October's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes THE CASTLE IN THE FOREST, Norman Mailer's first major work of fiction in more than a decade, which explores the evil of Adolf Hitler; BROTHER ODD, the third installment in Dean Koontz's psychological suspense series about a short order cook who can see and talk with the dead; WILD FIRE by Nelson DeMille, which marks the return of federal agent John Corey as he joins forces with his FBI agent wife to stop a frightening and all-too-plausible plot; THE THIRTEENTH TALE, in which Diane Setterfield weaves together a tale of twins and ghosts when an aging bestselling author invites an obscure biographer to her creepy old home to write the true story of her life; FAMILY TREE, a powerful novel from Barbara Delinsky that asks penetrating questions about family and the choices people make in times of crisis; and HOME TO BIG STONE GAP, which returns to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for the fourth installment in Adriana Trigiani's Big Stone Gap series.
Among our nonfiction highlights are MY LIFE IN FRANCE, a love letter from Julia Child to her husband, friends, France and --- of course --- cooking and food; POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION, a follow-up to Gore Vidal's bestselling PALIMPSEST, in which the celebrated novelist, essayist and critic reflects on his remarkable life; WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Neal Gabler's meticulously researched biography of one of America's iconic figures; and I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS!, a New York Times bestseller by Bob Newhart, who offers his take on everything from his early days as a mild-mannered accountant to his glory days as an actor and a stand-up comedian.