The most anticipated books of 2009
Good news from the beleaguered world of book publishing: A "fabulous" crop of quality books will soon be hitting bookstores, Sheryl Cotleur, buying director from Book Passage in Corte Madera, Calif., told . "I was going through the [publishers'] catalogues just flipping out聽 鈥� not only who鈥檚 publishing but the quality."
Booksellers were in New York last week for . And, given a chance to see the titles on tap for the second half of 2009, many told PW that they were very excited about what they saw. 鈥淭his fall is incredible. It鈥檚 going to be the best year ever,鈥澛� predicted Dick Hermans, founder of Oblong Books in Milford, N.Y.
Here are some of the titles that are creating the buzz:
Books scheduled for release in August:
鈥� "" by James Patterson and Richard Diallo
鈥� "," by Jonathan Trooper
鈥� "," by Dan Chaon
鈥� "," by Richard Russo
鈥� "," by Rebecca Solnit
Books scheduled for release in September:
鈥� "," by William Trevor
鈥� "," by Margaret Atwood
鈥� "The Anthologist," by Nicholson Baker
鈥� "," by Diane Ackerman
鈥� "," by Anthony E. Zuiker
鈥� "," by David Small
鈥� "," by Pat Conroy
鈥� "" by Pete Dexter
Books scheduled for release in October:
鈥� "," by A.S. Byatt
鈥� "," by Paul Auster
鈥� "," by Jeannette Walls
鈥� "," by Malcolm Gladwell
鈥� "," by Timothy Egan
鈥� "," by William J. Mann
鈥� ""聽 by Michael Connelly
鈥� "," by Jonathan Lethem
Books scheduled for release in November:
鈥� "," by Barbara Kingsolver
鈥� "" by James Patterson
Books scheduled for release in January:
鈥� "," by Joshua Ferris
鈥� "," by Alex Lemon
