Thursday, November 6, 2014

Weekly eHighlights: Adult edition

We have an incredibly strong list of titles you won't want to miss this month, and we're going to break them into three carts to make it a little easier. The titles below are what we believe will be the ones you do not want to miss. They're either sure bestsellers, prize winners, notable books, books with a lot of buzz, known authors with a holiday title, or something already selling well.

Don't miss the other two carts coming this week: More November Fiction and More November Nonfiction.

Enjoy!

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The Usual Suspects: No Introduction Needed:

 

Fiction

Donna Andrews – The Nightingale Before Christmas – Penguin eBook
David Baldacci – The Escape – Hachette eBook
Stephanie Barron – Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas – Random House eBook
Rita Mae Brown – Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – Random House eBook
Robyn Carr – Virgin River Christmas Box Set – HarperCollins eBook
Jonathan Carroll – Bathing the Lion – Macmillan eBook – World Fantasy & Bram Stoker Award-winning author.
Michael Connelly – The Burning Room – Hachette eBook & Blackstone audiobook read by Titus Welliver – Harry Bosch series.
Patricia Cornwell – Flesh and Blood – HarperCollins eBook – Kay Scarpetta series.
Robert Crais – The Promise – Penguin eBook
Clive & Dirk Cussler – Havana Storm – Penguin ebook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Scott Brick – Dirk Pitt series
Janet Evanovich – The Job – Random House eBook – O'Hare and Fox series
Michael Faber – The Book of Strange New Things – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Josh CohenBestseller list already.
Richard Ford – Let Me Be Frank with You – HarperCollins eBook – Frank Bascombe series
Karin Fossum – The Murder of Harriet Krohn – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt eBook – Scandinavian mystery
Tess Gerritsen – Die Again – Random House eBook – Rizzoli & Isles series
William Gibson – The Peripheral – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Lorelei King
Mira Grant – Symbiont – Hachette eBook and Blackstone audiobook read by Christine Lakin – Parasitology series
Mark Greaney – Tom Clancy's Full Force and Effect – Penguin Group eBook – Jack Ryan series
John Grisham – Gray Mountain – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Catherine Taber – Legal thriller about Big Coal.
Jack Higgins – Rain on the Dead – Penguin eBook – Sean Dillon series
Elin Hilderbrand – Winter Street – Hachette eBook & Blackstone audiobook read by Erin Bennett – Bestselling author's first Christmas novel.
Tanya Huff – The Future Falls – Penguin eBook – Enchantment Emporium series
Larissa Ione – Revenant – Hachette eBook – Lords of Deliverance series
Ha Jin – A Map of Betrayal – Random House eBook – National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award winning author. Kirkus & PW stars.
Sara Jio – The Look of Love – Penguin eBook & Blackstone audiobook read by Julia Whelan and Cassandra Campbell – Bestselling author.
Craig Johnson – Wait for Signs – Penguin eBook – Longmire series
Denis Johnson – The Laughing Monsters – Macmillan eBook and audiobook read by Scott Shepherd – National Book Award winning author.
Darynda Jones – Seventh Grave and No Body – Macmillan eBook – Charley Davidson series
Sophie Kinsella – Shopaholic to the Stars – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Clare Corbett – Bestselling series.
Robert Knott – Robert B. Parker's The Bridge – Penguin eBook – Cole & Hitch Western series
Dean Koontz – Saint Odd – Random House eBook – Odd Thomas series
Stephen Lawhead – The Fatal Tree – Thomas Nelson eBook & audiobook read by Simon Bubb – Bright Empires series
Eric Van Lustbader – The Death and Life of Nicholas Linnear – Open Road eBook – First all new Linnear book in 20 years.
Susan Mallery – Fool's Gold Series Volume 1 – HarperCollins eBook – Bestselling author.
Jodi Ellen Malpas – Denied – Hachette eBook – One Night series
George R. R. Martin & Melinda Snodgrass – Lowball – Macmillan eBook – Wild Cards series
Cormac McCarthy – Gardener's Son – HarperCollins eBook – Screenplay of award winning movie by McCarthy.
Alice Munro – Family Furnishings, Selected Stories 1995-2014 – Random House eBook – Nobel Prize winning author.
Chuck Palahniuk – Beautiful You – Random House eBook – Social satire that turns Lysistrata sideways, by the author of The Fight Club.
James Patterson – Hope to Die – Hachette eBook & Blackstone audiobook read by Michael Boatman & Scott Sower – Alex Cross series
James Patterson & Ashwin Sanghi – Private India – Hachette eBook & Blackstone audiobook read by Amerjit Deu & Raj Ghatak – Private series
James Patterson & Maxine Paetro – Private Vegas – Hachette eBook – Private series
Anne Perry – A New York Christmas – Random House eBook
Jodi Picoult – Leaving Time – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Rebecca Lowman, Abigail Revasch, Kathe Mazur & Mark Deakins
Valerie Plame – [Burned] (https://marketplace.overdrive.com/TitleDetails?crid=1b2e2add-6ade-47ee-a175-e991eb970285) – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Negin Farsad – Vanessa Pierson series
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Blue Labyrinth – Hachette eBook & Blackstone audiobook read by Rene Auberjonois – Pendergast series
Anne Rice – Prince Lestat – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Simon Vance – Vampire Lestat series
Nora Roberts – All I Want for Christmas – Penguin eBook
Nora Roberts – Home for Christmas – Penguin eBook
Nora Roberts – In from the Cold – Penguin eBook – MacGregor series
Marilynne Robinson – Lila – Macmillan eBook
Patrick Rothfuss – The Slow Regard of Silent Things – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Kingkiller Chronicles
Gena Showalter – The Darkest Touch – HarperCollins eBook – Lords of the Underworld series
Nalini Singh – Archangel's Shadows – Penguin eBook – Guild Hunter series
Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Milla Vane, Lisa Shearin – Night Shift – Penguin eBook – 4 stories by 4 top Paranormal Romance authors
Alexander McCall Smith – The Handsome Man's Deluxe CafĂ© – Random House eBook – No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
Wilbur Smith – Desert God – HarperCollins eBook & audiobook read by Mike Grady – Ancient Egyptian series
Danielle Steel – Pegasus – Random House eBook – Family chronicle set against the background of WWII.
Brad Taylor – No Fortunate Son – Penguin eBook – Pike Logan series
Nancy Thayer – An Island Christmas – Random House eBook – Christmas and a wedding on Nantucket.

