WAR, Sebastian Junger (May 11)
A riveting account of the 14 months Junger (The Perfect Storm) spent embedded with a platoon in one of the bloodiest, most remote pockets of Afghanistan.
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, Stieg Larsson (May 25)
The third and final installment in Larsson's Lisbeth Salander series (after The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire).
THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE, Aimee Bender (June 1)
When Rose Edelstein turns 9, she realizes she can taste emotions in food. In the lemon-chocolate birthday cake her mother has baked, for example, there is nothing but despair and sadness. A magical novel from the author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt.
THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER, Stephenie Meyer(June 5)
She's not done with Twilight...yet! This novella will chronicle some key Eclipse scenes from the point of view of fledgling vampire Bree Tanner. As Meyer explained to USA Today, ''There's only so much stuff you can tell when what Bella sees and hears is all you can tell.'' Millions of fans are waiting with bated breath.
THE PASSAGE, Justin Cronin (June 8)
Probably the most buzzed-about novel of the summer, this post-apocalyptic epic will inevitably draw comparisons to Stephen King's The Stand.
SO COLD THE RIVER, Michael Koryta (June 9)
An edgy, seat-of-your-pants thriller with a supernatural edge that's set in an immaculately restored grand old hotel in the Midwest.
1 comment:
I love this list, War sounds like something I may have to read. I really wanted to have read the first 2 books by the time Stieg Larsson's third came out but I have to finally admit it is just not going to happen, there is just too much to read!
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