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At this year’s Bookexpo, one of the educational programs featured librarian Nancy Pearl. The program was entitled “Nancy Pearl’s Lust for Publishers’ Lists: A Focus on Forthcoming Books for Librarians” and featured representatives from four publishing houses talking briefly about books coming out this year (and next) that they are excited about. Nancy Pearl moderated the conversation. Here are their lists:

Marcy Purcell, Random House
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Away by Amy Bloom
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol
The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson
The War – An Intimate History by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns
Be The Pack Leader by Cesar Millan
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Rachael Ray – Just in Time

Nora Rawlinson, Hachette Book Group
Dewey ReadMore Books (memoir about Iowa library cat)
Snog by Rachel Hale
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup
Trail of Crumbs by Kim Sunee
Poet’s Corner by John Lithgow
Winterbirth by Brian Buckley
Electric Church by Jeff Buckley
Black Ships by Joe Graham

Talia Ross – Holtzbrinck
Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins
Power Play by Joseph Finder
Pandora’s Daughter by Iris Johansen
The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perotta
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner
Starburst by Robin Pilcher
Just Say Nu by Michael Wex
Twelve Mighty Orphans by Jim Dent
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
Downrive by John Hart
Night Work by Steve Hamilton
Three Sisters by James D. Ross
Hidden Moon by James Church
Person of Interest by Theresa Schwegel
Second Shot by Zoe Sharp
My Lady Judge by Cora Harrison
Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel (teen fiction)
Invasive Procedures by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
2012 by Whitley Streiber
The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg
Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System
The Wall by Peter Sis (Graphic nonfiction)
Ronald Reagan – A Graphic Biograph (Graphic nonfiction)
The Race – Richard North Patterson
The Terror Dream – Susan Faludi

Virginia Stanley – HarperCollins - Virginia also extended an invitation to librarians to attend Harper Collins’ *Fall 2007 Adult Title Presentation* at ALA Annual Conference. This event will take place on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the Washington Convention Center. If you are interested in attending (seating is limited) RSVP to Joanna Spikol (joanna dot spikol at harpercollins dot com) include RSVP Title Presentation in the subject.
Virginia Stanley’s list:
Run by Ann Patchett
Soul Catcher by Michael C. White
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
The President’s Table by Barry Landau
Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis
Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell
The Sound of Butterflies by Rachael King
One Day the Soldiers Came by Charles London
Loving Natalee by Beth Holloway
Blessed Assurance by Lyn Cote
The House on First Street by Julia Reed
I’ll Fly Away by Wally Lamb
Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda
The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik
Last Call by James Grippando
Coming in Winter 2008
Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary by Susan Morrison
Memo to the President-Elect by Madeleine Albright
Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey
Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline
Notorious by Michelle Martinez
Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
Who You Know by Laura Lippman
Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts

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