  Eden.  Metropolitan Books. 10/26/2010.

Hodder, Mark.  The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack.  Pyr.  9/1/2010.   Fantasy.

 

Hoffman, Chandra.  Chosen.  Harper.  9/1/2010.

 

Hoffman, Jilliane.  Pretty Little Things.  Vanguard Press.  9/7/2010.

 

James, David.  Three Bedrooms, Two Baths, One Very Dead Corpse: An Amanda Thorne Mystery.  Kensington Publishing Corporation.  10/1/2010.   Mystery.

 

Jordan, Layla.  The Liar's Club.  Dafina Books.  12/1/2010.

 

Jordan, Robert.  Towers of Midnight.  Tor Books.  11/2/2010.

Karnezis, Panos.  The Convent.  W.   W.   Norton & Company.  11/8/2010.

 

Kawakami, Hiromi.  Manazuru.  Counterpoint LLC.  9/14/2010.

 

Kehlmann, Daniel.  Fame: A Novel in Nine Episodes.  Pantheon Books.  9/14/2010.

 

Kennedy, Douglas.  The Pursuit of Happiness.  Atria Books.  10/19/2010.

Kluge, P.F.  A Call from Jersey.  Overlook Press.  9/2/2010.

Kramer, Kieran.  When Harry Met Molly.  St.   Martin's Press.  11/2/2010.   Romance

Lang, Michele.  Lady Lazarus.  Tor Books.  8/31/2010.   Fantasy.

 

MacAlister, Katie.  In the Company of Vampires.  Signet Book.  11/2/2010.   Romance

Magnin, Joyce.  Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise.  Abingdon Press.  9/1/2010.

Marshall, Evan.  City in Shadow.  Severn House Publishers.  11/1/2010.   Mystery.

 

Martin, George R.R.  11/16/2010. Songs of Love & Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love.  Gallery Press.

Martin, Ricky.  Me.  Penguin Books.  11/2/2010.  Biography

 

Max, Tucker.  Assholes Finish First.  Gallery Press.  9/28/2010.  Biography

McCabe, Patrick.  The Stray Sod Country.  Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.  9/28/2010.

Nothomb, Amelie.  Hygiene and the Assassin.  Europa Editions.    10/26/2010.

Peacock, Justin.  Blind Man's Alley.  Doubleday Books.  8/10/2010.

Perry, Trish.  The Perfect Blend.  Harvest House Publishers.  9/1/2010.

Phipps-Kettlewell, Marilene.  The Company of Heaven: Stories from Haiti.  University of Iowa Press.  10/28/2010.

Rock, Judith.  The Rhetoric of Death.  Berkley Publishing Group.  10/5/2010.   Mystery.

 

Rosenberg, Joel C.  The Twelfth Imam.  Tyndale House Publishers.  10/19/2010

Sands, Lynsay.  Hungry for You: An Argeneau Novel.  Avon Books.  12/1/2010.   Romance

Shalvis, Jill.  Simply Irresistible.  Forever.  10/1/2010.   Romance

Showalter, Gena.  Ecstasy in Darkness.  Pocket Star Books.  10/26/2010.   Romance

Smith, Sherwood.  Coronets and Steel.  Daw Books.  9/7/2010.   Fantasy.

 

Talley, Marcia.  All Things Undying.  Severn House Publishers.  10/1/2010. Mystery

Van Rooy, Michael.  An Ordinary Decent Criminal.  Minotaur Books.  8/3/2010.   Mystery.

 

Washburn, Frances.  The Sacred White Turkey.  Bison Books.  9/1/2010.

Woods, Sherryl.  A Chesapeake Shores Christmas.  Mira Books.  9/28/2010.   Romance.

 

Yu, Charles.  How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.  Pantheon Books.  9/7/2010.   Sci-Fi. 

Be Great, Remember Nothing, and Get Eaten by your Father...check out our new books!

Learn how to unlock your potential with Alan Fine's new book, laugh at losing your memory with Nora Ephron, and go on an adventure with Kate Bernheimer's fairy tale collection. If you're a theatre geek, you'll want to pick up Stephen Sondheim's collection of lyrics, reflections and thoughts on songwriting.

Bernheimer, Kate. My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales. Penguin Books. Fantasy

Campion, Emma. The King's Mistress. Crown Publishing Group (NY).

Chernow, Ron. Washington: A Life. Thorndike Press. Large Print Nonfiction

Ephron, Nora. I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections. Knopf Publishing Group. Nonfiction

Fine, Alan. You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential. Portfolio. Nonfiction

Gray, Shelley Shepard. Grace: A Christmas Sisters of the Heart Novel. HarperOne.

Hollick, Helen. The Forever Queen. Sourcebooks Landmark.

Jemisin, N. K. . The Broken Kingdoms. Orbit. Fantasy

Jones, Melissa. Emily Hudson. Pamela Dorman Books.

Karon, Jan. In the Company of Others: A Father Tim Novel. Viking Books. Large Print

McGlynn, Stacey. Keeping Time. Crown Publishing Group (NY).

