Last updated: 9/5/2010
# 1 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - by Stieg Larsson
14 weeks on the list
The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson’s internationally best-selling trilogy
Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge—against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.
# 2 - The Postcard Killers - by James Patterson & Liza Marklund
2 weeks on the list
Paris is stunning in the summer
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer.
The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.
Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson's most vivid and compelling thriller yet.
# 3 - Spider Bones - by Kathy Reichs
First week on the list
John Lowery was declared dead in 1968—the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina. Four decades later, Temperance Brennan is called to the scene of a drowning in Hemmingford, Quebec. The victim appears to have died while in the midst of a bizarre sexual practice. The corpse is later identified as John Lowery. But how could Lowery have died twice, and how did an American soldier end up in Canada?
Tempe sets off for the answer, exhuming Lowery’s grave in North Carolina and taking the remains to Hawaii for reanalysis—to the headquarters of JPAC, the U.S. military’s Joint POW/ MIA Accounting Command, which strives to recover Americans who have died in past conflicts. In Hawaii, Tempe is joined by her colleague and ex-lover Detective Andrew Ryan (how “ex” is he?) and by her daughter, who is recovering from her own tragic loss. Soon another set of remains is located, with Lowery’s dog tags tangled among them. Three bodies—all identified as Lowery.
And then Tempe is contacted by Hadley Perry, Honolulu’s flamboyant medical examiner, who needs help identifying the remains of an adolescent boy found offshore. Was he the victim of a shark attack? Or something much more sinister?
A complex and riveting tale of deceit and murder unfolds in this, the thirteenth thrilling novel in Reichs’s “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series” (The New York Times Book Review). With the smash hit Bones now in its fifth season and in full syndication—and her most recent novel, 206 Bones, an instant New York Times bestseller—Kathy Reichs is at the top of her game.
# 4 - The Help - by Kathryn Stockett
74 weeks on the list
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t.
# 5 - Bearers of the Black Staff - by Terry Brooks
First week on the list
For more than three decades, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks has ruled the epic fantasy realm with his legendary Shannara series. With each new novel the mythos has deepened, ever more fascinating characters have arisen, and increasingly breathtaking vistas of magical adventure have emerged. Now the evolution of one of imaginative fiction’s most beloved worlds continues in the first book of the new series Legends of Shannara: Bearers of the Black Staff.
Five hundred years have passed since the devastating demon-led war that tore apart the United States, leaving nothing but scorched and poisoned ruins, and nearly exterminating humankind. Those who escaped the carnage and blight were led to sanctuary by the boy savior known as the Hawk—the gypsy morph. In an idyllic valley, its borders warded by powerful magic against the horrors beyond, humans, elves, and mutants alike found a place they believed would be their home forever.
But after five centuries, the unimaginable has come to pass: The cocoon of protective magic surrounding the valley has vanished. When Sider Ament, the only surviving descendant of the Knights of the Word, detects unknown predators stalking the valley, he fears the worst. And when Panterra Qu and Prue Liss, expert Trackers from the human village of Glensk Wood, find two of their own gruesomely killed, there can be no doubt: The once safe haven of generations has been laid bare and made vulnerable to whatever still lurks in the wasteland of the outside world.
Together, Ament, the two young Trackers, and a daring Elf princess race to spread word of the encroaching danger—and spearhead plans to defend their ancestral home. But suspicion and hostility among their countrymen threaten to doom their efforts from within—while beyond the breached borders, a ruthless Troll army masses for invasion. And in the thick of it all, the last wielder of the black staff and its awesome magic must find a successor to carry on the fight against the cresting new wave of evil.
