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These books likely to ring up lots of sales

The Spokesman-Review

Following are books that, just out in hardback or recently reissued in paper, should be hot sellers through the summer (provided by Julie Smith, head book buyer, Auntie’s Books):

“My Life” (Knopf, 992 pages, $35) by Bill Clinton: The ex-president reveals all — or at least some.

“Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories” (Doubleday, 233 pages, $23.95) by Chuck Palahniuk. Real life as the “Fight Club” author sees it.

“Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Linen” (Little Brown, 272 pages, $24.95) by David Sedaris. More humor essays by the author of “Me Talk Pretty One Day.”

“The Time Traveler’s Wife” (Harvest Books, 560 pages, $14 paper) by Audrey Niffenegger: A Chicago librarian becomes unstuck in time.

“Benjamin Franklin — An American Life” (Simon & Schuster, 608 pages, $30) by Walter Isaacson: The secret life of the most interesting Founding Father.

“The Rule of Four” (Dial Press, 384 pages, $24) by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason: Four college students have ties to a 15th-century manuscript that holds clues to the location of a buried treasure.

“Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” (W.W. Norton, 304 pages, $13.95 paper) by Mary Roach: The vast and various ways we deal with the detritus of death.

“The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss” (Rodale Press, 310 pages, $24.95) by Arthur Agaston: The search for a way to lose weight continues.

“House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties” (Scribner, 368 pages, $26) by Craig Unger: The title pretty much says it all.

“Plan of Attack” (Simon & Schuster, 480 pages, $28) by Bob Woodward: The Washington Post editor takes a detailed look at the events leading up to the Iraqi War.

“Song of Susannah: The Dark Tower, Book 6” (Grant/Scribner, 432 pages, $30) by Stephen King: The King of Horror’s saga continues.

“On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (and Always Have) in the Future Tense” (Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, $25) by David Brooks: The author of “Bobos in Paradise” offers a hopeful view of the future.

“Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination” (Viking Press, 320 pages, $25.95) by Helen Fielding: The author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” creates a secret superspy for the 21st century.

“Truth and Beauty: A Friendship” (HarperCollins, 257 pages, $23.95) by Ann Patchett: The author of “Bel Canto” relates her friendship with the late Lucy Grealy, author of “Autobiography of a Face.”

“Eventide” (Knopf, 320 pages, $24.95) by Kent Haruf: Haruf continues the stories of characters he created in his acclaimed novel “Plainsong.”

“The Secret Life of Bees” (Penguin, 336 pages, $14 paper) by Sue Ann Monk: A young woman searches for a mother figure during the strife-torn 1960s.

“The Lovely Bones” (Back Bay Books, 352 pages, $13.95) by Alice Sebold: A young girl narrates the story of her murder and how the crime ends up affecting her family.