The West Coast has weighed in; the LA Times’ Carolyn Kellogg and the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Book Review editor, John McMurtrie, each released their previews of the fall season.
A few titles came to light that we’ve added to our Big Fall Fiction, Adult — Spreadsheet:
Joyce Carol Oates’ 57th novel!
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| Retail Price: |
$25.99 |
| Hardcover: |
448 pages |
| Publisher: |
Ecco – (2009-09-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0061829838 / 9780061829833 |
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The NYT columnist on the women’s movement:
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| Retail Price: |
$27.99 |
| Hardcover: |
480 pages |
| Publisher: |
Little, Brown and Company – (2009-10-14) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0316059544 / 9780316059541 |
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A new collection of short stories by Alice Munro:
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| Retail Price: |
$25.95 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
Knopf – (2009-11-17) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0307269760 / 9780307269768 |
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Carlin nearly finished this book when he died, making the title particularly apt:
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| Retail Price: |
$26.99 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
Free Press – (2009-11-10) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
1439172951 / 9781439172957 |
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A collection of early unpublished short stories by another recently departed great:
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| Retail Price: |
$27.00 |
| Hardcover: |
272 pages |
| Publisher: |
Delacorte Press – (2009-10-20) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
038534371X / 9780385343718 |
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Each list also includes titles with strong local appeal or, perhaps, strong appeal to each particular editor (we did not include them on the spreadsheet), for example:
The San Francisco Chronicle dug deep into the lists to come up with several unique choices, including this graphic tribute to Johnny Cash:
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| Retail Price: |
$17.95 |
| Paperback: |
224 pages |
| Publisher: |
Abrams ComicArts – (2009-10-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0810984636 / 9780810984639 |
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The L.A. Times picks this oral history of the Simpsons. Appropriately, it will also be available as an audiobook:
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| Retail Price: |
$27.00 |
| Hardcover: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
Faber & Faber – (2009-10-13) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0865479887 / 9780865479883 |
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Audio from Tantor:
- 10 Audio CDs (Retail Pkg); ISBN: 9781400114481; $34.99
- 10 Audio CDs (Library Binder Pkg); ISBN: 9781400144488; $69.99
- Mp3-CD (Retail Pkg); ISBN: 9781400164486; $24.99
The L.A. Times also selects a new history of American Lit:
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| Retail Price: |
$49.95 |
| Hardcover: |
1128 pages |
| Publisher: |
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press – (2009-09-23) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0674035941 / 9780674035942 |
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