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Book Sense
76 Top Ten Fall Paperback Picks
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
 Peace
Like a River
by Leif
Enger
"Told through the insightful, honest voice of an 11-year-old boy, this
novel is reminiscent of Prayer
for Owen Meany or To
Kill a Mockingbird. It offers a new take on family loyalty, the power of
prayer, true and mythological heroes, the fine line of vengeance, and simple
miracles in our daily lives." - Alaine Borgias, Village Books, Bellingham,
WA
 The
Corrections
by Jonathan
Franzen
"Rarely are novels this generous and complex. Two generations struggle
not just with their own personal dramas in the legacy of crippling family dynamics,
but also with a culture that constantly deceives them by offering false 'corrections.'
A fierce social satire wrapped in a poignant family saga." - Will Peters,
Annie Bloom's Books, Portland, OR
 Ella
Minnow Pea: A Novel In Letters
by Mark
Dunn
"A treasure of a novel. Dunn has an incredibly fascinating and clever way
of using the English language, with or without all the letters of the alphabet!
This witty satire and moving fable is a must-read for everyone who loves words...and
free speech!" - Susan Wasson, Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
 Falling
Angels
by Tracy
Chevalier
"In a rich evocation of another era, the limitations of social class and
a woman's station in early 19th Century England are called into question during
the ensuing friendship of two girls who meet by chance in a London cemetery
after Queen Victoria's death." - Meredith Slesinger, Olsson's Books,
Washington, DC
 Shooting
Dr. Jack
by Norman
Green
"A first novel and a gritty, realistic portrait of lowlife Brooklyn that
will keep you up late. These are not the Sopranos, nor even people who dream
that high, but you care about them quickly in spite of themselves. This is as
good as Motherless
Brooklyn." - Anne Whelan, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
 Ava's
Man
by Rick
Bragg
"If any part of your heart and soul live in the South, or if you like reading
about real people and their families, or if you just like writers who can tell
a story, you have to read this book. This is the story of the grandfather that
Bragg never met. You'll laugh a lot and cry a little, too, but it'll be good
for your soul." - Buster Keenan, Boulder Book Store, Boulder, CO
 Sailing
Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
by Billy
Collins
"Here again is Collins as we've come to expect him: making the ordinary
somehow beautiful, making the familiar interesting. Each poem ends in some form
of delight." - Hans Weyandt, Ruminator, St. Paul, MN
 The
Music of the Spheres
by Elizabeth
Redfern
"It's 1795 and in London, a killer stalks young redheads. This is a thriller
worthy of a place beside The
Alienist and Instance
of the Fingerpost. The characters are very real, but it is the plot, so
intricately woven, that keeps you turning the pages." - Jane Stroh,
The Bookstore, Glen Ellyn, IL
 Blue
Diary
by Alice
Hoffman
"I truly loved this book. You will think about it well after reading the
last page. It's a story of redemption and the (im)possibility of forgiveness,
and the rich imagery lures one in for a rewarding fall." - Marion Bright,
Book Soup, W. Hollywood, CA
 The
Grand Complication
by Allen
Kurzweil
"I loved the library jargon and the assembly of characters who spouted
therewith. I loved Jesson's fussy anal-neuroticism combined with his lovely
control-freak qualities. I loved each and every pun. (I was particularly fond
of 'out-of-cite-out-of-mind.') Sixty chapters in 360 pages. How cool."
- Doug Dutton, Dutton's Brentwood Books, Los Angeles, CA
  Also
Featured: In new editions and not to be missed!
One of last year’s literary sensations was the rediscovery of Alexander McCall
Smith’s ‘mysteries’ set in Africa, originally published in the U.K. and brought
here by the Columbia University Press. Discovered by independent booksellers
and then by the New York Times, we couldn’t get enough books to fill
the demand. Now, Anchor Books has just reissued the first two books in plentiful
numbers: The
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and The
Tears Of The Giraffe. Now, all of America can enjoy the deep pleasures of
the life and travails of Mma (aka Precious) Ramotswe, Botswana's one and only
lady private detective.
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