Latest Books by Your Favorite Authors

Hot Fiction Picks

With the holiday reading (and gift-giving) season fast approaching, expect to see a landslide of novels penned by popular authors. Here are but a few you can expect to see next week.

13 1/2 by Nevada Barr

Not an Anna Pigeon mystery but a standalone thriller set in New Orleans.

Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman

Veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware expose the shadowy side of glittering Los Angeles as they investigate a gruesome death.

Once in a Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge

A touching story about sisters Lindsay and Kerri Ann who as children, were moved into the foster care system after their mother was arrested for selling drugs.

Tragic Magic by Laura Childs

Another in the scrapbooking mystery series featuring Carmela Bertrand and her French Quarter sidekick, Ava Gruiex.

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

The wizards of Unseen University in the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. The latest in the author's Discworld series.

The Professional by Robert B. Parker

More snappy dialouge and contemporary detective work from Parker fan favorite, Boston-based P.I. Spencer, whose first name remains a mystery, too.

The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans

The author's latest inspirational and well-timed holiday story about a life-changing event and the redemption that follows.

The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

Both historical fiction and a family saga, Byatt's latest spans the last decade of the Victorian age, the Edwardian period, and moves up to World War I. Oodles of characters so grab a pencil to keep track...

The Ghost King by R.A. Salvatore

The conclusion to Salvatore's bestselling Transitions trilogy finds Drizzt and his companions caught in the chaos of the Spellplague.

Gwenhwyfar by Mercedes Lackey

Gwenhwyfar bows to circumstances to become Arthur's queen--only to find herself facing temptation and treachery, intrigue and betrayal, but also love and redemption.