This fall, as the midterm election season heats up, former CIA director George Tenet, attorney general John Ashcroft, Illinois Democrat Barack Obama and rebel broadcaster Amy Goodman are poised to do their civic duty. Ready for a little escapism? Rock out with memoirs by U2, David Crosby and Courtney Love. New fiction from Stephen King, John le Carré, Edward P. Jones and Lee Smith will also find fans, even in an uncertain fiction market. On the children's side (indicated by *), Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events comes to a close, while Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Van Allsburg and Madonna deliver new picture books.

September

September 1

*Mommy? by Arthur Yorinks, illus. by Maurice Sendak (Scholastic/di Capua, $24.95). 500,000 printing.
Bon Appetit Cookbook by Barbara Fairchild (Wiley, $34.95). 200,000 printing.
*Everything I Learned About Being a Girl by Kim Cattrall (Little, Brown, $18.99). 150,000 printing.
*Can You See What I See? Once Upon a Time by Walter Wick (Scholastic/Cartwheel, $13.99). 125,000 printing.
*The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo (Scholastic/Orchard, $9.99). 125,000 printing.
*New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown/Tingley, $17.99). 100,000 printing.
*Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, $15.99). 125,000 printing.

September 4
Restless by William Boyd (Bloomsbury, $24.95). 200,000 first printing.
On Becoming Fearless: Advice for Women by Arianna Huffington (Little, Brown, $19.99). 100,000 printing.

September 5
*A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $19.99). 500,000 printing.
*Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell (HarperCollins/Geringer $16.99). 500,000 printing.
The Confident Woman: Start Today Living Boldly and Without Fear by Joyce Meyer (Warner Faith, $22.99). 400,000 printing.
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer (Warner, $25.99). 300,000 printing.
Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman (Bantam, $28). 250,000 printing.
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld (Holt, $26). 250,000 printing.
Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins, $25.95). 150,000 printing.
Wake-Up Call: The Political Education of a 9/11 Widow by Kristen Breitweiser (Warner, $24.99). 150,000 printing.
After This by Alice McDermott (FSG, $24). 125,000 printing.
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen (FSG, $23). 100,000 printing.

September 6
The Mission Song by John le Carré (Little, Brown, $26.99). 250,000 printing.

September 7
*Hedgie Blasts Off by Jan Brett (Putnam, $16.99). 150,000 printing.

September 12
Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose by Robin McGraw (Nelson, $24.99). 500,000 printing.
U2 by U2 (Morrow, $39.95). 350,000 printing.
Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together by Sen. John C. Danforth (Viking, $24.95). 250,000 printing.
Forever Young: Growing Up with John F. Kennedy Jr. by William Sylvester Noonan (Viking, $25.95). 175,000 printing.
What Elmo Taught Me: My Life as a Furry Red Monster by Kevin Clash (Broadway, $19.95). 100,000 printing.
Enemies: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets by Bill Gertz (Crown, $26.95). 100,000 printing.
*The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (Random/Fickling, $15.95). 50,000 printing.
The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine, $24.95).
Return to the Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (Random, $24.95).

September 13
*Artemis Fowl #5: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer (Hyperion, $16.95). 500,000 printing.

September 18
Paint It Black by Janet Fitch (Little, Brown, $24.99). 250,000 printing.

September 19
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris (S&S, $26). 350,000 printing.
*Fairest by Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins, $15.99). 150,000 printing.
Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto (Harmony, $25.95). 100,000 printing.
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back by Amy and David Goodman (Hyperion, $23.95). 100,000 printing.
Fear of the Dark by Walter Mosley (Little, Brown, $25.99). 100,000 printing.
Brothers by Da Chen (Crown/Shaye Areheart, $25). 100,000 printing.
Moral Disorder: Stories by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday/Talese, $24). 75,000 printing.
Best American Poetry 2006 by Billy Collins (Scribner, $30).

September 20
Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography by Sharon Osbourne (Warner/Springboard, $24.99). 250,000 printing.

