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Penguin Group (USA) Key Titles & Highlights September 2010 - December 2010 Recent New York Times Bestsellers WHAT THE WORLD IS READING September 2010 This is the first book in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.

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  1. Penguin Group (USA) Key Titles & Highlights September 2010 - December 2010

  2. Recent New York Times Bestsellers

  3. WHAT THE WORLD IS READING

  4. September 2010 • This is the first book in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler. • Clive Cussler is the author of Skeleton Coast and The Chase, among others. Berkley A-Format IE 978-0-425-23626-0 $7.99 TK pages Fiction 978-0-425-23348-1 978-0-425-23581-2

  5. September 2010 • This is the latest addition in the series about a husband-and-wife treasure hunting team. Spartan Gold was the previous book. Putnam C-Format IE 978-0-399-15693-9 $18.00 TK pages Fiction 978-0-425-23626-0 978-0-425-23582-9

  6. September 2010 • This is the sequel to the popular novel Waiting to Exhale. • Terry McMillan is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Interruption of Everything, How Stella Got her Groove Back, and Waiting to Exhale. Viking C-Format IE 978-0-670-02228-1 $18.00 400 pages Fiction 978-0-451-21745-5 978-0-451-20970-2

  7. September 2010 • This is the latest V.I. Warshawski novel from bestselling author Sara Paretsky. • Praise for Hardball, Paretsky’s latest Warshawski novel: “[E]xtraordinary…an ambitious novel layer in the grit of recent American racial history.” – Washington Post Putnam C-Format IE 978-0-399-15694-6 $18.00 TK pages Fiction 978-0-451-23099-7 978-0-451-22445-3

  8. September 2010 • Jed Rubenfeld is the author of The Interpretation of Murder, which was a #1 bestseller in the UK. • This is the follow-up to The Interpretation of Murder and takes place 10 years later. Riverhead C-Format IE 978-1-59448-778-1 $18.00 TK pages Fiction

  9. September 2010 • This is book three in the Dreamlight Trilogy. • Jayne Castle is the pseudonym for author Jayne Ann Krentz, the author of more than fifty New York Times bestsellers. Jove A-Fomrat 978-0-515-14836-7 $7.99 320 pages Fiction 978-0-515-14689-9 978-0-399-15596-3

  10. September 2010 • TK • Terry Goodkind is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Jove Premium Format 978-0-515-14748-3 $9.99 576 pages Fiction

  11. September 2010 • Robert B. Parker is the author of over fifty books, including Night and Day, Brimstone, and Split Image. Berkley Premium Format 978-0-425-23630-7 $9.99 352 pages Fiction 978-0-425-23299-6 978-0-425-23461-7

  12. September 2010 • This is the latest Stone Barrington Novel from Stuart Woods. • Stuart Woods is the author of Mounting Fears and Hothouse Orchid, among others. Signet Premium Format 978-0-451-229632 $9.99 400 pages Fiction 978-0-451-22775-1 978-0-451-22951-9

  13. September 2010 • Nick Hornby is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slam, A Long Way Down, and About A Boy among others. Riverhead B-Format 978-1-59448-477-3 $15.00 416 pages Fiction 978-1-59448-345-5 978-1-59448-193-2

  14. September 2010 Miral (movie tie-in) • A film adaptation of Miral is currently in production with Julian Schnabel set to release in late 2010. Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11619-6 $15.00 256 pages Fiction

  15. September 2010 **NO EUROPE** • Francois Lelord studied medicine and psychology. This is his first novel. • Hector and the Search for Happiness is a huge success in France and a million-copy bestseller in Germany. Rights have been sold in over 20 countries. Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11839-8 $14.00 176 pages Fiction

  16. September 2010 **NO EUROPE** • Praise for Donna Leon and her Commissario Brunetti series: “Leon’s books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters.” –The New York Times Book Review Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11758-2 $14.00 320 pages Mystery 978-0-143-11659-2 978-0-143-11561-8

  17. September 2010 • Penelope Lively is an award-winning novelist and author of children’s literature. She received the Booker Prize for her novel Moon Tiger. • “Family Album is compellingly readable, and often funny – the work of a novelist whose literary talents are of the highest order.” – Washington Times Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11787-2 $15.00 240 pages Fiction 978-0-143-11343-0 978-0-143-03784-2

  18. September 2010 • This is the fifth adventure from Arturo Pérez-Reverte in the Captain Alatriste series. • Arturo Pérez Reverte is the internationally acclaimed author of The King’s Gold and The Sun Over Breda, among others. Plume B-Format 978-0-452-29650-3 $15.00 384 pages Fiction 978-0-452-29542-1 978-0-452-28974-1

