New York Times Bestseller List – November 15th

The New York Times Bestseller List
November 15, 2009
Hardcover Fiction

FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. Stories set in rural Mississippi.
THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb.  Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a colleague’s daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan [...]

New York Times Bestsellers – November 1st

The New York Times Bestseller List
November 1, 2009
Hardcover Fiction

THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta’s life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.
PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp [...]

Bookworms Carnival: A Great List of Africa Book Recommendations

Better late than never right?  Welcome to the Bookworms Carnival where today you will get a great list of recommendations of picture books, middle grade fiction, young adult and adult fiction and non-fiction books that are set in Africa or have an Africa theme.
I love to read literature set in Africa, so it’s  my hope [...]

New York Times Bestsellers – October 18th

The New York Times Bestseller List
October 18, 2009
Hardcover Fiction

THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
A TOUCH OF DEAD, by Charlaine Harris. The complete Sookie Stackhouse stories.
THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.  A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
THE PROFESSIONAL, by Robert B. Parker. Rich women are turning up [...]

2009 National Book Award Finalists Announced

The National Book Award finalists were announced today.
Fiction

Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)
Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin (Random House)
Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (W. W. Norton & Co.)
Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite (Alfred A. Knopf)
Marcel Theroux, Far North (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Non-Fiction

David M. Carroll, Following the Water: [...]