September 26
Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, $26). 1 million printing.
*Secrets of the Alchemist Dar by Michael Stadther (Treasure Trove, $39.99, paper $21.99). 1 million printing.
*Magic Tree House #36: Blizzard of the Blue Moon by Mary Pope Osborne (Random, $11.95). 350,000 printing.
Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber (Mira, $16.95). 300,000 printing.
*Mary Engelbreit's A Merry Little Christmas by Mary Engelbreit (HarperCollins, $16.99). 150,000 printing.
*Mouse Cookies and More by Laura Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond (HarperCollins, $24.99). 150,000 printing.
*Queen of the Scene Book and CD by Queen Latifah, illus. by Frank Morrison (HarperCollins, $16.99). 150,000 printing.
*Thomas' Big Storybook by Rev. W. Awdry (Random, $10.99). 150,000 printing.
*Return to Narnia by C.S. Lewis, illus. by Matthew Armstrong (HarperCollins, $16.99). 100,000 printing.
*The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond (HarperCollins, $9.99). 100,000 printing.
*Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins, $16.99). 100,000 printing.
The Rising Tide: A Novel of the Second World War by Jeff Shaara (Ballantine, $27.95).
And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: The Memoir of Charles B. Rangel's Journey from the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress by Charles Rangel (Scribner, $26).

October

October 1
*Christmas: A Pop-Up Stocking Stuffer by Robert Sabuda (Scholastic/Orchard, $12.99). 200,000 printing.
*When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic/Chicken House, $14.99). 120,000 printing.
Greetings from E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band by Robert Santelli (Chronicle, $35). 100,000 printing.
The Power to Change Your Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan, $14.99). 100,000 printing.
Answers to Life's Toughest Questions by Rick Warren (Zondervan, $14.99). 100,000 printing.

October 3
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins, $26.95). 1 million printing.
Never Again: Charting a New Course for Justice by John Ashcroft (Warner/ Center Street, $24.99). 500,000 printing.
Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans (S&S, $19.95). 500,000 printing.
Blood and Thunder: The American Conquest of the West in the Time of Kit Carson by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95). 200,000 printing.
*Emeril's There's a Chef in My World! by Emeril Lagasse, illus. by Charles Yuen (HarperCollins, $22.99). 200,000 printing.
50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America by William D. Novelli, foreword by Steven Case. (St. Martin's, $24.95). 200,000 printing.
Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley, $23.95). 150,000 printing.
Audrey Hepburn Treasures by Sean Hepburn Ferrer (Atria, $50). 125,000 printing.
One Train Later: A Memoir by Andy Summers, foreword by the Edge (St. Martin's/Dunne, $24.95). 100,000 printing.
A Photographer's Life: 1990—2006 by Annie Leibovitz (Random, $75).

October 5
*When Sheep Sleep by Laura Numeroff, illus. by David McPhail (Abrams, $15.95). 100,000 printing.
*Snowmen at Night Pop-Up by Caralyn Buehner, illus. by Mark Buehner (Dial, $21.99). 100,000 printing.
"Work Hard, Study... and Keep Out of Politics!" Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life by James A. Baker III with Steve Fiffer (Putnam, $28.95).

October 6
My Father, My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H.W. Bush by Doro Bush Koch (Warner, $27.99). 175,000 printing.

October 9
The Real Deal: My Life in Business by Sanford I. Weill and Judah S. Kraushaar (Warner, $32). 150,000 printing.
War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How We Can Fight Back by Lou Dobbs (Viking, $24.95). 100,000 printing.

October 10
[Untitled nonfiction] by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95). 1.5 million printing.
Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99). 600,000 printing.
Ageless by Suzanne Somers (Crown, $25). 400,000 printing.
What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $26.95). 300,000 printing.
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis (Norton, $24.95). 300,000 printing.
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25). 250,000 printing.
Diana by Sarah Bradford (Viking, $25.95). 250,000 printing.
Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff and David Corn (Crown, $25.95). 100,000 printing.
Short Straw by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95).
Tough Choices: A Memoir by Carly Fiorina (Portfolio, $24.95). 200,000 printing.

October 11
Not Easily Broken by T.D. Jakes (Warner Faith, $23.99). 200,000 printing.
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury, $23.95). 150,000 printing.
Freedom: The Story of My Second Life by Malika Oufkir (Miramax, $23.95). 125,000 printing.

October 13
*A Series of Unfortunate Events #13: The End by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $12.99). 2.5 million printing.
*A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Complete Wreck (Books 1—13) by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $150). 300,000 printing.

October 16
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris (Warner, $27.99). 175,000 printing.

October 17
The Bancroft Strategy by Robert Ludlum (St. Martin's, $26.95). 600,000 printing.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Broadway, $25). 250,000 printing.
Life After Death: The Burden of Proof by Deepak Chopra (Harmony, $24). 200,000 printing.
*The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin, illus. by Yvonne Gilbert (Tor/Starscape, $12.95). 175,000 printing.
*Noelle's Treasure Tale by Gloria Estefan, illus. by Michael Garland (HarperCollins, $17.95). 150,000 printing.
On Agate Hill by Lee Smith (Algonquin, $24.95). 100,000 printing.
Trinny and Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say About You (Collins, $19.95). 100,000 printing.
Love Don't Live Here No More by Snoop Dog (Atria, $24). 100,000 printing.

