USA autunno 2010: i libri più attesi

USA – I libri più attesi in uscita quest’autunno:

Ken Follett Fall of Giants (28 settembre)

Philip Roth Nemesis (5 ottobre)

Bruce Machart The Wake of Forgiveness (21 ottobre)

Nicole Krauss Great House (12 ottobre)

Salman Rushdie Luka and the Fire of Life (16 novembre)

Fonte: The Wall Street Journal – SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Political Conspiracy: five best

I 5 migliori libri di spionaggio e cospirazione scelti da Joseph Finder.

Finder, membro dell’Association of Former Intelligence Officers, è autore di nove romanzi, tra i quali “Paranoia” e “High Crimes“.
Il suo thriller “Vanished” è appena stato pubblicato da St. Martin’s Press.

“It Can’t Happen Here” By Sinclair Lewis (Signet Classics, 1935)

“The Ministry of Fear“By Graham Greene (Viking, 1943)

“Libra” By Don DeLillo (Viking, 1988)

“Advise and Consent” By Allen Drury (Doubleday, 1959)

“The Matarese Circle” By Robert Ludlum (Bantam, 1979)

Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Online (AUGUST 29, 2009)

Autunno 2009: le novità

Dal sito del Wall Street Journal le principali novità in libreria a partire dai prossimi giorni.

Anthologist, Nicholson Baker (8 settembre, Simon & Schuster)

The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown (15 settembre, Doubleday Books)

The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood  (22 settembre, Bloomsbury)

Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro (22 settembre, Knopf)

Generosity: An Enhancement, Richard Powers (29 settembre, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

The Wild Things, Dave Eggers (1 ottobre, Penguin)

Chronic City, Jonathan Lethem (13 ottobre, Doubleday)

The Museum of Innocence, Orhan Pamuk (20 ottobre, Faber and Faber)

Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving (27 ottobre, Bloomsbury)

The Humbling, Philip Roth (2 novembre, Vintage)

The Original of Laura,  Vladimir Nabokov (17 novembre, Penguin)

Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Online, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009,

I libri per l’estate

Dal sito del Wall Street Journal i libri per l’estate!

“The Girl Who Played with Fire” Stieg Larsson

“South of Broad” Pat Conroy

“The Secret Speech“  Tom Rob Smith

“The Angel’s Game” Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“My Father’s Tears” John Updike

“Ravens” George Dawes Green

“Let the Great World Spin” Colum McCann

“Do Not Deny Me” Jean Thompson

“A Happy Marriage” Rafael Yglesias

“Fragment” Warren Fahy

“Border Songs” Jim Lynch

“It’s Beginning to Hurt” James Lasdun

“That Old Cape Magic” Richard Russo

“Heroic Measures“  Jill Ciment

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“The Food of a Younger Land” Mark Kurlansky

“American Heroes” Edmund S. Morgan

“Young Woman and the Sea” Glenn Stout

“The Snakehead” Patrick Radden Keefe

“The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe” J.Randy Taraborrelli
Fonte: The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2009

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Spy Story: Five Best

Dal sito del Wall Street Journal il romanziere Alan Furst segnala i 5 migliori romanzi di spionaggio:

1. “Our Man in Havana” By Graham Greene (Viking, 1958)

2. “The Miernik Dossier” By Charles McCarry (Saturday Review Press, 1973)

3. “The Levanter” By Eric Ambler (Atheneum, 1972)

4. “The Honourable Schoolboy” By John le Carré (Knopf, 1977)

5. “Moura” By Nina Berberova (New York Review Books, 2005)

Tra i romanzi di Alan Furst segnaliamo “The Polish Officer” (1995) “Dark Voyage” (2004), “The Foreign Correspondent” e “The Spies of Warsaw” (2008).

Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Online, JUNE 13, 2009

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Best-sellers Books (WSJ) 26 aprile – 2 maggio 2009

La lista dei libri più venduti in U.S.A.  Settimana dal 26 aprile al 2 maggio 2009.

FICTION

1. “8th Confession” James Patterson (Arrow)

2. “Eclipse” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

3. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

4. “Lover Avenged“ J R Ward (Signet Book)

5. “First Family” David Baldacci (Hachette)

6. “Summer on Blossom Street” Debbie Macomber (Harlequin Mills & Boon)

7. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw” Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

8. “Tea Time for the Traditionally Built“ Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon Books)

9. “Warriors: Sunrise” Erin Hunter (HarperCollins)

10. “Twilight” Stephenie Meyer (Thorndike Press)

NONFICTION

1. “Liberty and Tyranny” Mark R Levin (Threshold Editions)

2. “ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” Steve Harvey (Amistad)

3. “Outliers The Story of Success” Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown)

4. “The Girls from Ames” Jeffrey Zaslow (Gotham)

5. “Always Looking Up” Michael J Fox (Hyperion)

6. “Master Your Metabolism” Jillian Michaels, Mariska Van Aalst (Crown)

7. “Columbine” Dave Cullen (Twelve)

8. “The Last Lecture“ Jeffrey Zaslo, Randy Pausch (Hodder)

9. “Strengthsfinder 2.0” Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

10. “The End of Overeating” David Kessler (Rodale)

Fonte: Wall Street Journal Online May 8, 2009

La lista pubblicata dal Wall Street Journal rappresenta le vendite nazionali di libri durante la settimana dal 26 aprile al 2 maggio 2009 nelle oltre 2.500 librerie Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co, Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano’s, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners e Waldenbooks oltre alle vendite online di Amazon.com e barnesandnoble.com

Best-sellers Books (WSJ) 29 marzo – 4 aprile 2009

La lista dei libri più venduti in U.S.A. Settimana dal 29 marzo al 4 aprile 2009.