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# 1 - Crimes Against Liberty - by David Limbaugh
First week on the list
From the Amazon product description: As Americans, liberty is an inalienable right that is granted to us by God, protected by the Constitution, and upheld by our government. Yet, Barack Obama doesn’t seem to share that view. To him, liberty is a threat to the government’s power and something to be squashed by any means possible, as bestselling author David Limbaugh shows to devastating affect in his new book, Crimes Against Liberty. In Crimes Against Liberty, Limbaugh issues a damning indictment of President Barack Obama for encroaching upon and stripping us of our individual and sovereign rights. Laying out his case like he would a criminal complaint, Limbaugh presents the evidence—count-by-count—against Obama. From exploiting the financial crisis for political gain, to restricting our personal freedoms through invasive healthcare and “green” policies, to endangering America with his feckless diplomacy and reckless dismantlement of our national security systems, Limbaugh proves—beyond a reasonable doubt—that Obama is guilty of crimes against liberty. Comprehensive and compelling, this is Limbaugh’s most powerful book yet.
# 2 - Committed - by Elizabeth Gilbert
11 weeks on the list
At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who’d been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous horrific divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which—after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing—gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert’s trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to “turn on all the lights” when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert’s memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.
# 2 - Sh*t My Dad Says - by Justin Halpern
17 weeks on the list
After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam Halpern, who is "like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair," has never minced words, and when Justin moved back home, he began to record all the ridiculous things his dad said to him:
More than a million people now follow Mr. Halpern's philosophical musings on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his quotes. An all-American story that unfolds on the Little League field, in Denny's, during excruciating family road trips, and, most frequently, in the Halperns' kitchen over bowls of Grape-Nuts, Sh*t My Dad Says is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father-son relationship from a major new comic voice.
# 3 - The Outliers - by Malcolm Gladwell
92 weeks on the list
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.
# 4 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - by Rebecca Skloot
27 weeks on the list
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.
# 5 - Empire of the Summer Moon - by S. C. Gwynne
10 weeks on the list
S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined just how and when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. So effective were the Comanches that they forced the creation of the Texas Rangers and account for the advent of the new weapon specifically designed to fight them: the six-gun.
Last updated: 9/5/2010
# 1 - Delivering Happiness - by Tony Hsieh
The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.
Pay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make money too.
Sound crazy? It's all standard operating procedure at Zappos.com, the online retailer that's doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales every year.
# 2 - The Big Short - by Michael Lewis
A brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine, and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking.
The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling Liar’s Poker. Who got it right? he asks. Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? Out of this handful of unlikely—really unlikely—heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times.
# 3 - The Outliers - by Malcolm Gladwell
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.
# 4 - Mentor Leader - by Tony Dungy
“Your only job is to help your players be better.” That single idea had a huge impact on Tony Dungy when he heard it from one of his earliest mentors, and it led him to develop the successful leadership style so admired by players and coaches throughout the NFL. Now, a storied career and a Super Bowl victory later, Tony Dungy is sharing his unique leadership philosophy with you. In The Mentor Leader, Tony reveals what propelled him to the top of his profession and shows how you can apply the same approach to virtually any area of your life. In the process, you’ll learn the seven keys of mentoring leadership—and why they’re so effective; why mentor leadership brings out the best in people; how a mentor leader recovers from mistakes and handles team discipline; and the secret to getting people to follow you and do their best for you without intimidation tactics. As a son, a football player, and a winning coach, Tony has always learned from others on his path to success. Now you can learn to succeed for your team, family, or organization while living out your values—by becoming a mentor leader.
# 5 - Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard - by Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?
The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems—the rational mind and the emotional mind—that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort—but if it is overcome, change can come quickly.
In Switch, the Heaths show how everyday people—employees and managers, parents and nurses—have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results:
● The lowly medical interns who managed to defeat an entrenched, decades-old medical practice that was endangering patients.
● The home-organizing guru who developed a simple technique for overcoming the dread of housekeeping.
● The manager who transformed a lackadaisical customer-support team into service zealots by removing a standard tool of customer service
In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.
Last updated: 9/5/2010
# 1 - The Power - by Rhonda Byrne
2 weeks on the list
The Secret revealed the law of attraction. Now Rhonda Byrne reveals the greatest power in the universe -- The Power to have anything you want.
In this book you will come to understand that all it takes is just one thing to change your relationships, money, health, happiness, career, and your entire life.
Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes from The Power. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness, and the money you need to be, do, and have everything you want, all come from The Power.
The life of your dreams has always been closer to you than you realized, because The Power -- to have everything good in your life -- is inside you.
To create anything, to change anything, all it takes is just one thing…THE POWER.
# 2 - Women, Food and God - by Geneen Roth
24 weeks on the list
No matter how sophisticated or wealthy or broke or enlightened you are, how you eat tells all.
If you suffer about your relationship with food -- you eat too much or too little, think about what you will eat constantly or try not to think about it at all -- you can be free. Just look down at your plate. The answers are there. Don't run. Look. Because when we welcome what we most want to avoid, we contact the part of ourselves that is fresh and alive. We touch the life we truly want and evoke divinity itself.
Since adolescence, Geneen Roth has gained and lost more than a thousand pounds. She has been dangerously overweight and dangerously underweight. She has been plagued by feelings of shame and self-hatred and she has felt euphoric after losing a quick few pounds on a fad diet. Then one day, on the verge of suicide, she did something radical: She dropped the struggle, ended the war, stopped trying to fix, deprive and shame herself. She began trusting her body and questioning her beliefs.
It worked. And losing weight was only the beginning.
# 3 - Delivering Happiness - by Tony Hsieh
12 weeks on the list
The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.
Pay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make money too.
Sound crazy? It's all standard operating procedure at Zappos.com, the online retailer that's doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales every year.
# 4 - The Carb Lovers Diet - by Ellen Kunes and Frances Largeman-Roth
4 weeks on the list
The editors of Health Magazine (and top nutrition scientists) have big news: Eating carbs is the best way to get and stay slim. Breakthrough research revealed in this book shows how certain carb-rich foods--especially those with the amazing natural ingredient called Resistant Starch--act as powerful metabolism boosters and appetite suppressants. Rather than making you fat and bloated, as decades of low-carb diet gurus claimed, CARBS make you thin. They shrink fat cells, especially in your belly; boost fat burning; increase muscle mass; curb cravings; keep you feeling full longer than other foods; control blood sugar, and lower cholesterol and triglycerides!
Bottom line: The Carb Lovers Diet shows you how to eat your favorite carb-filled foods-and helps you get thinner and happier than you ever imagined. We've included fun-to-follow eating rules, tricks and tips, grocery lists, and amazing recipes anyone can make, enjoy, and share with others. Don't feel like cooking? No problem. We've got hundreds of quick bites, frozen foods and restaurant menu items too. Get ready to feel satisfied, happy, and oh-so-slim. Get ready for your fabulous new life as a CarbLover!.
# 5 - The Secret - by Rhonda Byrne
172 weeks on the list
Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you'll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life -- money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You'll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.
Last updated: 9/5/2010
# 1 - The Red Pyramid - by Rick Riordan
17 weeks on the list
Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.
One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.
Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
# 2 - Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl - by Rachel Renee Russell
12 weeks on the list
Rachel Renee Russell's sequel to DORK DIARIES is packed with adorable art and tons of laughs.
# 3 - Linger - by Maggie Stiefvater
7 weeks on the list
In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.
At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget.
# 4 - Dork Diaries - by Rachel Renee Russell
21 weeks on the list
New school. New mean girl. New crush.
New diary so Nikki can spill about all of it...
# 5 - Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer - by John Grisham
13 weeks on the list
A perfect murder
A faceless witness
A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he’s only thirteen years old
Meet Theodore Boone
In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk—and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life in the courtroom.
But Theo finds himself in court much sooner than expected. Because he knows so much—maybe too much—he is suddenly dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial. A cold-blooded killer is about to go free, and only Theo knows the truth.
The stakes are high, but Theo won’t stop until justice is served.
Brimming with the intrigue and suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer will keep readers guessing and pages turning.
