Next week is relatively light in terms of number of titles from big names.

Memoirs

Open: An Autobiography Andre Agassi Retail Price: $28.95 Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Knopf – (2009-11-09) ISBN / EAN: 0307268195 / 9780307268198

Random House Audio; 9780739358566; $32

An excerpt from Open was the cover story in last week’s People and the press has been covering his admission that he took crystal meth. Agassi will be interviewed by Katie Couric on 60 Minutes on Sunday. The book gets a strong review in the new issue of Time. Despite all the publicity, holds in libraries are light.

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Last Words: A Memoir George Carlin Retail Price: $26.99 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Free Press – (2009-11-10) ISBN / EAN: 1439172951 / 9781439172957

S&S Audio; 9781442303188; $29.99

Fiction

Holds are running heavier at most libraries for Linda Howard’s new book than they are for Stephen King’s.

Ice: A Novel Linda Howard Retail Price: $22.00 Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books – (2009-11-10) ISBN / EAN: 0345517199 / 9780345517197

Random House Audio; 9780307577610; $30
Large Print; Thorndike; 9781410420343; hdbk; $33.95

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Under the Dome: A Novel Stephen King Retail Price: $35.00 Hardcover: 1088 pages Publisher: Scribner – (2009-11-10) ISBN / EAN: 1439148503 / 9781439148501

S&S Audio; 9780743597302; $75

Gets 3.5 out of a possible 4 stars in the new issue of People, saying “although it lacks the power and strangeness of works like It and The Shining, it is till a wildly entertaining trip.”

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Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story Wally Lamb Retail Price: $19.99 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harper – (2009-11-01) ISBN / EAN: 006194100X / 9780061941009

HarperAudio; 9780061953262; $19.99
HarperLuxe; 9780061950261; pbk; $19.99

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