Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling: The bestselling author of the Harry Potter series (sold over 450 million copies worldwide), writes her first contemporary fiction novel.

Delusion in Death, J.D. Robb: "Set in 2060, the gripping 36th Eve Dallas novel (after Celebrity in Death) from bestseller Robb (the pseudonym of Nora Roberts)." Publisher's Weekly

Garment of Shadows : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Laurie R. King: One of today's most acclaimed mystery series!

Gone, Randy Wayne White: "White takes a break from his New York Times best-selling Doc Ford books to launch a new series starring Hannah Smith, one tough cookie first seen as a secondary character in White's Captiva." Library Journal

Low Pressure, Sandra Brown: A new romantic thriller from bestselling author Brown.

Phobos : Mayan Fear, Steve Alten: Third Domain thriller (after Resurrection). Immanuel Gabriel encounters his deceased grandfather as he attempts to investigate the end of the world, predicted by Mayan prophecy to occur in 2012, and learns dark secret about human history.

Robert B. Parker’s Fool Me Twice, Michael Brandman: Brandman wrote 2011's best-selling Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues and has written and/or produced Parker adaptations for CBS.

Severe Clear, Stuart Woods: Bestseller Woods's 50th novel, the 24th entry in his Stone Barrington series (after Unnatural Acts), boasts an all-star lineup, from series fixtures." Publisher's Weekly

Telegraph Avenue, Michael Chabon: "Race, corporatism, and last-stand idealism: who better to explore these themes than Pulitzer Prize winner Chabon, whose linguistic razzle-dazzle discloses acute observations about our shared culture and its borders." Library Journal

Tiger's Claw, Dale Brown: War in the Pacific "Classic Brown for Brown fans." Library Journal

The Time Keeper, Mitch Albom: New fiction from Albom, best known for Tuesdays with Morrie.

The Tombs, Clive Cussler: "This adventure series stands as one of the crown jewels in the Cussler empire." Publisher's Weekly

A Wanted Man, Lee Child: In this new thriller, Jack Reacher returns, exactly six minutes after the end of Worth Dying For. Tom Cruise stars in the movie this December, "Jack Reacher".

Winter of the World, Ken Follett: "In 2010, Follett launched "The Century Trilogy" with the No. 1 New York Times best seller Fall of Giants, which traced the lives of five interrelated families American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh through the early years of the 20th century. A daunting book, but most readers will be back for this follow-up, featuring the same families but moving them along to the rise of the Third Reich and World War II." Library Journal

Zoo, James Patterson: As coordinated attacks by animals against humans increase and escalate, a young biologist and an ecologist warn world leaders that soon there will be nowhere left for humans to hide.

ON THE HORIZON

October: The Bone Bed, Patricia Daniels Cornwell ... Dark Storm, Christine Feehan ... The Giving Quilt, Jennifer Chiaverini ... Iced: A Dani O'Malley Novel, Karen Marie Moning ... Jewels of Paradise, Donna Leon ... The Last Man, Vince Flynn ... The Lawgiver, Herman Wouk ... One Summer, Roisin Meaney ... The Panther, Nelson DeMille ... The Racketeer, John Grisham ... The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds, Alexander McCall Smith

November: The Black Box, Michal Connelly ... The Buzzard Table, Margaret Maron ... Dear Life: Stories, Alice Munro ... Elsewhere, Richard Russo ... Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver ... The Forgotten, David Baldacci ... The Legend of Broken, Caleb Carr ... The Marseille Caper, Peter Mayle ... Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, James Patterson ... The Right Hand, Derek Haas ... Seal Team 666, Weston Ochse ... Sweet Tooth, Ian McEwan ... Young Philby, Robert Littell

December: Two Graves, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs