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We’ve collected the hardcover books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending July 31, 2011–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #4) Ghost Story by Jim Butcher: “When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn’t doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin. But being dead doesn’t stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has nobody, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own.” (July 2011)
(Debuted at #14) Hero by Mike Lupica: “Fourteen-year-old Billy Harriman can feel the changes. The sharpening of his senses. The incredible strength. The speed, as though he can textmessage himself across miles. The confidence and the strange need to patrol Central Park at night. His dad had been a hero, a savior to America and a confidante of the president. Then he died, and the changes began in Billy. What Billy never knew was that his father was no ordinary man-he was a superhero, battling the world’s evil.” (November 2010)
(Debuted at #15) Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin & illustrated by James Dean: “Pete the Cat is back—and this time he’s rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing his song . . . because it’s all good.” (July 2011)