From last week's Book Sense bestseller lists, available at booksense.com, here are the recommended titles, which are also Book Sense Picks:
Paperback
Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead: Stories by Alan DeNiro (Small Beer Press, $16, 1931520178). "This is a great debut collection of loopy, off-the-wall, and still-somehow-packing-emotional-weight stories; DeNiro can weld words into some mighty strange configurations."--Caleb Wilson, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Nashville, Tenn.
Hardcover
Second Burial for a Black Prince by Andrew Nugent (St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95, 0312327617). "In Dublin's close-knit Little Africa, 23-year-old Jude, a Nigerian of the Igbo tribe, has recently arrived to join his older brother, Shadrack. When Shadrack is murdered in a particularly brutal way the police are left with no leads. Nugent, who was formerly a missionary in Africa, brings the inhabitants of Little Africa to life in this highly recommended mystery."--Karen Spengler, I Love A Mystery, Mission, Kan.
Microthrills by Wendy Spero (Hudson Street, $21.95, 1594630194). "Spero is a stand-up comic, and a former knife salesman. (There's a picture in her new memoir to prove it.) She is also an absolutely hilarious 30-something woman who cares nothing about her calorie intake, just her collection of stuffed animals."--Melissa Lion, Diesel, A Bookstore, Oakland, Calif.
For ages 9 to 12
The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood by Barb Bentler Ullman (Katherine Tegen, $15.99, 0060736143). "This gentle, charming tale of Willa and her mom trying to put their lives back together after divorce is surprising and fresh. Neighbor Hazel Wicket shares her stories about the Nutfolk, her pies, and the ability to believe! Realistic fiction with the kind of fantasy that makes readers want to believe, too."--Margaret Brennan Neville, The King's English, Salt Lake City, Utah
[Many thanks to Book Sense and the ABA!]
Paperback
Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead: Stories by Alan DeNiro (Small Beer Press, $16, 1931520178). "This is a great debut collection of loopy, off-the-wall, and still-somehow-packing-emotional-weight stories; DeNiro can weld words into some mighty strange configurations."--Caleb Wilson, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Nashville, Tenn.
Hardcover
Second Burial for a Black Prince by Andrew Nugent (St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95, 0312327617). "In Dublin's close-knit Little Africa, 23-year-old Jude, a Nigerian of the Igbo tribe, has recently arrived to join his older brother, Shadrack. When Shadrack is murdered in a particularly brutal way the police are left with no leads. Nugent, who was formerly a missionary in Africa, brings the inhabitants of Little Africa to life in this highly recommended mystery."--Karen Spengler, I Love A Mystery, Mission, Kan.
Microthrills by Wendy Spero (Hudson Street, $21.95, 1594630194). "Spero is a stand-up comic, and a former knife salesman. (There's a picture in her new memoir to prove it.) She is also an absolutely hilarious 30-something woman who cares nothing about her calorie intake, just her collection of stuffed animals."--Melissa Lion, Diesel, A Bookstore, Oakland, Calif.
For ages 9 to 12
The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood by Barb Bentler Ullman (Katherine Tegen, $15.99, 0060736143). "This gentle, charming tale of Willa and her mom trying to put their lives back together after divorce is surprising and fresh. Neighbor Hazel Wicket shares her stories about the Nutfolk, her pies, and the ability to believe! Realistic fiction with the kind of fantasy that makes readers want to believe, too."--Margaret Brennan Neville, The King's English, Salt Lake City, Utah
[Many thanks to Book Sense and the ABA!]