Fiction
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1 A MEMORY OF LIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The 14th and final novel in the Wheel of Time fantasy series. |
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2 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? |
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3 THE FIFTH ASSASSIN, by Brad Meltzer. Tracking an assassin who is recreating the crimes of the four men who murdered presidents, Beecher White discovers that they all were working together. |
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4 TENTH OF DECEMBER, by George Saunders. Stories that take on the big questions. |
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5 THE THIRD BULLET, by Stephen Hunter. The veteran sniper Bob Lee Swagger investigates the assassination of John F. Kennedy. |
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6 MRS. LINCOLN’S DRESSMAKER, by Jennifer Chiaverini. A novel about Elizabeth Keckley, who was born a slave, earned her freedom through her dressmaking skill and became a friend of Mary Todd Lincoln; she is a character in the movie “Lincoln.” |
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7 THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham. Malcolm Bannister, an imprisoned ex-lawyer, knows who murdered a federal judge. And he concocts a scheme to exchange this information for his freedom. |
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8 THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE, by Ayana Mathis. Fifty-some years in the life of an African-American family, starting with Hattie Shepherd, who leaves Georgia for Philadelphia in 1923. |
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9 STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN’S GRAVE, by Ian Rankin. After retiring from the Edinburgh police force, John Rebus investigates the case of a young woman who disappeared in 1999. |
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10 KINSEY AND ME, by Sue Grafton. Stories about Grafton’s character Kinsey Millhone as well as explorations of Grafton’s own past. |
NonFiction
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1 MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor. The Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, attending Princeton, working for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and becoming a federal judge. |
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2 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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3 GOING CLEAR, by Lawrence Wright. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author examines the world of Scientology. |
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4 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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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 A HIGHER CALL, by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander. An encounter between two pilots in the skies over Germany in December 1943. |
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7 THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY, by Jared Diamond. The author of “Guns, Germs, and Steel” examines what we can learn from traditional societies. |
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8 THOMAS JEFFERSON, by Jon Meacham. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist celebrates Jefferson’s skills as a practical politician. |
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9 TO SELL IS HUMAN, by Daniel H. Pink. Insights from social science about how to move others. |
| 10 TOTAL FRAT MOVE, by W. R. Bolen and the creators of TotalFratMove.com. Fraternity humor. |