  19. September 2010 • Praise for John Shors and his novels: “An immense talent.” – Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club • John Shors is the author of Dragon House, Beside a Burning Sea, and Beneath a Marble Sky. NAL B-Format 978-0-451-23113-0 $15.00 384 pages Fiction 978-0-451-22785-0 978-0-451-22492-7

  20. September 2010 • William Trevor is the author of The Story of Lucy Gault and Cheating at Canasta, among others. • Praise for Love and Summer : “An archetypal Irish love story and a perfect novel – sweet, desperate, sad, unforgettable.” – Kirkus (starred review) Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11788-9 $15.00 224 pages Fiction 978-0-143-11406-2 978-0-143-03591-6

  21. September 2010 • This is the latest Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. • The Dark series continues to be Feehan’s most popular series. Berkley Hardcover 978-0-425-23659-8 $25.95 TK pages Fiction 978-0-515-14699-8 978-0-515-14790-2

  22. September 2010 • This is a definitive new translation of one of the greatest novels of all time. • Madame Bovary was hugely successful when it was first published in 1857, and still lives on as a classic today. • Lydia Davis is a National Book Award finalist and the author of one novel and seven story collections. This is her first translation in nearly a decade. Viking Hardcover 978-0-670-02207-6 $27.95 368 pages Fiction

  23. September 2010 • William Gibson is the author of Spook Country was a New York Times bestseller peaking at #6. • This book features some of the characters who appeared in Spook Country and Pattern Recognition. Putnam Hardcover 978-0-399-15682-3 $26.95 TK pages Fiction 978-0-425-22671-1 978-0-425-19868-1

  24. September 2010 • This is the latest Spenser novel from Robert B. Parker. • Robert B. Parker is the New York Times bestselling author of over 20 novels including The Professional and Rough Weather. Putnam Hardcover 978-0-399-15685-4 $26.95 304 pages Fiction 978-0-399-15594-9 978-0-425-23017-6

  25. September 2010 • John Sandford is the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Prey and Rough Country, among others. • This is the latest Virgil Flowers novel from John Sandford. Putnam Hardcover 978-0-399-15690-8 $27.95 400 pages Fiction 978-0-425-23533-1

  26. September 2010 • Dust is a new book about zombies that captures a more thoughtful side to the creatures. • Joan Frances Turner is at work on her next book following the human survivors of the zombie plague. ACE Hardcover 978-0-441-01928-1 $24.95 384 pages Fiction

  27. September 2010 • Ingrid Betencourt was born in Bogota, Colombia in 1961. For more than six and a half years, the FARC held Betancourt hostage in the Colombian jungle She was rescued in July 2008. • “When you are subject to extreme cruelty and violence, you are confronted with a choice: you can allow your inner beast to take control of you, or you can seek love and humility instead.” – Ingrid Betencourt The Penguin Press C-Format IE 978-1-59420-275-9 $18.00 288 pages Biography

  28. September 2010 • David Byrne is a musician, visual artist, and filmmaker. He is a co-founder of the musical group Talking Heads. • Byrne was recently commissioned by the New York City Department of Transportation to design new bicycle racks for the city which were installed in the summer of 2009. Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11796-4 $16.00 288 pages Memoir

  29. September 2010 • This is a tale of modern warfare from a young man who formed a reading club with his fellow Junior Officers. • Patrick Hennessey joined the army in January 2004. On operational tours to Iraq in 2006 and Afghanistan in 2007, he became the army’s youngest captain. Riverhead B-Format 978-1-59448-479-7 $16.00 320 pages Memoir

  30. September 2010 • Derek Lin is a Taoist master and the author of The Tao of Daily Life. • The Tao of Daily Life was a bestseller and there are now 13,000 copies in-print after four printings. Tarcher B-Format 978-1-58542-815-1 $15.95 TK pages Spirituality 978-1-58542-583-9

  31. September 2010 • Peter Matthiessen is the acclaimed author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. His book The Snow Leopard won the National Book Award. • Includes an introduction by Jane Goodall • This title was originally published in 1972. Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-10624-1 $17.00 464 pages Nature

  32. September 2010 • Nicholas Meyer is an author, screenwriter, and director. • “Many in the industry might benefit from the sage…approach to filmmaking revealed in [this] memoir… ‘Trek’ devotees will savor Meyer’s behind-the-scenes chronicle of the first three films…” - Post and Courier Plume B-Format 978-0-452-29653-4 $16.00 272 pages Film

  33. September 2010 • Sue Monk Kidd is the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair. • Praise for Traveling with Pomegranates : “A probing literary collaboration…theirs is a moving journey.” – Publishers Weekly Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11797-1 $15.00 304 pages Memoir 978-0-143-11455-0 978-0-143-03669-2

  34. September 2010 • What French Women Know was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. • Debra Ollivier has lived on and off in France for decades. She was a frequent contributor to Salon and Le Monde. Berkley B-Format 978-0-425-23648-2 $15.00 TK pages Nonfiction

