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 MAD RIVER, by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers joins the hunt for a teenage Bonnie and Clyde. |
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3 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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4 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? |
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5 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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6 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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7 DARK STORM, by Christine Feehan. In the 23rd book in the Dark series, the Carpathian Dax fights a vampire and meets his life mate. |
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8 LIVE BY NIGHT, by Dennis Lehane. A South Boston punk becomes a Florida crime boss. |
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9 PHANTOM, by Jo Nesbø. The Oslo detective Harry Hole returns after three years away to find the social fabric in tatters. |
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10 THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER, by Junot Díaz. Stories of love, loss and family history from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. |
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 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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4 TOTAL RECALL, by Arnold Schwarzenegger with Peter Petre. A memoir by the actor, a former body builder and California governor. |
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5 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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6 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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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 MUGGED, by Ann Coulter. The political commentator traces racial demagoguery from the 1970s to the present. |
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9 THE PRICE OF POLITICS, by Bob Woodward. Inside the debt-ceiling negotations of 2011 with the Washington Post journalist. |
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10 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. |