October 12, 2001 The November/December Book Sense 76 Preview Fliers are on press now. First 100 fliers to all stores will arrive by November 1; additional copies shortly thereafter. 1. LYDIA CASSATT READING THE MORNING PAPER, by Harriet Scott Chessman (Seven Stories Press/Permanent Press, $24, 1583222723) 2. ELLA MINNOW PEA: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable, by Mark Dunn (MacAdam/Cage, $22, 0967370167) 3. LIMBO: A Memoir, by A. Manette Ansay (William Morrow, $25, 0688172865) 4. CITY OF DREAMS: A Novel of Early Manhattan, by Beverly Swerling (Simon & Schuster, $26.95, 0684871726) 5. LYING AWAKE, by Mark Salzman (Vintage, $12 paper, 0375706062) 6. FALLING ANGELS, by Tracy Chevalier (Dutton, $24.95, 0525945814) Also a Penguin Audio (1565115074; CD 1565115082) 7. HOOP ROOTS, by John Edgar Wideman (Houghton Mifflin, $24, 0395857317) 8. BORROWED FINERY: A Memoir, by Paula Fox (Holt, $23, 0805068155) 9. ZEN DOG, by Toni Tucker and Judith Adler (Potter, $17, 0609608797) 10. THE BRIDGE, by Doug Marlette (HarperCollins, $26, 0060186305) Children's OLIVIA SAVES THE CIRCUS, by Ian Falconer (Atheneum, $16, 068982954X) STAND TALL, MOLLY LOU MELON, by Patty Lovell; illus. by David Gatrow (Putnam, $14.99, 0399234160) YOU READ TO ME & I'LL READ TO YOU, by Janet Schulman (Random House, $34.95, 0375810838) Body, Soul, and the Good Earth CULTIVATING DELIGHT: A Natural History of My Garden, by Diane Ackerman (HarperCollins, $25, 0060199865) SMART FOOD: Culinary Delights for Optimal Gray Cell Performance, by Marlisa Szwillus (Silverback Books, $20 paper, 1930603800) THE SOUL OF RUMI, by Coleman Barks (HarperSanFrancisco, $28, 0060604530) New Fiction in Paperback CROOKED RIVER BURNING, by Mark Winegardner (Harvest, $14 paper, 015601422X) DEATH AND THE PENGUIN, by Andrey Kurkov (Harvill, $16 paper, 1860468357) DIAMOND DOGS: A Novel, by Alan Watt (Warner, $13.95 paper, 0446677841) GLORIA, by Keith Maillard (Perennial, $15 paper, 0060935979) A GOOD HOUSE, by Bonnie Burnard (Picador, $14 paper, 03112420323) JAYBER CROW, by Wendell Berry (Counterpoint, $15 paper, 1582431604) MEELY LABAUVE, by Ken Wells (Random House, $11.95 paper, 037575816X) THE NIGHT LISTENER, by Armistad Maupin (Perennial, $14 paper, 006093090X) SCORCH, by A.D. Nauman (Soft Skull Press, $12 paper, 1887128646) THIS IS GRACEANNE'S BOOK, by Polly Whitney (Griffin, $13.95 paper, 0312272782) WINTER RANGE, by Claire Davis (Picador, $13 paper, 031228425X) A Pair of Reissues from a Pair of Favorite Authors Michael Malone HANDLING SIN (Sourcebooks, $14.95 paper, 1570717567) UNCIVIL SEASONS (Sourcebooks, $14.95 paper, 1570717559) Alan Furst THE KINGDOM OF SHADOWS (Random House, $11.95 paper, 0375758267) THE POLISH OFFICER (Random House, $11.95 paper, 0375758275) New Fiction in Hardcover THE ABSENCE OF NECTAR, by Kathy Hepinstall (Putnam, $23.95, 0399148019) ALL FAMILIES ARE PSYCHOTIC, by Douglas Coupland (Bloomsbury, $24.95, 1582341656) THE ARCHER'S TALE, by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins, $26, 0066210844) Also a HarperAudio (0694526096) BEAR V. SHARK: The Novel, by Chris Bachelder (Scribner, $22, 0743219465) THE BOOK OF FRED, by Abby Bardi (Washington Square Press, $24, 0743411935) THE CENTER OF THINGS, by Jenny McPhee (Doubleday, $22.95, 0385500777) CREATURES OF HABIT, by Jill McCorkle (Algonquin, $22.95, 1565122569) THE DISTANT LAND OF MY FATHER, by Bo