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Hardcover Fiction
206 Bones, Kathy Reichs
61 Hours, Lee Child
A River in the Sky, Elizabeth Peters
A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith
Agincourt, Bernard Cornwell
Alex Cross's Trial, James Patterson
An Echo in the Bone, Diana Gabaldon
Backlash: Fate of the Jedi , Aaron Allston
Bearers of the Black Staff, Terry Brooks
Best Friends Forever, Jennifer Weiner
Big Girl, Danielle Steel
Bite Me, Christopher Moore
Black Hills, Nora Roberts
Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison
Black Ops, W.E.B. Griffin
Blood Ties, Kay Hooper
Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs
Breathless, Dean Koontz
Bullet, Laurell K. Hamilton
Caught, Harlen Coben
Cemetery Dance, Douglas Preston
Changes, Jim Butcher
Corsair, Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul
Dark Slayer, Christine Feehan
Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris
Deception, Jonathan Kellerman
Deliver Us From Evil, David Baldacci
Dreamfever, Karen Marie Moning
Every Last One, Anna Quindlen
Family Ties, Danielle Steel
Fantasy in Death, J. D. Robb
Fatally Flaky, Diane Mott Davidson
Fever Dream, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Finger Lickin Fifteen, Janet Evanovich
Fired Up: Book One of the Dreamlight Trilogy, Jayne Ann Krentz
First Family, David Baldacci
Flirt, Laurell K. Hamilton
Fly Away Home, Jennifer Weiner
Fool, Christopher Moore
Ford County, John Grisham
Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child
Handle With Care, Jodi Picoult
Hannah's List, Debbie Macomber
Heart and Soul, Maeve Binchy
Heart of the Matter, Emily Giffin
Hothouse Orchid, Stuart Wood
House Rules, Jodi Picoult
I, Alex Cross, James Patterson
Impact, Douglas Preston
Innocent, Scott Turow
Just Take My Heart, Mary Higgins Clark
Kisser, Stuart Woods
Knock Out, Catherine Coulter
Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving
Loitering With Intent, Stuart Woods
Long Lost, Harlan Coben
Look Again, Lisa Scottoline
Lover Avenged, J.R. Ward
Lover Mine, J. R. Ward
Lucid Intervals, Stuart Woods
Matters of the Heart, Danielle Steel
Medusa, Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos
Mounting Fears, Stuart Woods
Nine Dragons, Michael Connelly
Noah's Compass, Anne Tyler
Omen (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 2), Christie Golden
One Day at a Time, Danielle Steele
Outcast, Aaron Allston
Peaks and Valleys, Spencer Johnson
Pirate Latitudes, Michael Crichton
Plum Spooky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel), Janet Evanovich
Poor Little Bitch Girl, Jackie Collins
Private, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Promises in Death, J. D. Robb
Pursuit of Honor, Vince Flynn
Pygmy, Chuck Palahniuk
Relentless, Dean Koontz
Rough Country, John Sandford
Run For Your Life, James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell
Shanghai Girls, Lisa See
Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs
Sizzle, Julie Garwood
Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich
Skin Trade, Laurell K. Hamilton
Smash Cut, Sandra Brown
South of Broad, Pat Conroy
Spartan Gold, Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
Spider Bones, Kathy Reichs
Split Image, Robert B. Parker
Star Island, Carl Hiaasen
Storm Prey, John Sandford
Summer on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber
Swimsuit, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, Alexander McCall Smith
That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo
The 8th Confession, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The 9th Judgment, James Patterson
The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Apostle, Brad Thor
The Associate, John Grisham
The Bourne Deception, Eric Van Lustbader
The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell
The Cobra, Frederick Forsyth
The Defector, Daniel Silva
The Devil's Punchbowl, Greg Iles
The Doomsday Key: A Novel, James Rollins
The Double Comfort Safari Club, Alexander McCall Smith
The First Rule, Robert Crais
The Gathering Storm, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
The Host, Stephenie Meyer
The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks
The Lion, Nelson DeMille
The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
The Overton Window, Glenn Beck
The Passage, Justin Cronin
The Perfect Poison, Amanda Quick
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Katherine Howe
The Postcard Killers, James Patterson & Liza Marklund
The Professional, Robert B. Parker
The Red Queen, Philippa Gregory
The Rembrandt Affair, Daniel Silva
The Scarecrow, Michael Connelly
The Scarpetta Factor, Patricia Cornwell
The Search, Nora Roberts
