Ann is a collection management administrator in a public library system. Nyx is the department's eyeless library cat. Ann is Nyx's guide person. All Stars
Selected titles from overbooked.com all stars – titles which received at least three starred reviews from the following sources: Booklist, Kirkus, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.
PERLA by Carolina De Robertis
Perla
Author: De Robertis, Carolina
$ 25.95 ISBN: 9780307599599 Date: 2012
Stars: Booklist PW LJ
Set in Buenos Aires, Perla is a coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.
Updated 2.16.12
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Author: Englander, Nathan
$ 24.95 ISBN: 9780307958709 Date: 2012
Booklist Kirkus PW LJ
The author of the sensational national bestseller For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and The Ministry of Special Cases returns with a commanding new collection of short stories. 1.16.12
Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
The Family Fang
Author: Wilson, Kevin
$ 23.99 ISBN: 9780061579035 Date: 2011
PW Kirkus Booklist
The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive your family. Like everything else Kevin Wilson does, I have never seen anything like it before. The best single word description would be brilliant.–Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto.
Sanctus by Simon Toyne
Sanctus
Author: Toyne, Simon
$ 25.99 ISBN: 9780062038302 Date: 2011
Booklist PW LJ
One man’s sacrifice shocks the world . . . One woman’s courage threatens a conspiracy as old as humankind . . . And some will do anything–anything–to keep their secrets in the dark.
A man climbs a cliff face in the oldest inhabited place on earth, a mountain known as the Citadel, a Vatican-like city-state that towers above the city of Ruin in modern-day Turkey. But this is no ordinary ascent. It is a dangerous, symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is an event witnessed by the entire world. Few people understand its consequence. But for foundation worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others, it’s evidence that a revolution is at hand. For the Sancti, the cowled and secretive monks who live inside the Citadel, it could mean the end of everything they have built. They will stop at nothing to keep what is theirs, and they will break every law in every country and even kill to hold it fast. For American reporter Liv Adamsen, it spurs the memory of the beloved brother she lost years before, setting her on a journey across the world and into the heart of her own identity. There, she will make a discovery so shocking that it will change everything. . . . – Publisher Marketing
The first is a trilogy…
Swerve
Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
“Engaging and enthralling, filled with a large cast of interesting characters, details of book history, and a strong, story-rich frame, this is a tale of books and their power, religion and its fears, and men and their quests. ” LJ Booksmack
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Sept 2011
This critically acclaimed debut has been the subject of book buzz for months now…
WYATT by Garry Disher
WYATT
Author: Disher, Garry $ 25 ISBN: 9781569479629 Date: 2011
Starred Reviews: PW Booklist LJ
Disher’s cool, enigmatic anti-hero Wyatt has a job–a jewel heist. Wyatt prefers to work alone, but this is
Eddie Oberin’s job. Eddie’s very smart ex-wife Lydia has the inside information. Add Wyatt’s
planning genius and meticulous preparation, and what could possibly go wrong?
Updated 7.25.11
So – everything goes wrong in this tightly and tersely written crime novel that should appeal to fans of hard-boiled fiction and followers of Richard Stark’s Parker.
Read an excerpt from WYATT at Garry Disher’s website