Caldwell (Chronicle, $23.95, 0811832406) EMBERS, by Sandor Marai (Knopf, $21, 0375407561) THE FLIGHT OF THE MAIDENS, by Jane Gardham (Carroll & Graf, $25, 0786708794) FROM THE DUST RETURNED by Ray Bradbury (William Morrow, $23, 0380973820) Also a HarperAudio (0694526282) FURY, by Salman Rushdie (Random House, $24.95, 067946333X) THE GOOD GERMAN, by Joseph Canon (Holt, $26, 0805064222) GOOD HARBOR, by Anita Diamant (Scribner, $25, 0743225325) Also an S&S Audio (0743509978; CD 0743509986) THE HUNTSMAN, by Whitney Terrell (Viking, $25.95, 0670894656) I, THE DIVINE: A Novel in First Chapters, by Rabih Alameddine (Norton, $23.95, 039304209X) KING OF THE CITY, by Michael Moorcock (William Morrow, $26, 0380975890) THE LAST SUMMER OF REASON, by Tahar Djaout (Ruminator, $19, 1886913501) MY NAME IS RED, by Orhan Patuk (Knopf, $25.95, 0375406956) THE NAUTICAL CHART, by Arturo Perez-Reverte (Harcourt, $26, 0151005346) PORTRAIT IN SEPIA, by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins, 0066211611, $26) Also a HarperAudio (0694525995; CD 0694526541) STILL SHE HAUNTS ME, by Katie Roiphe (Dial, $23.95, 038533527X) WEST OF REHOBOTH, by Alexs D. Pate (William Morrow, $24, 038097679X) WHY DID I EVER, by Mary Robison (Counterpoint, $26, 1582430608) THE WORLD BELOW, by Sue Miller (Knopf, $25, 0375410945) Memoir and History ALGERIA HOTEL: France, Memory, and the Second World War, by Adam Nossiter (Houghton Mifflin $26, 0395902452) BLACKBIRD: A Childhood Lost and Found, by Jennifer Lauck (Washington Square, $14 paper, 0671042564) CHANGE ME INTO ZEUS'S DAUGHTER: A Memoir, by Barbara Robinette Moss (Touchstone, $14 paper, 0743202198) DIAMOND: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession, by Matthew Hart (Walker, $26, 0802713688; in stores early Nov.) EMPIRE: A Tale of Obsession, Betrayal, and the Battle for an American Icon, by Mitchell Pacelle (Wiley, $27.95, 0471403946) EVEN DOGS GO HOME TO DIE: A Memoir, by Linda St. John (HarperCollins, $24, 0060186313) FACING THE CONGO: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness, by Jeffrey Taylor (Three Rivers $14 paper, 0609808265) GERMAN BOY: A Child in War, by Wolfgang Samuel (Broadway, $15.95 paper, 0767908244) OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991, by Michael Azerrad (Little Brown, $25.95, 0316063797) POWER POLITICS, by Arundhati Roy (South End Press, $12 paper, 0896086569) SHOES OUTSIDE THE DOOR: The San Francisco Zen Center and the Substance of Suffering, by Michael Downing (Counterpoint, $27, 1582431132) YOU ARE BEING LIED TO: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths, edited by Russ Kick (Disinformation Co., $19.95 paper, 0966410076) Mysteries THE BRIDE'S KIMONO, by Sujata Massey (HarperCollins, $25, 0060199334) Poetry BOOK OF MY NIGHTS, by Li-Young Lee (BOA Editions, $12.95 paper, 1929918089) SF/Fantasy THE CURSE OF CHALION, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos, $25, 0380979012) NEKROPOLIS, by Maureen F. McHugh (Eos, $25, 0380974576 ) Unique and Wonderful ANY SMALL THING CAN SAVE YOU: A Bestiary, by Christina Adam (Blue Hen, $18.95, 0399148140; in stores Nov. 8) COMIC BOOK CULTURE: An Illustrated History, by Ron Goulart (Collectors Press, $49.95, 1888054387) ETHEL AND ERNEST, by Raymond Briggs (Knopf, $15 paper, 0375714472) I AND EYE: Pictures of My Generation, by Peter Simon (Bulfinch Press, $45, 0821226452)   Topics: Book Sense,