Welcome to Dan’s Bookshelf. The lists below are culled from review copies that major publishers send in here to the newsroom at The Roanoke Times.

We get many more books than we can possibly review. The others are up for grabs and I am frequently grabbing, looking for prizes we can give away here on the blog.

If you look below, you’ll see we have a new category: audio books. It’s only four deep right now but I know some folks like them so I’ll keep my eyes peeled for more.

All the titles listed are linked to Amazon.com so you can find out more about them before you pick your prize.

If you see anything with a line drawn through it, that means it already has been chosen (but not deleted from the list yet).

Nonfiction

• The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe by Lauren Goldstein Crowe and Sagra Maceira de Rosen
• One More Theory About Happiness by Paul Guest
• The 16% Solution: How to Get High Interest Rates in a Low Interest World with Tax Lien Certificates by Joel S. Moskowitz, J.D.
• The Finger: A Handbook by Angus Trumble.
• Bury Me in My Jersey: A Memoir of My Father, Football and Philly by Tom McCallister
• In Her Own Sweet Time: Unexpected Adventures in Finding Love, Commitment and Motherhood by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
• Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime by Bill Gates Sr. with Mary Ann Mackin
• Chocolate: Life is a Struggle Between Good, Evil and Chocolate by Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar.
• How to Succeed in the Game of Life: 34 Interviews with the World’s Greatest Coaches by Christian Klemash
• Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World by Rita Golden Gelman
• The Secret History of Psychics: How to Separate Fact from Fiction and Tap into Your Owen Psychic Abilities by Sylvia Browne with Lindsey Harrison.
• Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith and Friendship by John Kasich
• Why Limit Happy to an Hour: A Little Book of Wit and a Whole Lot of Attitude by Mary Phillips.
• Spiritual Astrology: A Path to Divine Awakening by Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy
• Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin, Lessons in Life, Love and Language by Deborah Fallows
• The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships by Robert Feldman
• Climbing Kilimanjaro at 70 by Richard A. Wolfe, Ph.D.
• The Lost Child: A Mother’s Story by Julie Myerson
• The New York Regional Mormon Singles Dance: A Memoir (softcover) by Elna Baker.
• The Chemisty of Calm: A Powerful, Drug-Free Plan to Quiet Your Fears and Overcome Your Anxiety by Henry Emmons, M.D.
• A Peculiar Tribe of People: Murder and Madness in the Heart of Georgia by Richard Jay Hutto.
• City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and ’70s by Edmund White
• Danny Boyle: In His own Words by Amy Raphael
• How to Live, or, A Life of Montaigne, in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
• The Twisted Sisterhood: Unraveling the Dark Legacy of Female Friendships by Kelly Valen
• Bad Fairies: The Real Reason for the Bad Stuff that Happens in Life by Fay Langmore
• Twitterature: Humorous Reworkings of Literary Classics for the 21st-Century Intellect, in Digestible Portions of 20 Tweets or Fewer by Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin
• Getting to 50-50: How Working Couples Can Have it All by Sharing it All by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober
• Sister of Silence: A Memoir by Daleen Berry
• The Flirting Bible: Your Ultimate Photo Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Meeting More People Than You Ever Thought Possible by Fran Greene
• Hard Sell — Now a Major Motion Picture, Love and Other Drugs: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reedy
• 50 Jobs in 50 States by Daniel Seddiqui
• The Skin Type Solution by Leslie Baumann M.D.
• We Be Big: The Mostly True Story of How Two Kids From Calhoun County, Alabama, Became Rick & Bubba by Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey
• Prologue to Prominence: A Half Century at Roanoke College by George Keller
• The Practical Napper: Tips, Facts and Quotes for the Avidly Recumbent by Jennifer Eyre White
• DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards by John Martin Smith
• Riding the Yellow Streetcar: Selected Nonfiction by William Kennedy
• Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway
• Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs. Edited by Phil Freeman, Forward by Greil Marcus
• Liquid Memory: Why Wine Matters by Jonathan Nossiter
• American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era (Softcover, uncorrected proof) by David W. Blight
• Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star by Christina Kim and Alan Shipnuck
• What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News by Eric Alterman
• Life is Yours to Win: Lessons Forged from the Purpose, Passion and Magic of Baseball by Augie Garrido
• Cowboy Values: Recapturing What America Once Stood For by James P. Owen.
• A World Without Heroes: The Modern Tragedy (softcover) by George Roche
• Second Thoughts: Myths and Morals of U.S. Economic History, edited by Donald N. McCloskey
• A Fragile Union: The Story of Louise Herreshoff by James W. Whitehead; Foreward by Tom Wolfe.
• Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media by Bill Kovach and Tom Resenstiel.
• Southern Divorce: Why Family Breakups Have Fractured the South, and How to Cope With It by John C. Mayoue
• Maybe Your Leg Will Grow Back by Amanda McCall & Ben Schwatz (a book of funny pet postcards)
• American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures by Willie Geist.
• Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to It’s Own Past by Simon Reynolds
• Late, Late At Night: A Memoir by Rick Springfield
• Hot Guys and Baby Animals (a picture book) by Audrey Khuner and Carolyn Newman
• The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future by Arthur C. Brooks
• Yeltsin: A Life by Timothy J. Colton
• Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 by Frank Dikotter
• Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans by Wendell Potter
• Divided We Stand: A Biography of the World Trade Center By Eric Darton
• My Queer War by James Lord
• The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, new Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons by Richard Rhodes
• Bomber Country: The Poetry of a Lost Pilot’s War (softcover) by Daniel Swift
• Hitler by A.N. Wilson (softcover)
• We’re with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics by Alan Huffman & Michael Rejebian
• Cures for Hunger (paperback proof) by Deni Y. Béchard
• Be The Miracle: 50 Lessons for Making the Impossible Possible by Regina Brett
• It’s Not My Mountain Anymore by Barbara Taylor Woodall
• Quick-Fix Cooking With Roadkill by Buck ‘Buck’ Peterson
• Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi’s Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq by Richard Bonin
• The Curiosties of Food, or the Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom by Peter Lund Simmonds
• Swing Low, A Life by Miriam Toews
• A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by James Horn
• It’s Not My Mountain Anymore by Barbara Taylor Woodall
• Quick Fix Cooking with Roadkill by  Buck Peterson
• Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi’s Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq by Richard Bonin

