The A List

Books

After Dark By Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $22.95

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life By Barbara Kingsolver, HarperCollins, $26.95

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England By Brock Clarke, Algonquin, $23.95

Away By Amy Bloom, Random House, $23.95

Before By Irini Spanidou, Knopf, $23

Body Surfing By Anita Shreve, Little, Brown and Co., $25.99

Dog Years By Mark Doty, HarperCollins, $23.95

Fire in the Blood By Ir¿ne N¿mirovsky, Knopf, $22

House of Meetings By Martin Amis, Knopf, $23

I Am America (And So Can You!) By Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99

Letters to a Young Teacher By Jonathan Kozol, Crown, $19.95

A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book Compiled by Frank Warren, William Morrow, $27.95