11.   GRIT your teeth and bolt the door -- the latest novel from Iain Banks is about to hit the bookshops.

12.   Before Richard North Patterson set out to write his latest novel, he asked some political consultants to help him solve a dilemma.

13.   But her latest novel moves politics to the front burner.

14.   In his latest novel Ron Hansen mixes historical fact and imaginative speculation to try to flesh out the story of Hitler and his niece.

15.   Is this a passage from the latest Christian novel?

16.   Oddly enough, her latest novel might be the most cinematic of all.

17.   Or, better yet, curl up in front of a computer screen and talk about the latest novel with fellow book lovers all over the country.

18.   Owners of small bookstores offer recommendations about the latest novel or biography, and authors share their reading lists.

19.   Popular spy novelist Tom Clancy is the most notable in the field, as his Red Storm Entertainment makes CD-ROM games that are tied to his latest novels.

20.   She is not touring the United States to promote her latest novel, adding that the task of selling a book is wearing.