New in November: Ricky Martin & Portia de Rossi
Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna
November 3, 2010
This month two celebrity memoirs—Ricky Martin‘s Me and Portia de Rossi‘s Unbearable Lightness—will make likely bestsellers. Expect to see Martin and de Rossi on magazine covers all month.
Lambda Literary Award Finalists Shawn Stewart Ruff, Armistead Maupin, David Levithan, Tracey Richardson, and winner, Radclyffe all have new books out this month. One of our most anticipated books for fall, French import Hate: A Romance by Tristan Garcia also comes out this month from FSG.
Following the success of Tom Ford’s A Single Man it’s not surprising to see the release of a new Christopher Isherwood essay collection from Harper titled The Sixties: Diaries: 1960-1969.
Blogger Gina Daggett‘s debut novel, Jukebox, published by Bella Books, is getting a lot of attention. A feature film adaptation of the novel is already in pre-production.
Anthology |
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Dear John, I Love Jane Women Write About Leaving Men for Women Foreword by Dr. Lisa Diamond Ed. by Candace Walsh & Laura André, PhD (Seal Press) |
Biography & Memoir |
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A Passionate Engagement by Ken Harvey (Aequitas Books/Pleasure Boat Studio) |
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Kay Thompson From Funny Face to Eloise by Sam Irvin (Simon & Schuster) |
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Me by Ricky Martin (Celebra) |
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Sal Mineo by Michael Gregg Michaud (Crown Archetype) |
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The Sixties Diaries:1960-1969 by Christopher Isherwood (Harper) |
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Unbearable Lightness A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi (Simon&Schuster/Atria) |
Children’s & Young Adult |
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Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by David Levithan & Rachel Cohn (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Dash and Lily is a joy to read; every page laced with snarky humor, youthful excitement, and dawning insight. You may leave this book like I leave all of theirs – a little bitter and longing (my high school experience wasn’t filled with healthy, exciting romance and gay people at every turn), but also happy and hopeful – this is how it can be for people coming of age, as it is becoming more often. Books like these create a world of potential and possibilities, and a little bit of magic. [Read the review] |
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Mesmerized by David-Matthew Barnes (Bold Strokes Books) |
Fiction |
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Mary Ann in Autumn A Tales of the City Novel by Armistead Maupin (Harper) Armistead Maupin’s mastery continues to blaze through his latest ‘Tales of the City’ novel. Maupin’s groundbreaking and wildly popular ‘Tales’ raised the bar to a height that would be hard for anyone, perhaps even Maupin himself, to match. Here’s hoping that the publication of Mary Ann in Autumn does more than serve as a tie-in to the launch of the musical based on the ‘Tales of the City’ series set for a 2011 opening in San Francisco. [Read the review] |
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The Petting Zoo by Jim Carroll (Penguin/Viking) |
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Toss and Whirl and Pass by Shawn Stewart Ruff (Quote Editions) |
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Hate: A Romance by Tristan Garcia (Macmillan/Faber & Faber) |
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Ivan and Misha by Michael Alenyikov (Triquarterly) |
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White, Christian by Christopher Stoddard (Spuyten Duyvil/Triton Books) |
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Parallel Lies by Stella Duffy (Bywater Books) |
Romance & Mystery |
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A Tabloid Love by T A Chase (Samhain) |
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Blind Bet by Tracey Richardson (Bella Books) |
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Aspects of the Heart by Claire McNab (Bella Books) |
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Ceasar’s Fall by Dorien Grey (Zumaya Boundless) |
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Desire by Starlight by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes Books) |
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Doublecrossed by Susan X Meagher (Brisk Press) |
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Head Trip by D.L. Line (Bold Strokes Books) |
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Imperfect by L.E. Harvey (Vanilla Heart Publishing) |
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Jaded by Jocelyn Powers (Intaglio) |
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Jukebox by Gina Daggett (Bella Books) |
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Keeping Up Appearances by Ann Roberts (Spinsters Ink) |
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River Walker by Cate Culpepper (Bold Strokes Books) |
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Shadowlands by Charlie David (Dreamspinner Press) |
Nonfiction |
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Hide/Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture by Jonathan D. Katz (Smithsonian Books) |
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The Night is Still Young by Tomoaki Hata (powerHouse Books) |
Poetry |
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The Book of Frank by CAConrad (Wave Books) |
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Circuit by Walter Holland (Chelsea Station Editions) |
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Lovestruck by James Servin (Epigraph) |
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Letters To Ryan by Edward Steinhardt (Margaret Street Books) |
Now In Paperback!
- The Pure Lover: A Memoir of Grief by David Plante (Beacon)
- Sprout by Dale Peck (Bloomsbury)
- Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (Delacorte)
- Unlikely Allies How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution by Joel Richard Paul (Riverhead)
If your book was published in November 2010 and is not listed here please reach out to the editor right away.
