Fiction
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1 THE CASUAL VACANCY, by J. K. Rowling. The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town; a novel for adults by the creator of Harry Potter. |
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2 NYPD RED, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Detective Zach Jordan and his beautiful partner (and ex-girlfriend) must stop a deranged killer who has targeted a glittering New York film festival. |
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3 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? |
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4 WINTER OF THE WORLD, by Ken Follett. In Book 2 of the Century trilogy, members of five interrelated families from five countries, some of them children of characters in the previous book, “Fall of Giants,” grapple with the tumultuous historical events of the years 1939-49. |
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5 MAD RIVER, by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers joins the hunt for a teenage Bonnie and Clyde. |
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6 THE TIME KEEPER, by Mitch Albom. A fable about the inventor of the world’s first clock, who returns to our world after centuries of banishment; from the author of “Tuesdays With Morrie.” |
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7 A WANTED MAN, by Lee Child. A carload of people involved in a conspiracy pick up a disheveled hitchhiker, Child’s vigilante hero Jack Reacher. |
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8 THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER, by Junot Díaz. Stories of love, loss and family history from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. |
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9 LIVE BY NIGHT, by Dennis Lehane. A South Boston punk becomes a Florida crime boss. |
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10 LOW PRESSURE, by Sandra Brown. A woman makes disturbing discoveries — and acquires a stalker — when she writes a book about her sister’s murder. |
NonFiction
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1 KILLING KENNEDY, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. |
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2 NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden. |
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3 WHO I AM, by Pete Townshend. The rocker’s memoir. |
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4 AMERICA AGAIN, by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Tom Purcell et al.. The mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report” tells how to bring America back from the brink. |
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5 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. |
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6 WAGING HEAVY PEACE, by Neil Young. The rocker’s memoir ranges over his personal life and his music, including his days with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. |
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7 HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough. The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence. |
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8 INTO THE FIRE, by Dakota Meyer and Bing West. A Medal of Honor winner’s firsthand account of a crucial battle in the Afghan war. |
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9 TOTAL RECALL, by Arnold Schwarzenegger with Peter Petre. A memoir by the actor, a former body builder and California governor. |
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10 MUGGED, by Ann Coulter. The political commentator traces racial demagoguery from the 1970s to the present. |