10 Essential American West Books

[10 Essential Books of the American West]( Joy Williams, Percival Everett, Mary Robison, and more. [more]( [PW Picks: Books of the Week, December 11, 2017]( This week: how fear has shaped America, plus a pulse-pounding crime novel set in Australia. [more]( [Now an Amazon Studios Major Motion Picture]( From Amazon Original Stories. Two best friends, on opposite sides of prison bars—both fighting for the same cause. Read the powerful true story. (Sponsored) [Read It Today]( [All the Castles Burned by Michael Nye]( [James {NAME}'s Sole Children's Book Comes Back into Print]( James {NAME}'s only picture book did not stay in print long after it was published in 1976. Next August, Duke University Press will reissue 'Little Man, Little Man' with the original illustrations by Yoran Cazac. [more]( [The Best Books of 2017]( The year's top 150 books. [A Haunting and Disorienting Short Story]( In a new read from Amazon Original Stories, a teacher mocks a boy’s birthmark and unlocks a dark force. Read National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates’s 'The Sign of the Beast.' (Sponsored) [Read It Today]( [PW LitCast: A Conversation with Jane Issac]( [Judging a Book by Its Cover]( Author Terry Newman considers the importance of a good cover image. [more]( [A Complete List of Books That PW Starred Releasing This Week]( Stars of the week. [Free reviews for indie authors - BookLife.com - click here.]( [More New Books]( 'The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir' by Maude Julien, and other books publishing next week. [more]( [PW Radio: Joanna Schaffhausen]( Author Joanna Schaffhausen discusses her debut novel, 'The Vanishing Season.' [Listen]( This Week's Bestsellers Hardcover Nonfiction 1 The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!: Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives Ree Drummond, Author 2 [Leonardo Da Vinci]( Walter Isaacson, Author 3 [Grant]( Ron Chernow, Author 4 [Obama: An Intimate Portrait]( Pete Souza, Author, Barack Obama, Foreword by 5 Guinness World Records 2018: Meet Our Real-Life Superheroes (2018) Guinness World Records, Author Hardcover Fiction 1 [The Rooster Bar]( John Grisham, Author 2 [Origin]( Dan Brown, Author 3 The People vs. Alex Cross James Patterson, Author 4 [The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel]( Lee Child, Author 5 Past Perfect Danielle Steel, Author [See More Bestsellers »]( Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: ghabash@publishersweekly.com Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: cbryerman@publishersweekly.com For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 71 West 23 St. #1608 New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2017, PWxyz LLC Email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( You are receiving this email because {EMAIL} subscribed to one of Publishers Weekly's e-newsletters. If you are not {EMAIL}, then please disregard this. If you would like to stop receiving this or any Publishers Weekly e-newsletter or promotional emailing, [click here to update your newsletter subscription preferences](. Publishers Weekly takes spam very seriously. This email message meets all the requirements of the United States CAN-SPAM Act and Canada¹s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). If you would like your email address removed from all Publishers Weekly email lists, [click here to unsubscribe.]( [Delicious]( [Digg]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Reddit]( [StumbleUpon]( [Twitter](