Bestsellers
Chicago Tribune Bestsellers week of April 28
Books in our collection on the Chicago Tribune bestsellers list. Books are available at both libraries unless otherwise noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
2. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
3. The Miracle at Sleepy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
4. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner(Main only)
5. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Minooka Branch)
6. The Appeal by John Grisham
7. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
8. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
9. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos (Minooka Branch only)
10. Small Favor by Jim Butcher (Minooka only)

Non-Fiction (Number indicates rank on list)
1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Main only)
2. Just Who Will You Be? by Maria Shriver (Main only)
3. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
4. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Colleen Newell and Whitney Cerak (Main only)
5. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
6. Home by Julie Andrews (Main only)
7. Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts
10. Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen by Trisha Yearwood (Main only)

New York Times Bestsellers for May 4
Books in our collection on the New York Times bestseller list. Books are available at both libraries unless noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
2. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
3. The Miracle at Sleepy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
4. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Minooka Branch)
5. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner(Main only)
6. The Appeal by John Grisham
7. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
8. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos (Minooka Branch only)
9. Small Favor by Jim Butcher (Minooka only)
10. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
11. Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank (Main only)
12. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
13. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
15. The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman
16. Winter Study by Nevada Barr

Non-Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
2. Home by Julie Andrews (Main only)
3. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Colleen Newell and Whitney Cerak (Main only)
4. Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts
6. Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller (Main only)
9. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Main only)
11. Bonk by Mary Roach
14. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli
16. Madness by Marya Hornbacher

Bestsellers

Chicago Tribune Bestsellers week of April 21
Books in our collection on the Chicago Tribune bestsellers list. Books are available at both libraries unless otherwise noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
2. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner(Main only)
3. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Minooka Branch)
5. Small Favor by Jim Butcher (Minooka only)
6. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
7.The Appeal by John Grisham
8. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
9. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
10. Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank (Main only)

Non-Fiction (Number indicates rank on list)
1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Main only)
2. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
3. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Colleen Newell and Whitney Cerak (Main only)
4. Home by Julie Andrews (Main only)
5. Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts
6. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
7. Women & Money by Suze Orman
8. Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
10. Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen by Trisha Yearwood (Main only)

New York Times Bestsellers for April 27
Books in our collection on the New York Times bestseller list. Books are available at both libraries unless noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
2. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Minooka Branch)
3. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner(Main only)
5. Small Favor by Jim Butcher (Minooka only)
6. The Appeal by John Grisham
7. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
8. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
9. Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank (Main only)
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
11. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
12. Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark
13. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
14. Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg (Branch only)
16. Winter Study by Nevada Barr

Non-Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Home by Julie Andrews (Main only)
2. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Colleen Newell and Whitney Cerak (Main only)
3. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
4. Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts
7. Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller (Main only)
8. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli
10. Bonk by Mary Roach
11. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Main only)
15. Vindicated by Jose Canseco

What's Happening in Your Community?

• Collection Drive: The Minooka Community High School Indian Athletic Leadership Club is sponsoring a paper and personal hygiene drive for We Care of Grundy County from now until April 25. Suggested donations include: toilet paper, deodorant, shampoo, soap, razors, shaving cream, toothpaste, toothbrushes, Q-tips, paper towels, napkins, tissues and paper plates. Donations may be taken to the MCHS Main Office. Call 815-467-2140 ext 101 for more information.
  
• Spring Brunch: April 20 from 8am to Noon at the Minooka United Methodist Church. A chef will make omelets. Cost is $9 for adults, $5 for kids 4-10, free under 4. Call 815-467-2322 for more information.
  

Story Hour Location Changes

Due to the ongoing construction on Wabena Road in Minooka (which impacts access to the parking lot at our Branch), we are moving the story hours and lapsits to the Main Library from April 22 to May 14. Story hours are held at 10am and 1pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Lapsits are held at 10am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Bestsellers

Chicago Tribune Bestsellers week of April 7
Books in our collection on the Chicago Tribune bestsellers list. Books are available at both libraries unless otherwise noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
2.The Appeal by John Grisham
3. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
4. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
5. Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson
6. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
7. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (Main only)
8. Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh
9. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
10. Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas

Non-Fiction (Number indicates rank on list)
1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
2. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Colleen Newell and Whitney Cerak (Main only)
3. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
4. Stop Whining, Start Living by Larua Schlessinger
5. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli
6. Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
7. Women & Money by Suze Orman
8. Stori Telling by Tori Spelling
9. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Main only)
10. The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra

New York Times Bestsellers for April 13
Books in our collection on the New York Times bestseller list. Books are available at both libraries unless noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
2.The Appeal by John Grisham
3. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
4. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
5. Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh
6. Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg (Branch only)
7. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
8. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (Main only)
9. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
11. Black Widow by Randy Wayne White (Main only)
12. World Without End by Ken Follett
13 Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson
14. Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
15. Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry (Main only)
16. Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond E. Feist (Main only)

Non-Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Mistaken Identity by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Colleen Newell and Whitney Cerak (Main only)
2. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
3. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli
4. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Main only)
5. Stori Telling by Tori Spelling
6. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (Main only)
8. I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert
11. Retribution by Max Hastings (Branch only)

Bestsellers

Chicago Tribune Bestsellers week of March 31
Books in our collection on the Chicago Tribune bestsellers list. Books are available at both libraries unless otherwise noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
2. The Appeal by John Grisham
3. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
4. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
5. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (Main only)
6. Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg (Branch only)
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
9. Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein
10. Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice (Branch only)

Non-Fiction (Number indicates rank on list)
1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
2. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
3. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli
4. Stop Whining, Start Living by Larua Schlessinger
5. Stori Telling by Tori Spelling
6. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Main only)
7. Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
9. Women & Money by Suze Orman
10. The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra

New York Times Bestsellers for April 6
Books in our collection on the New York Times bestseller list. Books are available at both libraries unless noted.

Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
2. The Appeal by John Grisham
3. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
4. Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg (Branch only)
5. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
6. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (Main only)
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
9. Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein
10. Black Widow by Randy Wayne White (Main only)
11. Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice (Branch only)
12. Honor Thyself by Danielle Steel
13. World Without End by Ken Follett
15. Duma Key by Stephen King

Non-Fiction (Numbers indicate rank on list)
1. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Main only)
2. Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli
3. Stori Telling by Tori Spelling
4. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (Main only)
5. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (Main only)
6. Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg (Main only)
7. I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert
9. Retribution by Max Hastings (Branch only)
14. The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
15. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell (Branch only)