BOOK BUZZ NEW ON THE LIST AND IN PUBLISHING

Murder, she wrote: Whodunit? Agatha Christie! The British mystery novelist, who died in 1976, makes USA TODAY’s top 20 for the first time with And Then There Were None at No. 12. In fairness to Christie, whose books have sold more than 1 billion copies in English, it should be pointed out that USA TODAY’s list began in 1993. Of course, the creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot remains extremely popular into the 21st century. This week’s sales of And Then

There Were None can be attributed to a special $1.99 promotional price for the e-book and a TV adaptation that aired recently on Lifetime. According to publisher William Morrow, And Then There

Were None is the world’s bestselling mystery, with more than 100 million copies sold. In the past few years, several of Christie’s classic mysteries have made USA TODAY’s list as they have been reissued in paperback with new jackets; her highest previous showing was No. 49 with At Ber

tram’s Hotel on April 30, 2015.

Fall preview:

BookExpo America, which just wrapped in Chicago, is always a chance to find out what big books are coming our way in the fall. Some highlights: For fiction, keep an eye out for The

Whistler by John Grisham; Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult; Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple; The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead; and Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. In non-fiction, watch for memoirs by Bruce Springsteen ( Born to Run), John le Carré ( The Pigeon Tunnel), Anna Kendrick ( Scrappy Little Nobody) and Megyn Kelly of Fox News ( Settle for More).