Various 76 Updates

By Carl Lennertz

Dear Booksellers,

1) Sorry to come a nudgin' so soon after the holiday madness, but mid-to-late January and February hold deadlines for recommendations for several new 76s:

January 17 -- for a History 76 top ten (as part of a promotion with the History Channel!), and a possible Teen Readers 76 top ten

January 24 -- the March/April 76

February 7 -- a Poetry Month 76 top ten, plus a Mystery top ten and SF/Fantasy top ten

2) The Reading Group 76 for 2003 - 2004 is taking a LONG time to edit and categorize. Apologies! I hope it will be to you by March.

3) A lot of January/February 76 picks came out in late December with January pub months; so, here's a heads up on 76 picks that might still be in the back room, awaiting a nice spot on your 76 display tables:

From the Top Ten:

• THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA, by Susan Vreeland (Penguin, $13 paper, 0142001821)
  
• COAL: A Human History, by Barbara Freese (Perseus, $25, 0738204005)
  
• SAMARITAN, by Richard Price (Knopf, $25, 0375411151; Jan. Also a Random House Audio CD (0739302175)
  
• OLD FLAMES, by John Lawton (Atlantic, $24, 0871138646)
  
• HAIL TO THE CHIEFS: Presidential Mischief, Morals & Malarkey From George W. to George W., by Barbara Holland (Permanent Press, $28, 1579620817)
  
• FOREVER: A Novel, by Pete Hamill (Little, Brown, $25.95, 0316341118) Also an S&S Audio (0743509153)
  
• ONE STEP BEHIND, by Henning Mankell (Vintage Black Lizard, $13, 1400031516; Jan. 14)
  

From the featured novelist area:

• Bernard Cornwell -- VAGABOND (HarperCollins, $25.95, 0066210801)
  
• Carol Goodman -- THE SEDUCTION OF WATER (Ballantine, $23.95, 0345450906) and THE LAKE OF DEAD LANGUAGES (Ballantine, $13.95 paper, 0345450892)
  
• Kathy Hepinstall -- PRINCE OF LOST PLACES (Putnam, $23.95, 0399149368)
  
• Anne Ursu -- THE DISAPPARATION OF JAMES (Theia/Hyperion, $23.95, 0786867795) and SPILLING CLARENCE (Theia/Hyperion, $12.95 paper, 0786886625)
  
• Robert Wilson -- THE BLIND MAN OF SEVILLE (Harcourt, $25, 0151008353) and THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (Harvest, $14 paper, 0156027100)
  

More Outstanding New Fiction in Hardcover

• BEHINDLINGS, by Nicola Barker (Ecco, $27.95, 0060185694)
  
• A BOX OF MATCHES, by Nicholson Baker (Random House, $19.95, 0375502874)
  
• DANCER, by Colum McCann (Metropolitan, $26, 0805067922; Jan. 6)
  
• GILLIGAN'S WAKE, by Tom Carson (Picador, $25, 031229123X)
  
• HIS MOTHER'S SON, by Cai Emmons (Harcourt, $25, 0151007349)
  
• MR. LINCOLN'S WARS, A Novel in Thirteen Stories, by Adam Braver (Morrow, $23.95, 006008118X; Jan. 7)
  
• OFFICER FRIENDLY AND OTHER STORIES, by Lewis Robinson (HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060513683; Jan.7)
  
• THE SEDUCTION OF SILENCE, by Bem Le Hunte (HarperSanFrancisco, $25.95, 006052197X; Jan. 7)
  
• SNOW, by Maxence Fermine; translated by Chris Mulhern (Atria/S&S, $15, 074345684X)
  

New Fiction in Paperback

• THE ASH GARDEN, by Dennis Bock (Vintage, $13, 0375727493; Jan. 7)
  
• BAGGAGE, by Emily Barr (Plume, $13, 0452283825)
  
• BIG STONE GAP, by Adriana Trigiani (Fawcett, $7.50, 0345459202)
  
• CAPTAIN SATURDAY, by Robert Inman (Back Bay, $13.95, 0316089737)
  
• FAIR WARNING, by Robert Olen Butler (Grove, $12, 0802139566)
  
• GOULD'S BOOK OF FISH: A Novel in Twelve Fish, by Richard Flanagan (Grove, $14, 0802139590)
  
• THE LOVE OF STONES, by Tobias Hill (Picador, $14, 0312311311)
  
• ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET, by Sebastian Faulks (Vintage, $14, 0375704566; Jan. 7)
  
• THE SIEGE, by Helen Dunmore (Grove, $13, 0802139582)
  

Memoir and History

• DEATH AT THE PRIORY: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England, by James Ruddick (Grove, $13 paper, 0802139744)
  
• THE DEVIL THAT DANCED ON THE WATER: A Daughter's Quest, by Aminatta Forna (Atlantic, $25, 0871138654)
  
• THE FROZEN WATER TRADE: A True Story, by Gavin Weightman (Hyperion, $23.95, 078686740X)
  
• THE WOMAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK: Why I Refused to Testify Against the Clintons & What I Learned in Jail, by Susan McDougal (Carroll & Graf, $25, 0786711280)
  

SF/Fantasy

• FOOL'S ERRAND: The Tawny Man, Book 1, by Robin Hobb (Bantam Spectra, $6.99 paper, 0553582445)
  
• KILN PEOPLE, by David Brin (Tor, $7.99 paper, 0765342618; Jan. 7)
  
• THE MAQUISARDE, by Louise Marley (Ace, $23.95, 044100976X)
  

Thanks for all you do!

Carl
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