• Science fiction and fantasy from Del Rey Books
• Romance books of all sorts from Ballantine, Fawcett, and Ivy
• Mystery novels from Ballantine and Fawcett
• Literary fiction with bound-in readers' guides (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

General fiction and nonfiction chapters and excerpts from the last six months or so are listed below, in alphabetical order by book title. (Hint: to search for a specific book or author, use your browser's Find command.) Follow the links to our online catalog records, where the excerpts can be read or printed.

• Recent general fiction from the Ballantine Publishing Group
  Bedford Square by Anne Perry
  Candy by Luke Davies
  The Cobra Event by Richard Preston
  Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children by Angus Oblong
  Dead Air by Charles Jaco
  East of A by Russell Atwood
  Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
  Evensong by Gail Godwin
  Feel This Book by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo
  Gingersnaps by Delores Welch
  The First Horseman by John Case
  Hanna's Daughters by Marianne Frederiksson
  Hart's War by John Katzenbach
  In Dark Water by Mermer Blakeslee
  The Insider by Stephen Frey
  The Interceptor by Richard Herschlag
  The Last Full Measure by Jeffrey M. Shaara
  The Long Season of Rain by Helen Kim
  The Magic Circle by Katherine Neville
  The Night Drifter by Susan Carroll
  Pandora by Anne Rice
  No Physical Evidence by Gus Lee
  Passing Remarks by Helen Hodgeman
  A Perfect Crime by Peter Abraham
  A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett
  Random Hearts by Warren Adler
  Remote Control by Andy McNab
  The Right Hand of Evil by John Saul
  Roadkill by Kinky Friedman
  Standing in the Shadows by Michelle Spring
  Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik
  UFOS, JFK, and Elvis by Richard Belzer
  Waiting in Vain by Colin Channer

• Recent nonfiction from the Ballantine Publishing Group
  Against All Enemies: Gulf War Syndrome by Seymour Hersh
  Ask Dr. Weil: The Complete Six-in-One Volume by Dr. Andrew Weil
  Black and Single by Dr. Larry Davis
  The Book Lover's Guide to the Internet, Second Edition by Evan Morris
  Boomernomics: Defending Your Money in the Upcoming Generational Warfare by William Sterling and Stephen Waite
  The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
  The Complete Book of Breast Care by Niels H. Lauersen, M.D., Ph.D., & Eileen Stukane
  Cybergrrl: A Woman's Guide to the World Wide Web by Aliza Sherman
  Diana: The Secret Years by Simone Simmons with Susan Hill
  Don't Get Me Started by Kate Clinton
  Dreamtime Alice by Mandy Sayer
  Elvis Day By Day by Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen
  A Family Affair: The Unauthorized Sean "Puffy" Combs Story by Andrew Cable
  The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide by Kathy Peel
  Feel This Book by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo
  The First Coming: Tiger Woods--Master or Martyr? by John Feinstein
  Four Steps to Financial Security for Lesbian and Gay Couples by Harold L. Lustig
  Givin' It Their All: The Backstreet Boys' Rise to the Top by Sherri Rifkin
  A Golfer's Life by Arnold Palmer
  Great Books for Boys by Kathleen Odean
  Great Books for Girls by Kathleen Odean
  Guilty by Reason of Insanity by Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Ph.D
  How to Heal the Hurt by Hating by Anita Liberty
  How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
  I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action by Jackie Chan with Jeff Yang
  In Honor of Women by Stella Togo Crawley
  Interactive Excellence by Edwin Schlossberg
  The Joy of Cybersex by Deb Levine
  Just Jackie by Edward Klein
  Keep Your Cat Healthy the Natural Way by Pat Lazarus
  Memoirs of a Pet Therapist by Warren Eckstein
  The Milk Mustache Book by Jay Schulberg
  News is a Verb by Pete Hamill
  No Island of Sanity: Paula Jones vs. Bill Clinton by Vincent Bugliosi
  The New York Diaries: Too-True Tales of Urban Trauma by Daniel Drennan
  Parenting Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Paula Spencer
  Prayers on My Pillow by Celia Strauss
  The Purina Encyclopedia of Cat Care by Amy D. Shojai
  The Purina Encyclopedia of Dog Care by Amy D. Shojai
  Rocks of Ages by Stephen Jay Gould
  The Rufus Chronicle: Another Autumn by C. W. Gusswelle
  Slaves In the Family by Edward Ball
  The Soul of Golf by William Hallberg
  Stop and Sell the Roses: Lessons from Business and Life by Jim McCann
  The Straight Dope Tells All by Cecil Adams
  SUGAR BUSTERS! by H. Leighton Steward et al.
  Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World by Carl Hiaasen
  Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are by Robert Lilienfeld and Dr. William Rathje
  The Wall Street Journal Guide to Who's Who and What's What on Wall Street
  The Wall Street Journal Almanac 1999
  Work & Family by Sue Shellenbarger