The Week's Most Talked About Books

FICTION IS FOR THE BEACH

• Secret Obsession Kimberla Lawson Roby, Grand Central Publishing, September 2011
• Lethal Sandra Brown, Grand Central Publishing, September 2011
• The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka, Knopf Publishing, August 2011
• The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, August 2011
• The Ballad of Tom Dooley Sharyn McCrumb, St. Martin’s Press, September 2011