Selected titles appearing next Wednesday, December 26:
Heroes: Saving Charlie: A Novel by Aury Wallington (Del Rey, $24, 9780345503220/0345503228) is based on the hit television show Heroes.
Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane) by Drew Karpyshyn (Del Rey, $25.95, 9780345477484/0345477480) is the next installment in the story of a young Jedi turned evil.
Shadow Music: A Novel by Julie Garwood (Ballantine, $26, 9780345500731/0345500733) follows a princess who starts a war in medieval Scotland.
Dragon Harper by Anne McCaffrey and Todd J. McCaffrey (Del Rey, $25.95, 9780345480309/0345480309) is the next chapter in the Dragonriders of Pern series.
The GenoType Diet: Change Your Genetic Destiny to Live the Longest, Fullest and Healthiest Life Possible by Peter J. D'Adamo and Catherine Whitney (Broadway, $24.95, 9780767925242/0767925246) is a new diet based on the possible genetics of the dieter.
Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government by Dana Milbank (Doubleday, $26, 9780385517508/0385517505) takes aim at the closed and often baffling world of politics--by the national political reporter of the Washington Post.
The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health by Dean Ornish (Ballantine, $27, 9780345496300/0345496302) uses nutrition and lifestyle changes to achieve health.
In paperback next Wednesday, December 26:
The Best Life Diet by Bob Greene (S&S, $15, 9781416540694/1416540695).
French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano (Vintage, $12.95, 9780375710513/0375710515).
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases by Ann Rule (Pocket, $7.99, 9781416541608/1416541608).
Someone to Love: A Novel by Jude Deveraux (Pocket Star, $7.99, 9780743437172/0743437179).
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press, $14, 9780385338714/0385338716).
And in paperback on Thursday, December 27:
The Overlook by Michael Connelly (Vision, $7.99, 9780446401302/0446401307).