However cold and dark it may get this coming winter, readers will discover a sparkling selection of authors. P.J. O'Rourke, William Langewiesche, Naomi Klein and Richard Preston parse our political moment, while Robert Stone looks back on the '60s and Elaine Pagels delves into the newly uncovered Gospel of Judas. In fiction, Jane Smiley, Tracy Chevalier and Jonathan Lethem return (though Grisham does not), and up-and-comers Lionel Shriver, Arthur Phillips and Daniel Mason cultivate their growing followings.

JanuaryJANUARY 2The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (HarperCollins, $24.95). 350,000 printing.The Sweet Potato Queens' 1st Big-Ass Novel: (Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, but Could Have and May Yet) by Jill Conner Browne with Karin Gillespie (S&S, $22.95). 250,000 printing.Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Being Your Best for the Rest of Your Life by Naomi Judd (S&S, $23). 150,000 printing.And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives by John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman (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.Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel by Walter Mosley (Bloomsbury, $23.95). 75,000 printing.The Great Physician's Rx for Women's Health by Jordan Rubin, Nicki Rubin and Panchetta Wilson, M.D. (Nelson, $22.99).The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam, $26.95).The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers by Lilian Jackson Braun (Putnam, $24.95).JANUARY 4Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch (Tarcher, $19.95).JANUARY 8The Terror by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown, $25.99). 100,000 printing.JANUARY 9Plum Love by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's, $16.95). 1.25 million printing.Exile by Richard North Patterson (Holt, $26). 500,000 printing.Web of Evil by J.A. Jance (Touchstone, $26). 250,000 printing.Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra (HarperCollins, $27.95). 200,000 printing.Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber (Forge, $25.95). 175,000 printing.Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties by Robert Stone (Ecco, $25.95). 100,000 printing.On the Wealth of Nations by P.J. O'Rourke (Atlantic, $19.95). 60,000 printing.Coronary by Stephen Klaidman (Scribner, $25). 25,000 printing.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 B. Rangel (Scribner, $26).JANUARY 11Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman (Little, Brown, $24.99). 100,000 printing.JANUARY 16You Suck by Christopher Moore (Morrow, $21.95). 200,000 printing.Deep Storm by Lincoln Child (Doubleday, $24.95). 125,000 printing.Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein (Scribner, $26). 120,000 printing.The Suspect by John Lescroart (Dutton, $26.95).White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam, $24.95).JANUARY 23Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins, $25.95). 150,000 printing.JANUARY 30Star Wars: Allegiance by Timothy Zahn (Del Rey, $25.95).
FebruaryFEBRUARY 1
At the Center of the Storm by George Tenet (HarperCollins, $27.95). 300,000 printing.
Knots by Nuruddin Farah (Riverhead, $24.95).

FEBRUARY 6
Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Morrow, $24.95). 250,000 printing.
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky (Doubleday, $25.95). 200,000 printing.
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley (Knopf, $26). 150,000 printing.
On the Shoulders of Giants by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (S&S, $25). 125,000 printing.
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster (Holt, $22). 100,000 printing.
Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson (Metropolitan, $26). 100,000 printing.
Who's Got Game?: The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake? by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison, illus. by Pascal LeMaître (Scribner, $25). 20,000 printing.
The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry (Ballantine, $25.95).
High Profile by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $24.95).
The New American Story by Bill Bradley (Random, $24.95).

FEBRUARY 12
Step on a Crack by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99). 1.35 million printing.

FEBRUARY 13
Past Perfect by Susan Isaacs (Scribner, $25). 120,000 printing.
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart, $25). 100,000 printing.
Nixon in China: The Week That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan (Random, $27.95).

FEBRUARY 20
[untitled Elvis Cole Novel] by Robert Crais (S&S, $25.95). 250,000 printing.
It Can Happen Here by Joe Conason (St. Martin's/Dunne, $24.95). 150,000 printing.
Maxed Out: Hard Times in the Age of Easy Credit by James Scurlock (Scribner, $24). 60,000 printing.
Grace Will Lead Me Home by Robin Givens (Miramax, $23.95).
Innocent in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (Putnam, $24.95).
The Edge of Disaster: Surviving Terror and Catastrophes by Stephen Flynn (Random, $25.95).