The Shadow of Your Smile, Mary Higgins Clark
The Silent Sea, Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel, David Wroblewski
The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova
The Walk, Richard Paul Evans
The White Queen, Philippa Gregory
Think Twice, Lisa Scottoline
This Body of Death, Elizabeth George
Tough Customer, Sandra Brown
True Blue, David Baldacci
True Colors, Kristin Hannah
True Detectives, Johnathan Kellerman
Turn Coat, Jim Butcher
Twenties Girl, Sophie Kinsella
U is for Undertow, Sue Grafton
Under the Dome, Stephen King
Veil of Night, Linda Howard
What I Did for Love, Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Whiplash, Catherine Coulter
White Witch, Black Curse, Kim Harrison
Wicked Prey, John Sandford
Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah
Worst Case, James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Hardcover Fiction
13 Bankers, Simon Johnson and James Kwak
2010: Take Back America, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, Bill O'Reilly
A Lion Called Christian, Anthony Bourke and John Rendall
A Simple Christmas, Mike Huckabee
A Slobbering Love Affair, Bernard Goldberg
Always Looking Up, Michael J. Fox
American Lion, Jon Meacham
American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson
Angelina, Andrew Morton
Arguing With Idiots, Glenn Beck
Bobby and Jackie, C. David Heymann
Born to Run, Christopher McDougal
Catastrophe, Dick Morris & Eileen Mcgann
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, Daniel Amen
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler
Columbine, Dave Cullen
Coming Back Stronger, Drew Brees with Crhsi Fabry
Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert
Courage and Consequence: , Karl Rove
Crimes Against Liberty, David Limbaugh
Culture of Corruption, Michelle Malkin
Dewey, Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
Empire of the Summer Moon, S. C. Gwynne
Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
Going Rogue, Sarah Palin
Guilty, Ann Coulter
Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom
High on Arrival, Mackenzie Phillips, with Hilary Liftin
Highest Duty, Chesley B. Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow
Horse Soldiers, Doug Stanton
House of Cards, William D. Cohan
I Am Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres
In the President's Secret Service, Ronald Kessler
Liberty and Tyranny, Mark R. Levin
Lift, Kelly Corrigan
Medium Raw, Anthony Bourdain
Mom, Edited by David Isay
Mommywood, Tori Spelling
Moonwalk, Michael Jackson
Mount Pleasant, Steve Poizner
Multiple Blessings, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin, and Beth Carson
No Apology, Mitt Romney
Not Without Hope, Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman
Obama: The Historic Journey, Bill Keller and Jill Abramson
Official Book Club Selection, Kathy Griffin
Open, Andre Agassi
Oprah, Kitty Kelley
Out of Captivity, Marc Gonsalves
Prairie Tale, Melissa Gilbert
Renegade, Richard Wolffe
Resilience, Elizabeth Edwards
Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern
Sliding Into Home, Kendra Wilkinson
Spoken from the Heart, Laura Bush
Stones into Schools, Greg Mortenson
Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder
Superfreakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, Chip Heath, Dan Heath
The Big Short, Michael Lewis
The Book of Basketball, Bill Simmons
The Bridge, David Remnick
The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande
The End of Overeating, David A. Kessler
The Gamble, Thomas E. Ricks
The Girls From Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow
The Greatest Show on Earth, Richard Dawkins
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
The Last Stand, Nathaniel Philbrick
The Lost City of Z, David Grann
The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson and Martin Dugard
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century, George Friedman
The Obama Diaries, Laura Ingraham
The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore
The Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose
The Politician, Andrew Young
The Promise, Johnathan Alter
The Time of My Life, Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi
The Yankee Years, Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
This Time Together, Carol Burnett
To Save America, Newt Gingrich with Joe DeSantis
Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin
Too Fat To Fish, Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza
True Compass, Edward M. Kennedy
Unmasked, Ian Halperin
War, Sebastian Junger
What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell
Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer
Why We Suck, Denis Leary