USA Today asks the burning question of the hour  — with all the literary mashups already published and more on the way, will readers lose interest?

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, released last year from small publisher Quirk Books seemed, pardon the expression, like a quirk, but it now has over a million copies in print. Author Seth Grahame-Smith just released his second monster mash-up, this time with publisher Grand Central and using a historical figure, rather than a classic novel, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The L.A. Times reviews it today and is wowed, saying that, freed from updating “a revered literary gem, the writer delivers a well-constructed, surprisingly satisfying narrative.”

It was announced this week that Honest Abe, V.H, is on the road to the big screen.

Below is USA Today’s selection of forthcoming titles; several publishers have followed Quirk Books in to the genre, including Del Rey, Pocket and HarperTeen.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Quirk Classics) Jane Austen, Steve Hockensmith Retail Price: $12.95 Paperback: 287 pages Publisher: Quirk Books – (2010-03-24) ISBN / EAN: 1594744548 / 9781594744549

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Jane Slayre Sherri Browning Erwin, Charlotte Bronte Retail Price: $15.00 Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Pocket – (2010-04-13) ISBN / EAN: 1439191182 / 9781439191187

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Little Women and Werewolves Louisa May Alcott, Porter Grand Retail Price: $14.00 Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Del Rey – (2010-05-04) ISBN / EAN: 0345522605 / 9780345522603

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Android Karenina Ben H. Winters Retail Price: $12.95 Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Quirk Books – (2010-05-26) ISBN / EAN: 1594744602 / 9781594744600

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