Give or take a new Harry Potter title, we’re most anticipating a new novel from Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner. Here are some other releases we're looking forward to:

May is the biggest month for new releases, with novels from Michael Chabon, Chuck Palahniuk and Haruki Murakami, and new non-fiction works from Barbara Kingsolver, and Alice Cooper (it's a golf book, but we just want to see what he's wearing--Izod or Nike?)

In June, look for new novels from Don DeLillo, Ian McEwan, Michael Ondaatje, Armistead Maupin, Javier Sierra and Annie Dillard.

And we can barely wait for William Gibson's newest, due in August. There'll also be some great summer reads from James Patterson, Robert Parker, Janet Evanovich, Ridley Pearson, J.A. Jance, Kay Hooper and Faye Kellerman.

Coming May 16th, Chris Finan will discuss his new book, From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America at our Pegasus Downtown store. We've know Chris for years, as he is president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, a cause close to our hearts. And so we can promise that the event and the book will be relevant and lively. We'll keep you posted.

Berkeley One and Only
by Jon Sullivan
Command Performance Press, $35.00
Do check out this beautiful hardcover book on the history of Berkeley, so colorful and close up that you might find yourself within it's pages. Available at our two Berkeley stores.