Complete book coverage for June 28, 2009

Why one writer can’t turn down any assignments.

June 28, 2009

The director-auteur reveals the diary he kept of the making of 1981’s ‘Fitzcarraldo,’ and what an arduous journey in the jungle it was.

June 28, 2009

Love short stories? Once again, others have done the hunting to come up with winners by the likes of Ha Jin, Nadine Gordimer and Andrew Sean Greer.

June 28, 2009

In a novel from the author of ‘The Great Man,’ a mid-40s woman in a passionless life leaves home and husband. Now what?

June 28, 2009

For many boys who were collectors, a 1973 book helped turn one’s hobby into a full-fledged obsession.

June 28, 2009

The fascinating tale of Rod Coronado and his war to save the American wilderness.

June 28, 2009

Lilian Pizzichini’s ‘The Blue Hour’ examines the peripatetic life of the West Indian-born author.

June 28, 2009

Also: ‘Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being’

June 28, 2009

New young adult novels show readers how those precious 10 weeks of the year can change one’s life.

June 28, 2009

Fiction Weeks on list1.Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House: $25) Two sisters from Shanghai encounter tragedy and heartbreak as they are sold into arranged marriages in 1930s Los Angeles.3 2.Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (Delacorte: $27) The capture of a suspected suicide bomber on a N.Y. subway causes a chain of global events. 4 3.The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion: $17.99) Percy Jackson and his army of demigods battle to stop the Lord of Time. 7 4.The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $27.99) A recently downsized reporter investigates a serial killer who uses his computer job to find his victims.35.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined while changing a Mississippi town.46.The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (Voice: $25.99) A graduate student delves into the Salem witch trials.17.Relentless by Dean Koontz (Bantam: $27) A bestselling novelist encounters a sociopathic book critic and dangerous consequences ensue.28.Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard (William Morrow: $26.99) An ex-bank robber is seduced by his former jail mate’s girlfriend and his fortune.49.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 49 10.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality. 46 11.Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon: $23.95) In the latest installment of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe is in need of her own investigative skills. 7 12.Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea(Little, Brown: $24.99) A young Mexican girl on a mission to bring men back to her village.1 13.My Father’s Tears by John Updike (Knopf: $25.95) The author’s 12th and last collection of short stories.1 14.

June 28, 2009

Fiction 1.

June 28, 2009