Complete book coverage for April 19, 2009

Christopher Miller’s ‘The Cardboard Universe’ imagines a sci-fi writer who parallels the ‘Scanner Darkly’ author in many ways -- including having a legion of obsessed fans.

People have always been fascinated with the occult, as Matt Baglio’s “The Rite” and Alec Ryrie’s “The Sorcerer’s Tale” demonstrate.

When a man, approaching middle age, is smitten by a young rock singer, he begins a romance -- or is he just a stalker? -- that is also a reflection upon ego, identity and the sources of art.

The architect, now 80, is uncharacteristically candid on some fronts, but the wall stands firm in others.

The book ‘Conversations With Frank Gehry’ serves as a blueprint for his mind-set, philosophies and the making of many of his major works.

Much about California doesn’t add up for Mark Arax. But he tries to sort it all out by examining those incongruities.

Rakoff’s first novel is an hommage to Mary McCarthy’s ‘The Group,’ set in the 1990s.

A magazine writer woos women but then seems to lose himself

‘Summer World,’ ‘One Square Inch of Silence’ and ‘The Pleasure Is All Mine’

Fiction weeks on list1.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death.39 2.Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $27.95) Private eye Myron Bolitar takes the case of a woman accused of murdering her ex.2 3.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality.36 4.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation.365.The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) Aliens take over the minds of humans. 346.The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead: $25.95) A former bad guy turned P.I. tries to redeem himself. 27.True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine: $27) Two crime-solving brothers find themselves working the same missing-persons case.28.Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (Roc: $25.95) A wizard detective must uncover a traitor to clear an acquaintance from his youth of murder.19.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up.12 10.The Women by T.C.

Fiction 1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99) 2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99) 3.

Author and book events for the week of April 19, 2009