  35. September 2010 • David Ploufee is the campaign manager who ran the organization responsible for getting Barack Obama elected president. He is generally considered to have run the “perfect” campaign. • The Audacity to Win was a #6 New York Times bestseller in hardcover Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11808-4 $16.00 400 pages Category

  36. September 2010 • In Mess, Keri Smith shows readers how to abandon control, screw up, and make mess-terpieces. • Keri Smith is the author of This Is Not A Book and Wreck This Journal, among others. Perigee B-Format 978-0-399-53600-7 $13.95 192 pages Creativity 978-0-399-53521-5 978-0-399-53346-4

  37. September 2010 • Andrew Ross Sorkin is The New York Times’s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter and a columnist. • Praise for Too Big To Fail : “Too Big To Fail is too good to put down…Told brilliantly.” – Economist • “The detail is comprehensive and chilling…” - Time Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11824-4 $18.00 624 pages Business

  38. September 2010 Becoming a Woman of Destiny • Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook – “Dr. Sujay” – is one of the most distinguished pastors in the nation. She was the first black woman to serve as President of the 10,000 member Hampton University Ministers’ Conference. • Dr. Sujay has been described by The New York Times as “Billy Graham and Oprah rolled into one.” Tarcher Hardcover 978-1-58542-810-6 $22.95 256 pages Self-Help

  39. September 2010 The Secret History of MI6 • No spy agency has thrown its archives open to an outside researcher before, and the result is an unprecedented look at the roots of modern espionage. • Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen’s University, Belfast. The Penguin Press Hardcover 978-1-59420-274-2 $35.00 512 pages History

  40. September 2010 • Koren Zailckas is the author of the New York Times bestseller Smashed. • Smashed spend 20 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. • Praise for Smashed : “A mortifyingly credible story.” – Janet Maslin, The New York Times Viking Hardcover 978-0-670-02230-4 $25.95 320 pages Memoir 978-0-143-03647-0

  41. October 2010 • This is the latest Carpathian novel from Christine Feehan. • Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jove A-Format 978-0-515-14843-5 $7.99 512 pages Fiction 978-0-515-14790-2 978-0-515-14824-4

  42. October 2010 • This is the third installment in the Bride Quartet by New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. • Nora Roberts is the author of Vision in White and Bed of Roses, among others. Jove A-Format IE 978-0-515-14886-2 $7.99 352 pages Fiction 978-0-425-22751-0 978-0-425-23007-7

  43. October 2010 • Kate Bernheimer is the founder and editor of the literary journal Fairy Tale Review. • Authors in this collection include: John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates, and Michael Cunningham. The foreword is written by Gregory Maguire, the bestselling author of Wicked. Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11784-1 $17.00 352 pages Fiction

  44. October 2010 • Ake Edwardson has won three Swedish Academy of Crime Writers awards. His ten Erik Winter novels have been translated into more than twenty languages. • This is the second book in the Erik Winter series. • Praise for Frozen Tracks: “Piercing attention, anxiety wound tight – Edwardson is a master at this.” – Houston Chronicle Penguin B-Format 978-0-143- $15.00 304 pages Fiction 978-0-143-11358-4 978-0-143-11609-7

  45. October 2010 • Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon are the illustrator/author of The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. • “Riveting [an] incredible story in all its gory and gruesome detail.” – Stan Lee, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics Plume B-Format 978-0-452-29657-2 $16.00 128 pages Fiction

  46. October 2010 • Garrison Keillor is the host of the radio show A Prairie Home Companion. He is the author of Liberty and Pontoon, among others. • “Laugh filled…An engaging, moving look at the true, daily heroics: people struggling to go ahead and love those they’re thrown in with…” –Steve Amick, Washington Post Penguin B-Format 978-0-143-11785-8 $15.00 304 pages Fiction 978-0-143-11611-0 978-0-143-11410-9

  47. October 2010 • The Rhetoric of Death is Judith Rock’s first novel. • “Amazing…Ms. Rock takes you back to fascinating and dangerous 17th century Paris so well that I suspect her of being a time-traveler who’s been there.” – Arianna Franklin, bestselling author of Mistress of the Art of Death Berkley B-Format 978-0-425-23664-2 $15.00 368 pages Fiction

  48. October 2010 • “Stoker gives us the most remarkable scenes of horror…Each is unforgettable, and no movie has quite done justice to any of them.” – Stephen King • Bram Stoker was born in Dublin in 1847. Dracula, his most famous work, was published in 1897. NAL B-Format 978-0-451-22868-0 $10.00 400pages Fiction

  49. October 2010 • John le Carre is the pseudonym for David Cornwell. He is the author of 21 novels including The Constant Gardener, which was made into a major motion picture. Viking Hardcover 978-0-670-02224-3 $27.95 304 pages Fiction

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