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Jennifer Weiner's "Best Friends Forever" is just right for the beach

Published: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 3:05 AM     Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 3:10 AM

"Best Friends Forever" by Jennifer Weiner (Simon & Schuster, $26.99).

The author of "In Her Shoes" is back with another winning tale of women's complicated relationships.

Hardcover
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

By Ben Mezrich
Knopf, $25
A controversial business tale about the Harvard undergrads who made social networking history.

The State of Jones
By Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer
Doubleday, $27.50
The story of Newton Knight, a farmer from Jones County, Miss., who deserted the Confederate Army in 1863 -- and began fighting for the Union -- after the Battle of Vicksburg.

Paperback
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

By J.K. Rowling
Scholastic, $14.99
The soft-cover version of the seventh -- and final -- book in the best-selling series featuring the young wizard.

Young readers
My First Mother Goose

By Tomie dePaola
Penguin Group (USA), $5.99
Infants and preschoolers
The always wonderful dePaola serves up perfect illustrations for little ones in this bright board book.


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