A Woman in Charge: Hillary
Rodham Clinton
by Carl Bernstein
Bernstein’s stunning portrait of
Hillary Rodham Clinton shows, as
nothing else has, the true trajectory
of her life and career with its zigzag
bursts of risks taken and safety
sought.
Hardcover / Knopf
New England White
by Stephen L. Carter
Two lesser characters from
Carter’s bestselling first novel
The Emperor of Ocean Park, husband
and wife Lemaster and Julia Carlyle,
take center stage in this compelling
page-turner that effortlessly blends
a gripping whodunit with complex
discussions of politics and race in
contemporary America.
Hardcover / Knopf
Peony in Love
by Lisa See
See’s haunting work, based on
actual historic events, takes readers
to 17th-century China, after the
Manchus seize power and the Ming
dynasty is crushed. Immersed in the
richness of the Chinese vision of the
afterlife, Peony in Love explores the
many manifestations of love.
Hardcover / Random House
Up Close and Dangerous
by Lisa Howard
Howard brilliantly blends action,
intrigue and emotion into a thrilling
tale that will keep readers breathless
because trust can be a weapon, a
kiss can be a threat and intimacy
can be deadly.
Hardcover / Ballantine
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven
by Fannie Flagg
Combining Southern warmth
with unabashed emotion and side-
splitting hilarity, Flagg takes readers
to Elmwood Springs, Missouri,
where the most unlikely and
surprising experiences of a high-
spirited octogenarian inspire a town
to ponder the age-old question:
Why are we here?
Paper / Ballantine
Page-Turners
Provide Great Summer
Escapes
The Right Attitude to Rain
by Alexander McCall Smith
When friends from Dallas arrive
in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel
Dalhousie to Tom Bruce, several
confounding situations unfurl at
once. Isabel is certain of the ethical
basis for a little sleuthing now and
again—especially when the problems involve matters of the heart.
Paper / Anchor
Heat
by Bill Buford
Expanding on his August 2002 New
Yorker article, Buford offers a richly
evocative chronicle of his experience
as “slave” to Mario Batali in the
small, chaotic, highest-standards
kitchen of Batali’s three-star New
York restaurant, Babbo, and of
his apprenticeships with Batali’s
former teachers.
Paper / Vintage
The Emperor’s Children
by Claire Messud
The Emperor’s Children is a richly
drawn, brilliantly observed novel
of fate and fortune in the lives of
three friends, now on the cusp of
their 30s, making their way—not—
in New York City.
Paper / Vintage
Bungalow 2
by Danielle Steel
Steel takes readers beyond the
dazzle of Hollywood in the story
of one woman’s intoxicating journey
from suburban mom to award-
winning screenwriter, and all the
joy, heartbreak and impossible
choices along the way.
Hardcover / Delacorte
