Fiction
| 1 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? | |
| 2 THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY, by Louise Penny. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigates a murder at a remote abbey. | |
| 3 LAST TO DIE, by Tess Gerritsen. The detective Jane Rizzoli and the medical examiner Maura Isles protect a boy whose family and foster family have all been murdered. | |
| 4 BONES ARE FOREVER, by Kathy Reichs. The forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan pursues a case involving infanticide, murder and corruption; the 15th novel in the series behind the show “Bones.” | |
| 5 THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, by M. L. Stedman. An Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to keep a baby who has washed ashore. | |
| 6 A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin. After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” | |
| 7 THE INN AT ROSE HARBOR, by Debbie Macomber. A young widow buys a bed-and-breakfast. | |
| 8 WHERE WE BELONG, by Emily Giffin. A woman’s successful life is disrupted by the appearance of an 18-year-old girl with a link to her past. | |
| 9 FRIENDS FOREVER, by Danielle Steel. Three boys and two girls who meet in kindergarten maintain their bonds as they grow to adulthood. | |
| 10 A SUNLESS SEA, by Anne Perry. A murder case for William Monk of the Thames River Police culminates in a government minister’s corruption trial. |
NonFiction
| 1 OBAMA’S AMERICA, by Dinesh D’Souza. An argument that President Obama is the architect of American decline. | |
| 2 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. | |
| 3 WILD, by Cheryl Strayed.A woman’s account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. | |
| 4 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | |
| 5 PATERNO, by Joe Posnanski. A biography of the late Penn State football coach. | |
| 6 THE AMATEUR, by Edward Klein. A journalist argues that President Obama is callow and unable to lead. | |
| 7 DOUBLE CROSS, by Ben Macintyre. How the Allies tricked the Nazis into believing that on D-Day they would attack somewhere other than Normandy. | |
| 8 DEARIE, by Bob Spitz. A biography of Julia Child, published to coincide with what would have been her 100th birthday. | |
| 9 THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits. | |
| 10 AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences. |