FICTION

1. “Eclipse” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

2. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

3. “Long Lost” Harlan Coben (Dutton Books)

4. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw” Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

5. “Max” James Patterson (Little Brown)

6. “Diary of a Wimpy Rodrick Rules” Jeff Kinney (Penguin)

7. “New Moon” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

8. “The Host” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

9. “City of Glass” Cassandra Clare (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

10. “Hunted” P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (Little Brown)

NONFICTION

1. “Liberty and Tyranny” Mark R Levin (Threshold Editions)

2. “ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” Steve Harvey (Amistad)

3. “Always Looking Up” Michael J Fox (Hyperion)

4. “Outliers The Story of Success” Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown)

5. “Twilight: Director’s Notebook” Catherine Hardwicke (Little Brown)

6. “Strengthsfinder 2.0” Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

7. “House of Cards” William D. Cohan (Penguin)

8. “Martha Stewart’s Easy Dinners” Martha Stewart (Potter Publishers)

9. “The Yankee Years” Joe Torre, Tom Verducci (Random House)

10. “Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion

Fonte: Wall Street April 9, 2009

La lista pubblicata dal Wall Street Journal rappresenta le vendite nazionali di libri durante la settimana dal 29 marzo al 4 aprile nelle oltre 2.500 librerie Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co, Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano’s, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners e Waldenbooks oltre alle vendite online di Amazon.com e barnesandnoble.com

Best-sellers Books (WSJ) 15-21 marzo 2009

La lista dei libri più venduti in U.S.A. Settimana dal 15 al 21 marzo 2009.

FICTION

1. “Max” James Patterson (Little Brown)

2. “Eclipse” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

3. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

4. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw” Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

5. “Hunted” P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (Little Brown)

6. “Handle with Care” Jodi Picoult ( Hodder)

7. “Corsair” Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul (Penguin)

8. “The Associate“  John Grisham (Random House)

9. “The Host” Stephenie Meyer, (Little Brown)

10. “Diary of a Wimpy Rodrick Rules” Jeff Kinney (Penguin)

NONFICTION

1. “ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” Steve Harvey (Amistad)

2. “Twilight: Director’s Notebook” Catherine Hardwicke (Little Brown)

3. “Outliers The Story of Success” Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown)

4. “Players Handbook” (Wizards of the Coast)

5. “House of Cards” William D. Cohan (Penguin)

6. “Strengthsfinder 2.0” Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

7. “A Lion Called Christian” Anthony Bourke, John Rendall (Transworld Publishers)

8. “The Yankee Years” Joe Torre, Tom Verducci (Random House)

9. “Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)

10. “The Lost City of Z” David Grann (Simon & Schuster)

Fonte: Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2009

La lista pubblicata dal Wall Street Journal rappresenta le vendite nazionali di libri durante la settimana dal 14 al 21 marzo 2009 nelle oltre 2.500 librerie Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co, Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano’s, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners e Waldenbooks oltre alle vendite online di Amazon.com e barnesandnoble.com

Best-sellers Books (WSJ) 1-7 marzo 2009

La lista dei libri più venduti in U.S.A. Settimana dall’1 all’7 marzo 2009.

FICTION

1. “Handle with Care” M.J. Rose (Atria)

2. “Eclipse” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

3. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw” Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

4. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

5. “The Sword Thief” Peter Lerangis ( Scholastic)

6. “The Associate“  John Grisham (Random House)

7. “Promises in Death” J.D. Robb (Piatkus Books)

8. “Diary of a Wimpy Rodrick Rules” Jeff Kinney (Penguin)

9. “Run for Your Life” James Patterson (Little Brown)

10. “The Host” Stephenie Meyer, (Little Brown)

NONFICTION

1. “ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” Steve Harvey (Amistad)

2. “Outliers The Story of Success” Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown)

3. “The Yankee Years” Joe Torre, Tom Verducci (Random House)

4. “The Power of Soul” Zhi Gang Sha (Simon & Schuster)

5. “The Sandler Rules” David Mattson (Pegasus)

6. “Strengthsfinder 2.0” Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

7. “Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)

8. “Out of Captivity” Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Marc Gonsalves, Gary Brozek ( HarperCollins)

9.”The Secret” Rhonda Byrne (Atria)

10. “Miles to Go” Miley Cyrus (Hyperion)

Fonte: Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2009

La lista pubblicata dal Wall Street Journal rappresenta le vendite nazionali di libri durante la settimana dall’1 al 7 marzo 2009 nelle oltre 2.500 librerie Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co, Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano’s, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners e Waldenbooks oltre alle vendite online di Amazon.com e barnesandnoble.com

Novità febbraio-marzo 2009

Dal sito del Wall Street Journal tre nuovi romanzi di scrittori esordienti in uscita in questi giorni:

Kathryn Stockett, “The Help” February 10, 2009.

Philipp Meyer, “American Rust” February 24, 2009.

Robert Goolrick, “A Reliable Wife” March 31, 2009.

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Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Online, February 12, 2009