Dec. 31, 2007
"The University of Alabama Football Vault: The Story of the Crimson Tide, 1892-2007"
Written by Jay Barker
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
In the "University of Alabama Football Vault," the 115-year history of the Crimson Tide is brought vividly to life by one of Alabama's most famous sons, All-America quarterback Jay Barker. Barker's thrilling narrative is coupled with historic images, artwork and photographs that span more than 11 decades of collegiate football greatness.
Dec. 29, 2007
"Cycle of the Werewolf"
Written by Stephen King
Illustrated by Berni Wrightson
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: NAL
When the moon grows fat, a paralyzing fear sweeps through Tarker Mills. For snarls that sound like human words can be heard whining through the wind. And all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated... Cycle of the Werewolf
Dec. 22, 2007
"I Am Legend"
By Richard Matheson
Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.
Dec. 1, 2007
"Lisey's Story"
By Stephen King
Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a 25 year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Lisey knew there was a place Scott went -- a place that both terrified and healed him, could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it's Lisey's turn to face Scott's demons, Lisey's turn to go to Boo'ya Moon.
Nov. 24, 2007
"At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror"
By H.P. Lovecraft
Softcover: 184 pages
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
"At the Mountains of Madness" is a tale of terror unilke any other. The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures, and the carved stones tens of millions of years old and, finally, the mind-blasting terror of the City of the Old Ones.
Nov. 13, 2007
"The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower"
By Stephen King
Softcover: 1072 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
The most anticipated book in King's legendary career, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower completes the quest of Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger in a world which has "moved on." The Dark Tower tracks Roland towards his ultimate goal, the tower at the center of all time, all place. In the final stage of his search, Roland needs one more ally, a last key to gain entry to the tower.
Oct. 13, 2007
"Relic"
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Softcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being murdered. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human...But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Researcher Margo Green must find out who - or what - is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre? 
Sept. 13, 2007
"The Talisman"
By Stephen King and Peter Straub
Softcover: 768 pages
Publisher: Random House
On a brisk autumn day, a thirteen-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change.
Sept. 6, 2007
"The Lottery and Other Stories"
By Shirley Jackson
Softcover: 222 pages
Publisher: Avon Library Group
The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. This collection, the only one to appear during Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories.
Sept. 1, 2007
"Dolores Claiborne"
By Stephen King
Softcover: 372 pages
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting 30 years to find out what happened the day Dolores Claiborne's husband Joe died--but the police want to know what happened yesterday, when Dolores's long-time employer died suddenly in her care. Features a brand-new foreword by the author.
Aug. 25, 2007
"The Metamorphosis"
By Franz Kafka
Softcover: 194 pages
Publisher: Tandem Library Books
"The Metamorphosis" is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family. Marrowing, though absurdly comic, "The Metamorphosis" has taken its place as one of the mosst widely read and influential works of 20th-century fiction. 
Aug. 15, 2007
"The Dead Zone"
By Stephen King
Softcover: 402 pages
Publisher: Signet, 1979
Although "The Dead Zone" contains a subplot about a serial killer, it isn't strictly a horror novel. It's the story of a high school teacher, who suffers a gap in time--like a Rip Van Winkle who blacks out during the years 1970-75--and thus becomes conscious of the way that American society is changing.
July 25, 2007
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Softcover: 139 pages
Publisher: Signet Classic, Sept. 1993
Stark, skillfully woven, this novel explores the turnings of human character through the strange case of Dr. Jekyll, a scientist who by night takes on his stunted evil self, Mr. Hyde. Anticipating modern psychology, Jekyll And Hyde is an original study of man's dual nature — as well as a tale of suspense and terror.
June 25, 2007
"Needful Things"
By Stephen King
Hardcover: 690 pages
Publisher: Viking, June 1992
A wonderful new store has opened in the little town of Castle Rock, Maine. Whatever your heart's secret desire -- sexual pleasure, wealth, power, or even more precious things -- it's for sale. And even though every item has a nerve-shattering price, the owner is always ready to make a bargain.
May 25, 2007
"Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever"
By Filip Bondy
Hardcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Perseus Publishing, April 2007
A revealing, behind-the-scenes account of the 1984 NBA draft, considered the greatest ever, as general managers, coaches, and players describe what really went down. Talking to general managers, coaches, and players, Bondy provides the entire back story of the draft.
May 2, 2007
"Hearts in Atlantis"
By Stephen King
Softcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Sept. 1999
"Hearts in Atlantis" is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War. King's book will take some readers to a place they have never been and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.
April 22, 2007
"Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team"
By Michael Smith
Softcover: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, March 2007
Former British intelligence officer Smith shines a light on one of the U.S. Army's blackest agencies and best-kept secrets, the Intelligence Support Activity—aka the Activity—in this extensively researched and crisply written exposé.
April 13, 2007
"From a Buick 8"
By Stephen King
Softcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Dec. 2003
The state police in Statler, Penn., have kept the mysterious Buick Roadmaster caged out in back of the barracks ever since 1979, when two troopers answered a call about its missing driver. There it remained until the fateful day when its secrets are finally revealed.
April 6, 2007
"Year of the Dog: One Year, One Team, One Goal"
By Kurt Voigt
Softcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Stephens Press
Year of the Dog captures an amazing football season at Springdale High School. Get close to the players, coaches, fans and family members as the action unfolds. In Year of the Dog, one will meet an incredibly gifted group of athletes and their coaches, as well as getting to know a city driven by its love for them.
March 30, 2007
"Cujo"
By Stephen King
Softcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Signet
Donna Trenton is a frustrated housewife whose life is a turmoil after her husband learns about her having an affair. Brett Camber is a young boy whose pet Saint-Bernard, "Cujo", is bitten by a rabid bat. Whilst Vic, Donna's husband is away on business, Donna and her son Tad take her Pinto to Brett Cambers' dad's car shop... the car fails, and "Cujo" is very, very sick.
Feb. 18, 2007
"Complete History of Jack the Ripper"
By Philip Sugden
Softcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group
The product of an immense trawl of historical records, "The Complete History of Jack the Ripper" is the most comprehensive, objective and authoritative study of the murders ever made. Philip Sugden's conclusions challenge the whole drift of serious Ripper studies since 1959.
Jan. 17, 2007
"Song of Susannah: The Dark Tower VI"
By Stephen King
Softcover: 556 pages
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is unlike anything you have ever read. Here is the penultimate installment. This book is the sixth installment in the seven-volume series.
Jan. 14, 2007
"13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffery"
By Kathryn Tucker Windham and Margaret Gillis Figh
Softcover: 120 pages
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
This book includes 13 supernatural tales from Alabama, including "The Ghost of the Angry Architect," "Dead Lights in the Tower," "The Faithful Vigil at Carlisle Hall," "The Specter in the Maze at Cahaba," "The Phantom Steamboat of the Tombigbee" and "The Face in the Courthouse Window."
Jan. 1, 2007
"Ghost Hunters: William James and the Hunt for Scientific Proof of Life After Death"
By Deborah Blum
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Group
"Ghost Hunters" is the story of a small group of scientists who launched a determined scientific investigation into the "unexplainable" incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations that had suddenly become national obsessions.
One of MonroeCountyToday.com's goals is to promote reading and writing among the people of Monroe County. For that reason, MonroeCountyToday.com periodically recommends books to the general public. The Recommended Reading List is an on-going project, and MonroeCountyToday.com does accept nominations from the general public. Send your nominations to: leepeacock2002@hotmail.com