October 19
*A Princess Primer: The Fairy Godmother's Guide to Being a Princess by Stephanie True Peters, illus. by Bernard Oberdieck and Denis Cordeev (Dutton, $19.99). 200,000 printing.
*Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica (Philomel, $17.99). 200,000 printing.
*Violet Comes to Stay by Jan Karon presents Cynthia Coopersmith, story by Melanie Cecka, illus. by Emily Arnold McCully (Viking, $15.99). 150,000 printing.

October 20
The Heritage of Lancaster County (3 in 1) by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House, $16.99). 100,000 printing.October 24
The Collectors by David Baldacci (Warner, $26.99). 1 million printing.
Paula Deen Celebrates by Paula Deen (S&S, $26). 500,000 printing.
*English Roses, Too by Madonna, illus. by Stacy Peterson (Callaway, $19.95). 300,000 printing.
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown, $25). 300,000 printing.
At the Center of the Storm by George Tenet (HarperCollins, $27.95). 300,000 printing.
The Mitford Bedside Companion by Jan Karon (Viking, $25.95). 300,000 printing.
Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe by Thomas Cahill (Doubleday/ Talese, $27.50). 125,000 printing.
*Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook by Georgeanne Brennan, illus. by Dr. Seuss and Frankie Frankeny (Random, $16.95). 100,000 printing.
*English Roses Mini-Edition by Madonna, illus. by Jeffrey Fulvimari (Callaway, $9.95). 75,000 printing.
Hundred Dollar Baby by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $24.95).
Since Then... or, How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It by David Crosby with Carl Gottlieb (Putnam, $26.95).
Lessons in Becoming Myself by Ellen Burstyn (Riverhead, $25.95).
Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner, $28).
Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II: More Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of by Jeff Foxworthy (Villard, $16.95).

October 27
Trumpisms: Rules to Win By by Donald Trump (Wiley, $19.95). 100,000 printing.

October 30
*Probuditi! by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton, $18.95). 100,000 printing.

October 31
H.R.H. by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27). 800,000 printing.
Barefoot Contessa at Home: My Favorite Foods for Your Favorite People by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35). 500,000 printing.
You: The Owner's Manual on a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press, $25). 500,000 printing.
Palestine: Peace or Apartheid? by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $27). 300,000 printing.
The Angels of Morgan Hill by Donna Van Liere (St. Martin's, $14.95). 300,000 printing.
Dirty Blonde by Courtney Love (Faber & Faber, $30). 100,000 printing.
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg (Random, $16.95).

November

November 1
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: History by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht (Chronicle, $15.95). 100,000 printing.

November 6
Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille (Warner, $26.99). 1 million printing.

November 7
Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins, $25.95). 250,000 printing.
Saving Graces by Elizabeth Edwards (Broadway, $24.95). 125,000 printing.
The House of Hilton by Jerry Oppenheimer (Crown, $24.95). 100,000 printing.
Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't by Ram Charan (Crown Business, $27.50). 100,000 printing.
The Doors by the Doors (Hyperion, $45). 100,000 printing.
The Gods of Newport by John Jakes (Dutton, $25.95).
The Godfather's Revenge by Mark Winegardner (Putnam, $25.95).
Born in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (Putnam, $24.95).

November 14
Jamie's Italy by Jamie Oliver (Hyperion, $34.95). 175,000 printing.
Empire by Orson Scott Card (Tor, $24.95). 175,000 printing.
The Long Night of Winchell Dear by Robert James Waller (Crown/Shaye Areheart, $21). 150,000 printing.
Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, edited by John Edwards (Collins, $29.95). 150,000 printing.
A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry (Ballantine, $16.95).
Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait by Bill Zehme (Random, $24.95).

November 20
Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99). 1.5 million printing.

November 21
The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins, $26.95). 500,000 printing.
The Jesus Chronicles by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins (Putnam, $24.95).

November 28
Brother Odd by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $27). 600,000 printing.
Temperatures Rising by Sandra Brown (Bantam, $20). 140,000 printing.

December

December 5
[Untitled on life in politics and Hollywood] by Jack Valenti (Harmony, $25.95). 150,000 first printing.
Treasure of Kahn by Clive and Dirk Cussler (Putnam, $27.95).
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $25.95). 225,000 printing.

December 12
Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine, $24.95).

December 28
The Sun over Breda by Arturo Pérez-Riverte (Putnam, $24.95).
—with reporting by Raya Kuzyk
* = children's title