 

Nonfiction

Karen Armstrong – Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the authorKirkus, Booklist, LJ and PW stars!
Robert B. Baer – The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Keith Szarabajka – History of political murder by the man whose life was the basis for the movie Syriana.
Robert Beachy – Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern IdentityRandom House eBook – History. Already at the top of Amazon's lists.
Maeve Binchy – Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Kate Binchy – Collection of columns from the Irish Times spanning five decades. Great reviews.
Rick Bragg – Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story – HarperCollins eBook – Pulitzer Prize winning Bragg spent two years with Lewis. Kirkus star.
George W. Bush – 41: A Portrait of My Father – Random House eBook – 1 million print run.
James Carroll – Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age – Penguin eBook and Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Already ranked 7 at Books on Tape.
Dick Cavett – Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks – Macmillan eBook – Foreword by Jimmy Fallon.
Deepak Chopra – The Future of God – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Ranked 5 at Books on Tape.
John Cleese – So, Anyway – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Ranked 2 at Books on Tape – Cleese on Monty Python, his life, and what makes something funny.
Kara Cooney – The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – An expert on ancient Egypt speculates on this gender bending female pharaoh and what caused her downfall.
Kirstin Downey – Isabella: The Warrior Queen – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Kimberly Farr – Gripping biography of the most important woman in European history. Kirkus star.
Bruce Feldman – The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks – Random House eBook – ESPN analyst Feldman had unparalleled access to the behind-the-scenes world of pro football, including spending significant time with Heisman winner Johnny Manziel.
Jessica & Julian Fellowes – A Year in the Life of Downton Abbey: Seasonal Celebrations, Traditions, Recipes – Macmillan eBook – Packed with photos.
Mick Fleetwood – Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography – Hachette eBook – After 46 years on the road, it's time for this.
Ina Garten – Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook – Random House eBook – Beautiful photos.
Herbie Hancock – Herbie Hancock: Possibilities – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Memoir of the legendary jazz musician.
Kathryn Harrison – Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Cassandra Campbell – Harrison examines Joan as a sexual being as well as a warrior and perhaps a schizophrenic.
Barbara Leaming – Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story – Macmillan eBook – Well known biographer looks at how post traumatic stress affected Jacqueline Kennedy's life after the death of her husband.
George R. R. Martin – The World of Ice and Fire – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Roy Dotrice & Nicholas Guy Smith – Lavishly illustrated history of the Seven Kingdoms from Game of Thrones, plus more.
Jim Gaffigan – Food: A Love Story – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – A comedian on food. Top seller at Amazon.
Atul Gawande – Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End – Macmillan eBook – Bestselling author tackles dying gracefully.
Chris Hadfield –You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station – Hachette eBook – Bestseller.
Neal Patrick Harris – Choose Your Own Autobiography – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Choose correctly and you'll have an incredible life. Skip Doogie Houser, M.D., and you may find misery, heartbreak, and a hideous death by piranhas!
John Jobling – U2: The Definitive Biography – Macmillan eBook
Boris Johnson – The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Simon Shepherd – Biography by the current mayor of London. Ranked 9 at Books on Tape.
Anne Lamott – Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Ranked 3 at Books on Tape.
Alexander Lee – The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Arthur Morey – The sublime monuments of the Renaissance were created by flawed and tormented artists who lived in an ugly world.
Hermione Lee – Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life – Random House eBook – The acclaimed biographer tackles one of the most brilliant novelists of the 20th century.
Shawn Levy – De Niro: A Life – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Mark Deakins