Fiction

• Strong, Sleek and Sinful by Lorie O’Clare.
• Return to Sullivans Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
• City of Veils by Zoe Ferraris
• Fortuna by Michael R. Stevens
• Day For Night by Frederick Reiken
• Beverly Hills Adjacent by Jennifer Steinhauer and Jessica Hendra
• The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott
• The Book of Murdock by Loren Estleman
• A Most Sinful Proposal by Sara Bennett
• Knight of Passion by Margaret Mallory
• A Secret Affair by Mary Balogh
• Band of Angels by Julia Gregson
• Justice in June by Barbara Levenson
• The Machinery of Light by David J. Williams.
• Sugar Creek by Toni Blake
• Raiders from the North: Empire of the Moghul by Alex Rutherford
• The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm
• Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
• Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
• Path of the Wicked – A Hope Street Church Mystery by Jennifer Stanley
• Forbidden Highlander – A Dark Sword Novel by Donna Grant
• Far Bright Star (paperback) by Robert Olmstead
• The Killing Tree by Rachel Keener
• Beautiful Maria of My Soul (softcover) by Oscar Hijuelos.
• Speak to the Devil by Dave Duncan
• An Honorable German by Charles McCain
• An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
• The Lovers by Vendela Vida
• An Ideal Wife by Gemma Townley
• Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
• The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
• Tempting the Fire by Sydney Croft
• The Exile of Sara Stevenson: A Historical Novel by Darci Hannah
• The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
• Finny by Justin Kramon
• This is Where We Live by Janelle Brown
• Platinum by Aliya S. King
• Sleepless by Cyn Balog
• Book of Nathan by Curt Weeden and Richard Marek
• Persona Non Grata: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie
• The Viognier Vendetta: A Wine Country Mystery by Ellen Crosby
• The Patterns of Paper Monsters by Emma Rathbone.
• Pressed Pennies by Steven Manchester
• The Bigness of the World: Stories by Lori Ostlund
• Gary Jennings’ The 2012 Codex by Robert Gleason and Junius Podrug
• Noise by Darin Bradley
• Bryant & May on the Loose: A Peculiar Crimes Mystery by Christopher Fowler
• Lady Lazarus by Michelle Lang
• Amigoland by Oscar Casares
• Moonlight in Odessa by Janet Skeslien Charles
• You Were Wrong by Matthew Sharpe
• Holy Water by James P. Othmer
• Blood of the Prodigal: An Amish-Country Mystery by P.L. Gaus
• Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
• The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
• The Way of the Guilty: A Hope Street Church Mystery by Jennifer Stanley
• Texas Standoff: A Novel of the Texas Rangers by Elmer Kelton
• Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
• Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron by Stephanie Barron
• Prospero in Hell by L. Jagi Lamplighter
• The House on Durrow Street by Galen Beckett
• Petty Magic: Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, Temptress and Troublemaker by Camille DeAngelis
• A Season of Seduction by Jennifer Haymore
• Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
• Fatal Error – A Repairman Jack Novel by F. Paul Wilson
• Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
• Hate – A Romance by Tristan Garcia
• You Are Next by Katia Lief
• Witches on the Road Tonight (paperback) by Sheri Holman
• Broken English: An Amish Country Mystery by P.L. Gaus
• Stronger than Sin by Caridad Pineiro
• All That’s True by Jackie Lee Miles
• Edge of Sight by Roxanne St. Claire
• Swine Not? A Novel Pig Tale by Jimmy Buffett
• The Flock by James Robert Smith
• The Babylonian Codex by C.S. Graham
• Love You More (paperback) by Lisa Gardner
• The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley
• Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff
• Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
• The Second Son (paperback) by Jonathan Rabb
• Under the Sun by Susannah Clements
• Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding
• Deadline by Randy Alcorn
• Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes by Will Self
• Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
• Hotel No Tell by Daphne Uviller
• The Lie by O.H. Bennett
• Sneaky People by Thomas Berger
• Games to Play After Dark by Sarah Gardner Borden
• The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate
• What We Keep is Not Always What Will Stay by Amanda Cockrell
• Taken by Fire by Sydney Croft
• One Man, One Murder: A Kayankaya Thriller by Jakob Arjouni
• Eve of Heaven by Marjorie M. Liu
• The Shadow Men by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon
• Sleepless by Charlie Huston
• Black as Snow by Nick Nolan
• Nairobi Heat by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
• An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
• Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson
• The Evening Hour by A. Carter Sickels
• The Ballad of Tom Dooley (paperback) by Sharyn McCrumb
• Hollywood Hills (paperback) by Joseph Wambaugh
• Fragile by Lisa Unger
• Blind Fury by Lydia La Plante
• One Blood by Graeme Kent
• The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
• The Innocent by Taylor Stevens
• The Expats (softcover) by Chris Pavone
• City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley
• A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones
• Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov
• Lake Charles by Ed Lynskey
• The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merrill Block
• Journey to Virginialand – Epistle 1 by Armen Melikian
• Paper Angels by Billey Coffey
• The Big Switch: The War That Came Early by Harry Turteldove
• Underground Time by Delphine de Vigan
• Paper Angels (paperback) by Billy Coffey
• Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser
• Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey
• Already Gone by John Rector
• The Argyle Sweater: A Cartoon Collection by Scott Hilburn
• The Four Ms. Bradwells by Meg Waite Clayton
• The Sugar Frosted Nutsack (paperback) by Mark Leyner
• Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith
• The File on Angelyn Stark (paperback) by Catherine Atkins
• The Death Factory by Joe Domenici
• The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
• The Detachment: A John Rain Thriller by Barry Eisler
• The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
• Deep Storm by Lincoln Child
• Broadway Baby by Alan Shapiro
• Autumn Disintegration by David Moody
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Jewel and the Key by Louise Spiegler
• Rip Tide by Stella Rimington
• Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson
• The Last War by Ana Menendez
• A Quiet Vendetta by R.J. Ellory
• The Project by Brian Falkner
• No Return by Brett Battles
• Runner by Robert Newton
• Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith
• Angel by Nicole ‘Coco’ Marrow and Laura Hayden
• The Jewel and the Key by Louise Spiegler
• Rip Tide by Stella Rimington
• The Silence of Murder by Dandi Dailey Mackall
• The Uninnocent by Bradford Morrow
• The Last War by Ana Menendez
• A Quiet Vendetta by R.J. Ellory
• Home front by Kristin Hannah
• Inseparable by Dora Heldt

Audio books

• Crashers – A Thriller by Dana Haynes
• In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy
• A Desirable Residence: A Novel of Love, Family, Adultery, and Real Estate by Madeleine Wickham
• A Secret Kept by Tatiana De Rosnay
• Retribution by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• It’s The First Day of School . . . Forever by R.L. Stine

Other items

• Texas Tavern bumper sticker “Roanoke’s Millionaires Club”