McHoy, Peter. The Complete Practical Guide to Small Gardens: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Successful Gardening in Smaller Spaces: Everything You Need to Know about. Southwater Publishing. Nonfiction

Sharp, Adrienne. The True Memoirs of Little K. Farrar Straus Giroux.

Simonson, Helen. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Thorndike Press. Large Print

Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Large Print). Thorndike Press. Large Print Nonfiction

Sondheim, Stephen. Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes. Alfred A. Knopf. Nonfiction

Stefaniak, Mary Helen. The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. W. W. Norton & Company.

Straight, Susan. Take One Candle Light a Room. Pantheon Books.

Thurlo, Aimee. Never-Ending-Snake. Forge. Mystery

Volmer, Mary. Crown of Dust. Soho Press.

Vulliamy, Ed. Amexica: War Along the Borderline. Farrar Straus Giroux. Nonfiction

Hot time in the old town... and more new books!

Here are the latest books added to Schlow's catalog. Dating Mr. December looks

like a fun romance (they made a lifetime movie out of it), Miss Dimple Disappears is a charming cozy mystery set in a small town during World War II, and two new books from fantasy writer Patricia Briggs.

Alleyn, Susanne. Palace of Justice. Minotaur Books. 11/23/2010. Mystery

Ashley, Phillipa. Dating Mr. December. Sourcebooks Landmark. 11/1/2010. Romance

Ballard, Mignon F. Miss Dimple Disappears. Minotaur Books. 11/23/2010. Mystery

Banks, Iain M. Surface Detail. Orbit. 10/28/2010. Sci-Fi

Bond, Larry. Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War. Forge. 11/23/2010.

Bourne, Sam. The Final Reckoning. Harper. 12/1/2010.

Brett, Simon. The Shooting in the Shop. Five Star (ME). 11/17/2010. Mystery

Briggs, Patricia. Masques. Ace Books. 9/28/2010. Fantasy

Briggs, Patricia. Wolfsbane. Ace Books. 11/2/2010. Fantasy

Burrowes, Grace. The Heir: [Series] the Duke's Obsession. Sourcebooks Casablanca. 12/1/2010. Romance

Cunliffe-Jones, Peter. My Nigeria: Five Decades of Independence. Palgrave MacMillan. 9/14/2010. Nonfiction

De Rossi, Portia. Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. Atria Books. 11/1/2010. Biography.

Doman, Regina. Alex O'Donnell and the 40 Cyberthieves. Regina Doman. 5/10/2010.

Eden, Cynthia. Eternal Flame. Brava. 12/1/2010. Romance

Froderberg, Susan. Old Border Road. Little Brown and Company. 12/9/2010.

Gregory, David. The Last Christian. Waterbrook Press. 5/4/2010.

Kohn, Edward P. Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt. Basic Books. 7/27/2010. Nonfiction.

McCall, Amaleka. Price of Fame. Urban Books. 10/1/2010.

Petrucha, Stefan. Blood Prophecy. Grand Central Publishing. 11/1/2010. Fantasy

Richards, Jay W. Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem. HarperOne. 5/1/2010. Nonfiction.

Roberts, Steven V. From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America. Harper. 10/1/2009. Nonfiction

Snyder, Maria V. Spy Glass. Mira Books. 9/1/2010. Fantasy

Springfield, Rick. Late, Late at Night . Touchstone Books. 10/12/2010. New Non-Fiction

Tremayne, Peter. The Dove of Death: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland. Minotaur Books. 10/26/2010. Mystery

White-Owens, Karen. You're All I Need. Dafina Books. 10/1/2010. Romance

Wolff, Geoffrey. The Hard Way Around: The Passages of Joshua Slocum. Knopf Publishing Group. 10/19/2010. Biography

Wolffe, Richard. Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House. Crown Publishing Group (NY). 11/16/2010. Nonfiction

Zirin, Dave. Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love. Scribner Book Company. 7/20/2010. Nonfiction.

Get scared by Schlow!

Are you looking for a frightening book to read this Halloween? Petrify yourself right away by downloading a scary book from our ebook collection. Type "horror" into the search box.

I asked Schlow's staff for some of their favorite terrifying tales.
They recommended:

The Other by Thomas Tryon. A classic creepy tale of twin boys. Full of suspense and a shocking twist. It will stay with you long after you've read it.

It by Stephen King. (Available as an ebook.) The clown in the storm drain is the stuff that nightmares are made of!

The Blackstone Chronicles by John Saul. When an abandoned asylum is set to be demolished, the residents of the town start receiving mysterious gifts that bring about EVIL to the recipients.

For a truly haunting experience try Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box. An aging rocker buys a dead man's suit. It turns out that the suit includes a ghost who plots revenge on him.

If you want to find out about the ghosts that are in your own backyard, try local author Jeffrey Frazier's The Black Ghost of Scotia or others of his Pennsylvania Fireside Tales.

I recommend Haunted by Joyce Carol Oates. Our late book reviewer volunteer, Sylvia Hopkins, wrote about it, "The 16 previously published stories herein range from the simply puzzling to the totally disgusting, and arranged in that sequence, lulling the reader into a slowly escalating state of horror. For those who have never dined with the Queen of Goth, be warned. Halfway through may be enough for you."

Happy Halloween!