Picks this week include new poems from an NBA winner, everyone's favorite octogenarian funny-lady, secrets of a legendary mystery novelist, exploding numbers, wild romance, two posthumous novels, and more.

November 21

Nod House by Nathaniel Mackey (New Directions, $15.99; ISBN 978-0-8112-1946-4).

Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White (Putnam, $26.99; ISBN 978-0-399-15754-7).

November 22

Dead Man's Grip by Peter James (Minotaur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-64283-9).

Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (Bantam, $20; ISBN 978-0345-52771-4).

Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History 1513-2008 by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Knopf, $50; ISBN 978-0307593429).

Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston (HarperCollins, $28.99; ISBN 978-0060873028) Review scheduled for 11/22.

Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Agatha Christie's Notebooks by John Curran (HarperCollins, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-206542-1).

The Printmaker's Daughter by Katherine Govier (Harper Perennial, $14.99; ISBN 978-0-062-00036-5).

The Third Reich by Roberto Bolaño, trans. By Natasha Wimmer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25; ISBN 978-0-374-27562-4).

To Wed a Wild Lord by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket Star, $7.99 ISBN 978-1-4516-4240-7).

Children’s and YA

November 21

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler (Razorbill, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-59514-491-1).

Complete On-Sale List for 11/21 – 11/27

November 21
Betty and Her Friends by Betty White (Putnam, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15754-7). 400,000 copies.

Three-Day Town by Marcia Miller (Grand Central, $25; ISBN 978-0-446-55578). 50,000 copies.

Nod House by Nathaniel Mackey (New Directions, $15.99; ISBN 978-0-8112-1946-4).


Better Homes & Gardens Gardening Made Simple: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Gardening by Better Homes & Gardens (Wiley, $24.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-470-63854-5). 50,000 copies.

Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione (Grand Central, $7.99; ISBN 978-0-446-57447-1).

Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter by Terrence W. Deacon (Norton, $29.95; ISBN 978-0-316-03977-2).

Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors by Don Mann with Ralph Pezzullo (Little, Brown, $27.99; ISBN 978-0316204316).

The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown, $25.99 ISBN 978-0316039772).

November 22

Best Friends, Occasional Enemies by Lisa Scottoline and Fracesca Serritella (St Martin's Press, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-312-65163-3). 150,000 copies.

Life Upon These Shores by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Knopf, $50; ISBN 978-0-307-59342-9). 60,000 copies.

The Third Reich by Roberto Bolaño (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25; ISBN 978-0-374-27562-4). 50,000 copies.

Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey (Grand Central, $14.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-446-57142-5). 50,000 copies.

Dead Last by James W. Hall (Minotaur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-60732-6). 50,000 copies.

Autumn: Disintegration by David Moody (St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-312-56998-3). 50,000 copies.

Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (Bantam, $28; ISBN 978-0-345-52771-4).

Longing by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan, $14.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-310-27634-0).

Dead Man's Grip by Peter James (Minotaur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-64283-9).

Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston (HarperCollins, $28.99; ISBN 978-0060873028).

Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Agatha Christie's Notebooks by John Curran (HarperCollins, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-206542-1).

The Printmaker's Daughter by Katherine Govier (Harper Perennial, $14.99; ISBN 978-0-062-00036-5).

To Wed a Wild Lord by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket Star, $7.99 ISBN 978-1-4516-4240-7).

Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow (Candlemark & Gleam, $19.95; iSBN 978-1936460045).

Dead Last by James W. Hall (Minotaur, $25.99 ISBN 978-0-312-60732-6).

Gaga by Lady Gaga, photos by Terry Richardson (Grand Central, $50 ISBN 978-1455513895).

If I Should Die by Allison Brennan (Ballantine, $7.99 ISBN 978-0-345-52041-8).

Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim (Knopf, $45; ISBN 978-0307593412).

A Midsummer Night's Sin by Kasey Michaels (HQN, $7.99; ISBN 978-0-373-77610-8).

Culo by Mazzucco by Raphael Mazzucco (Atria, $65; ISBN 978-1451641967).

Guinness World Records 2012 by Guinness World Records (Planeta, $39.95; ISBN 978-8408104926).

Henry's Heart: A Boy, His Heart, and a New Best Friend by Charise Mericle Harper (Holt/Ottaviano, $16.99 ISBN 978-0-8050-8989-9).

Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony: A Psychological Portrait by Keith Ablow (St. Martin's, $25.99; ISBN 978-125009142).

LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination by Phillip F. Nelson (Skyhorse, $24.95; ISBN 978-1616083779).

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omibus by Alan Moore, illus. by Kevin O'Neill (DC Comics, $49.99; ISBN 978-1401233211).

Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause by Mignon F. Ballard (Minotaur, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-312-61475-1)

Physical Education by Maggie Barieri (St. Martin's, $24.99; ISBN 978-0312593292).

Red Rascal's War: A Doonesbury Book by G.B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel, $19.99; ISBN 978-1449408206).

Southern Living 2011 Annual Recipes: Every Single Recipe from 2011 by the Editors of Southern Living Magazine (Oxmoor, $34.95; ISBN 978-0848734879).

The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel (Crown, $30 ISBN 978-0-517-58051-6).

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God by T.D. Jakes (Atria, $39.99; ISBN 978-1439172780).

Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan (Orbit, $14.99; ISBN 978-0-316-18774-9).

When the Saints by Dave Duncan (Tom Doherty, $27.99; ISBN 978-0765323484).

Zatanna Vol. 2: Shades of the Past by Paul Dini, Adam Beechen, et al. (DC Comics, $19.99; ISBN 978-1401233006).

The Real Housewives Tell It Like It Is by Bravo (Chronicle, $14.95; ISBN 978-0811874175).

The First 50 Pages: Engage Agents, Editors and Readers, and Set Up Your Novel for Success by Jeff Gerke (F+W, $17.99; ISBN 978-1599632834).

The Big Book of Pussy by Dian Hanson (Taschen, $59.99; ISBN 978-38336521826).

The New York Times 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the United States and Canada by Barbara Ireland (Taschen, $39.99; ISBN 978-3836526395).


November 23
Cake Pops: DIY Kit by Bakerella (Chronicle, $19.95; ISBN 978-1-4521-0292-4). 75,000 copies.

Come a Little Closer by Dorothy Garlock (Grand Central, $13.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-446-54015-5). 50,000 copies.

Children’s and YA

November 21

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler (Razorbill, $19.99; ISBN 978-1-59514-491-1). 400,000 copies.

November 22

Warriors: Omen of the Stars (The Forgotten Warriors) by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-06-155522-0). 200,000 copies.

Warriors: SkyClan and the Stranger #2 (Beyond the Code) by Erin Hunter, illus. by James L. Barry (HarperCollins, $6.99; ISBN 978-0-06-200837-4). 100,000 copies.

Unleashed by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie (Delacorte, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-385-74098-2). 100,000 copies.

Love, Splat by Rob Scotton (HarperCollins, $9.99; ISBN 978-0062077769).

Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts by Victoria Kann (HarperFestival, $6.99; ISBN 978-0061989230).

Snowy Valentine by Dave Petersen (HarperCollins, $14.99; ISBN 978-0061463785).