1. Wildwood V2, by Amy Pease (signed copies)
2. The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans
3. The First Time I Saw Him, by Laura Dave
4. Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan
5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
6. What We Can Know, by Ian McEwan
7. This Is Where the Serpent Lives, by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Boswell January 20 event)
8. The School of Night V4, by Karl Ove Knausgaard
9. Shadow Ticket, by Thomas Pynchon
10. Anatomy of an Alibi, by Ashley Elston
For those reading multi-volume Norwegian novels, there's another option besides On the Calculation of Volume. Karl Ove Knausgaard's Morning Star series, translated by Martin Aitken. The School of Night is a take on Doctor Faustus, and the English reviews on BookMarks are three raves, three positives, a mixed, and three pans. One of the raves, from Layla Sanai in the Spectator (Australia): "I put down this book only to eat and sleep. Knausgaard has produced another addictive psychological thriller – by turns exciting, entertaining and tragic."
1. The Gales of November, by John U Bacon
2. Milwaukee Flavor, by Visit Milwaukee, written by Ann Christenson
3. The Other Side of Change, by Maya Shankar
4. 1929, by Andrew Ross Sorkin
5. Bread of Angels, by Patti Smith
6. A Marriage at Sea, by Sophie Elmhirst
7. Good Things, by Samin Nosrat
8. Ginseng Roots, by Craig Thomson
9. How to Be a Rich Old Lady, by Amanda Holden
10. Strangers, by Belle Burden
We've got three January 13 debuts this week, let by The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans, by Maya Shankar, cognitive scientist. From the starred Booklist: "Following the premise of her podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, Shankar, who has had her share of life disappointments, including the end of a promising career as a violinist and the loss of an expected child, extensively interviews a cast of survivors in this heart-breaking yet affirming study." And Publishers Weekly notes: "Though not all of Shankar's insights are groundbreaking, her explanations of the cognitive science involved are lucid and memorable."
1. Heated Rivalry V1, by Rachel Reid
2. Game Changer V1, by Rachel Reid
3. The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
4. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
5. The Long Game V6, by Rachel Reid
6. When the Cranes Fly South, by Lisa Ridzén
7. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
8. Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
9. Slow Gods, by Claire North
10. The Housemaid V1, by Freida McFadden
Slow Gods, by Claire North, is the February Science Fiction Book Club selection, and since most attendees really liked January's pick, Service Model, it helps that the new book has a blurb from Adrian Tchaikovsky. And this from Kirkus: "The pseudonymous North's latest is a deeply philosophical standalone SF epic that brilliantly and subtly utilizes elements of cosmic horror to complement its metaphysical speculations." And I now learned she also writes under the names Kate Griffin and Catherine Webb. Attendance is way up at our in-store groups, but I think that's a January resolution thing.
1. Experiencing God, by Jon M Sweeney
2. Genesis, by Henry A Kissinger, Craig Mundie, Eric Schmidt
3. Healing After Loss, by Martha Hickman
4. On Our Best Behavior, by Elise Loehnen
5. Stolen Focus, by Johann Hari
6. Your Brain on Art, by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
7. How to Tell When We Will Die, by Johanna Hedva
8. The 388 Tattoos of Captain George, by Amelia Klem Osterud (Boswell January 23 event)
9. Milwaukee: A City Built on Water, by John Gurda
10. The Manuscripts Club, by Christopher de Hamel
On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good is another podcast success, this analyzing the Seven Deadly Sins and its affect on women's behavior. Elise Loehnen is the host of Pulling the Thread and the former Chief Content Officer of goop. From Kirkus: "An analysis of society's behavioral expectations for women...An engaging work that offers an opportunity for pause and reflection regarding our daily choices.
1. The Sausage Race Chase V22, by David A Kelly
2. The Rose Field V3, by Philip Pullman
3. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone, by Gideon Sterer, illustrations by Emily Hughes
4. Dragonborn, by Struan Murray
5. Beth Is Dead, by Katie Bernet
6. Lady's Knight, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
7. A Walk Through hte Woods, by Louise Greig
8. Buffalo Fluffalo, by Bess Kalb, illustrations by Erin Kraan
9. Zip Zap Wickety Wack, by Matthew Dieffee
10. A Sea Monster Conundrum V3, by Lisa Yang, illustrations by Dan Santat
Since I don't own any copyrights, I love celebrating public domain day, when books and other artistic endeavors are free for reinterpretation, which is also, by the way, long after the passing of the creators. Little Women actually entered public domain in 1924, so Beth Is Dead has been a long-time coming, a YA thriller about the March sisters. Publishers Weekly called it "an electrifying thriller," also noting that "One need not be familiar with Louisa May Alcott's work to appreciate debut author Bernet's brilliantly snappy contemporary riff on Little Women, which centers high school senior Jo March and her siblings - 15-year-old Amy and Harvard freshman Meg - as they investigate the violent murder of their 17-year-old sister Beth."
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