Mark Leibovich – Citizens of the Green Room: Profiles in Courage and Self-Delusion – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Joe Barrett – The Washington elite and wannabe elite.
Jill Lepore – The Secret History of Wonder Woman – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – By a National Book Award finalist.
Jennifer Lopez – True Love – Penguin eBook – Autobiography includes 200 photos.
Thomas Maier – When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys – Random House eBook – 14 Churchills and 15 Kennedys and how their lives intertwined.
Molly Guptill Manning – When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt eBook – When Nazis burned books, outraged American librarians sent 120 million free paperbacks to the troops, and changed history.
Al Michaels – You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television – HarperCollins eBook – By the play-by-play voice of Sunday Night Football.
Tara Mohr – Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Headed for the bestseller list.
Azar Nafisi – The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Mozhan Marno – What Reading Lolita in Tehran was for Iran, The Republic of Imagination is for America.
Mark Owen – No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL – Penguin eBook – By the bestselling author of No Easy Day.
Amanda Palmer – The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help – Hachette eBook and audiobook read by the author – By the TED Talk speaker, rock star, and crowdfunding pioneer.
Amy Poehler – Yes Please – HarperCollins eBook & audiobook read by the author – Bestseller.
David Ritz – Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin – Hachette eBook – The definitive biography.
Andrew Roberts – Napoleon: A Life – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by John Lee – Ranked 10 at Books on Tape. New information and research included by an award-winning biographer.
Fred Schruers – Billy Joel – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Kirk Thornton – Based on 100+ hours of interviews with Joel.
Barry Sears – The Mediterranean Zone: Unleash the Power of the World's Healthiest Diet for Superior Weight Loss, Health and Longevity – Random House eBook – Bestselling author.
Brooke Shields – There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me – Penguin eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Shields tells the real story of her childhood with her strong willed mother who was determined to make her a star.
Martin Short – I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend – HarperCollins eBook – Full of entertaining anecdotes.
Joanne Huist Smith – The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle
– Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – How a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love.
Richard Norton Smith – On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Paul Michael – 14 years in the making, by the acclaimed historian.
Bryan Stevenson – Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionRandom House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by the author – Stevenson has spent his life trying to free innocent people from prison. Kirkus & Booklist stars. Finalist for Kirkus Prize.
C. A. Taylor – *Inside HBO's Game of Thrones, Seasons 3 & 4* – Chronicle Books eBook – The official companion book to the series.
Chuck Todd – The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House – Hachette eBook – Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News uses his insider contacts to chart out the early years of Barack Obama's Presidency.
Nick & Kanae Vujicic – Love Without Limits: A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by David Franklin – How an Australian man born without arms, and a girl growing up in Mexico despairing of finding a man with strong character and faith, ended up together.
David Foster Wallace – The David Foster Wallace Reader – Hachette eBook and Blackstone audiobook read by various, including the author – A selection of the acclaimed writer's work.
Weight Watchers – Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook: Over 500 Delicious Recipes for the Healthy Cook's Kitchen – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt eBook
Kim Zetter – Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon – Random House eBook & Books on Tape audiobook read by Joe Ochman – The story of the virus that detroyed Iran's nuclear program. PW Star.

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Don't miss the other two carts coming soon: More November Fiction and More November Nonfiction.

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