Dec. 22, 2010: Holiday Books

A pair of book experts from the Brookline Booksmith and a panel of local authors share their suggestions for holiday gift ideas, children's books, non-fiction titles and fireside reads.

FIRESIDE NOVELS
Spies of the Balkans, Alan Furst
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Walter Mosley
The Hunger Game Series, Suzanne Collins
The Collected Stories, William Trevor
I Curse the River of Time, Per Petterson

GIFT IDEAS
The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories, Otto Penzler
The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century, Amanda Hesser
Ruined, Lynn Nottage
Flour, Joanne Chang
Picture This: The Near-Sighted Monkey Book, Lynda Barry

NON-FICTION
Bloody Crimes, James Swanson
The Talented Miss Highsmith, Joan Schenkar
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs
Travels in Siberia, Ian Frazier
Just Kids, Patti Smith

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Henry Aaron's Dream, Matt Tavares
It's a Book, Lane Smith
Beautiful Blackbird, Ashley Bryan
The Rabbit Problem, Emily Gravett
Hip and Hop Don't Stop, Jef Czekaj