FEBRUARY 27
Sisters by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27). 800,000 printing.
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella (Dial, $24). 400,000 printing.
The Power of a Positive No by William Ury (Bantam, $25). 200,000 printing.
The Taste of Innocence by Stephanie Laurens (Morrow, $24.95). 100,000 printing.
Puss n' Cahoots by Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown (Bantam, $25). 75,000 printing.

MarchMARCH 6
Whitehorn Woods by Maeve Binchy (Knopf, $25.95). 400,000 printing.
Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau, $24.95). 350,000 printing.
Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity by Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King (Viking, $24.95). 250,000 printing.
Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's, $19.95). 225,000 printing.
This Time, This Place: My Life in War, the White House, and Hollywood by Jack Valenti (Harmony, $25.95). 150,000 printing.
A Far Country by Daniel Mason (Knopf, $24). 150,000 printing.
When the Light Goes by Larry McMurtry (S&S, $16). 150,000 printing.
Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul by Caroline Myss (Free Press, $25). 125,000 printing.
The Atomic Bazaar by William Langewiesche (FSG, $24). 75,000 printing.

MARCH 7
Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline (HarperCollins, $25.95). 350,000 printing.

MARCH 13
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver (HarperCollins, $25.95). 150,000 printing.
You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday, $24.95). 100,000 printing.
Dog Years by Mark Doty (HarperCollins, $23.95). 60,000 printing.
At Some Disputed Barricade by Anne Perry (Ballantine, $21.95).

MARCH 14
My Father's Secret War by Lucinda Franks (Miramax, $24.95).

MARCH 20
Cat o' Nine Tales by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's, $24.95). 200,000 printing.
Blank Is Beautiful by Naomi Klein (Metropolitan, $26). 125,000 printing.
Dropping the Ball by Dave Winfield (Scribner, $25). 65,000 printing.
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle (Scribner, $25). 60,000 printing.

MARCH 22
The Hollywood Trainer Weight Loss Plan: 21 Days to Make Healthy Living a Lifetime Habit by Jeanette Jenkins (Putnam, $25.95).

MARCH 27
The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag (Bantam, $26). 325,000 printing.
Simply Magic by Mary Balogh (Delacorte, $22). 75,000 printing.
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier (Dutton, $24.95).
AprilAPRIL 1
Nine Rules to Live By by Robin Roberts (Hyperion, $19.95). 200,000 printing.

APRIL 3
I've Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark (S&S, $25.95). 1 million printing.
Everyday Pasta by Giada De Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). 600,000 printing.
Ladies of Liberty: The Ladies Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts (Morrow, $26.95). 400,000 printing.
Untitled Memoir by Paula Deen (S&S, $25). 300,000 printing.
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (S&S, $30). 250,000 printing.
The 3-Hour Diet Cookbook by Jorge Cruise (Collins, $24.95). 150,000 printing.
Laced by Carol Higgins Clark (Scribner, $24). 120,000 printing.
Willie Brown by Willie Brown (S&S, $25). 50,000 printing.
Angelica by Arthur Phillips (Random, $24.95).

APRIL 10
Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins (St. Martin's, $24.95). 400,000 printing.
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal by Ann Rule (Free Press, $26). 200,000 printing.
We Shall Not Sleep by Anne Perry (Ballantine, $21.95).
Untitled by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $24.95).
Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95).
The Wild Trees by Richard Preston (Random, $25.95).

APRIL 13
The Little Book of Indexing by John C. Bogle (Wiley, $19.95). 200,000 printing.

APRIL 17
Chasers by Lorenzo Carcaterra (Ballantine, $25.95).

APRIL 27
Inside the Mind of BTK: Portrait of a Serial Killer by John E. Douglas (Jossey-Bass, $24.95). 125,000 printing.

—with reporting by Raya Kuzyk

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