Last updated: 7/25/2010
# 1 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - by Stieg Larsson
8 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 - Fly Away Home - by Jennifer Weiner
First week on the list
Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . .
When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician’s wife—her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator.
Lizzie, the Woodruffs’ younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve—a husband, a young son, the perfect home—and yet she’s trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER’s exam rooms, she finds herself craving more.
After Richard’s extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be.
Written with an irresistible blend of heartbreak and hilarity, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who after a lifetime of distance finally learn to find refuge in one another.
# 3 - The Search - by Nora Roberts
2 weeks on the list
The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents a riveting novel where a canine search and rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.
To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life-a quaint house on an island off Seattle's coast, a thriving dog-training school, and a challenging volunteer job performing canine search and rescues. Not to mention her three intensely loyal Labs. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare...
Several years ago, Fiona was the only survivor of the Red Scarf serial killer, who shot and killed Fiona's cop fiancé and his K-9 partner.
On Orcas Island, Fiona found the peace and solitude she needed to rebuild her life. But all that changes on the day Simon Doyle barrels up her drive, desperate for her help. He's the reluctant owner of an out-of-control puppy, foisted upon him by his mother. Jaws has eaten through Simon's house, and he's at his wit's end.
To Fiona, Jaws is nothing she can't handle. Simon, however, is another matter. A newcomer to Orcas, he's a rugged and in-tensely private artist, known for the exquisite furniture he creates from wood. Simon never wanted a puppy-and he most definitely doesn't want a woman. Besides, the lanky redhead is not his type. But tell that to his hormones.
As Fiona embarks on training Jaws, and Simon begins to appreciate both dog and trainer, the past tears back into Fiona's life. A copycat killer has emerged out of the shadows, a man whose bloodlust has been channeled by a master with one motive: to reclaim the woman who slipped out of his hands...
# 4 - The Help - by Kathryn Stockett
68 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 - Private - by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3 weeks on the list
The police can't help youbr /> Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily--and his staff of investigators uses the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.br />br /> The press will destroy youbr /> Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead, Jack pushes back and devotes all of Private's resources to tracking down her killer.br />br /> Only one place to turn: Private
But Jack doesn't have to play by the rules. As he closes in on the killer and chooses between revenge and justice, Morgan has to navigate a workplace love affair that threatens to blow the roof off his plans. With a plot that moves at death-defying speeds, Private is James Patterson sleekest, most exciting thriller ever.
Last updated: 7/25/2010
# 1 - The Obama Diaries - by Laura Ingraham
First week on the list
From the Amazon.com book description:
On May 20, 2010, Laura Ingraham received a package from an anonymous source that will change the history of the United States and the legacy of President Barack Obama. While retrieving her automobile from the underground garage at the Watergate complex (where she had just enjoyed her weekly pedicure), Ingraham discovered a manila envelope on the hood of her car. When she picked it up, a deep baritone voice called out from a nearby stairwell: "Just read it. You’ll know what to do." The shadowy figure then disappeared into the darkness without another word.
The envelope contained copies of what appeared to be diary entries written by President Barack Obama, his family, and high-ranking administration officials. Because the "diaries" are so revealing, Ingraham felt compelled to release them to the American public and the citizens of the world.
Major media outlets love to describe the president as "no drama Obama," but The Obama Diaries tells a different tale. Through these "diary entries," readers will see past the carefully constructed Obama faÇade to the administration’s true plans to "remake America."
In The Obama Diaries, Ingraham hilariously skewers the president and his minions. She takes aim at:
- the cynical "razzle-dazzle" marketing of Obama’s radical agenda
- the use of the Obama "brand" and family to obscure Obama’s true aims
- Michelle Obama’s gardening and anti-obesity initiative; and much more
# 2 - Sh*t My Dad Says - by Justin Halpern
11 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 - Medium Raw - by Anthony Bourdain
6 weeks on the list
In the ten years since his classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to the idiosyncrasies and lurking perils of eating out, from Monday fish to the breadbasket conspiracy, much has changed for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business—and for Anthony Bourdain.
Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood, Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he's seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food.
Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs that he compares to a mafia summit, Bourdain pulls back the curtain—but never pulls his punches—on the modern gastronomical revolution, as only he can. Cutting right to the bone, Bourdain sets his sights on some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, the young superstar chef who has radicalized the fine-dining landscape; the revered Alice Waters, whom he treats with unapologetic frankness; the Top Chef winners and losers; and many more.
And always he returns to the question "Why cook?" Or the more difficult "Why cook well?" Medium Raw is the deliciously funny and shockingly delectable journey to those answers, sure to delight philistines and gourmands alike.
# 4 - The Big Short - by Michael Lewis
18 weeks on the list
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.
# 5 - War - by Sebastian Junger
10 weeks on the list
In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantly captures the awesome power of the raging sea and the often futile attempts of humans to withstand it" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, Junger turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat--the fear, the honor, and the trust among men in an extreme situation whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. Through the experiences of these young men at war, he shows what it means to fight, to serve, and to face down mortal danger on a daily basis.
Last updated: 7/25/2010
# 1 - 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.
# 2 - 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.
# 3 - 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.
# 4 - The Way We're Working Isn't Working - by Tony Schwartz with Jean Gomes
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.
Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every day. The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working offers a groundbreaking approach to reenergizing our lives so we’re both more satisfied and more productive—on the job and off.
By integrating multidisciplinary findings from the science of high performance, Tony Schwartz, coauthor of the #1 bestselling The Power of Full Engagement, makes a persuasive case that we’re neglecting the four core needs that energize great performance: sustainability (physical); security (emotional); self-expression (mental); and significance (spiritual). Rather than running like computers at high speeds for long periods, we’re at our best when we pulse rhythmically between expending and regularly renewing energy across each of our four needs.
Organizations undermine sustainable high performance by forever seeking to get more out of their people. Instead they should seek systematically to meet their four core needs so they’re freed, fueled, and inspired to bring the best of themselves to work every day.
Drawing on extensive work with an extra-ordinary range of organizations, among them Google, Ford, Sony, Ernst & Young, Shell, IBM, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Cleveland Clinic, Schwartz creates a road map for a new way of working. At the individual level, he explains how we can build specific rituals into our daily schedules to balance intense effort with regular renewal; offset emotionally draining experiences with practices that fuel resilience; move between a narrow focus on urgent demands and more strategic, creative thinking; and balance a short-term focus on immediate results with a values-driven commitment to serving the greater good. At the organizational level, he outlines new policies, practices, and cultural messages that Schwartz’s client companies have adopted.
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working offers individuals, leaders, and organizations a highly practical, proven set of strategies to better manage the relentlessly rising demands we all face in an increasingly complex world.
# 5 - Crisis Economics - by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm
Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini electrified his profession and the larger financial community by predicting the current crisis well in advance of anyone else. Unlike most in his profession who treat economic disasters as freakish once-ina-lifetime events without clear cause, Roubini, after decades of careful research around the world, realized that they were both probable and predictable. Armed with an unconventional blend of historical analysis and global economics, Roubini has forced politicians, policy makers, investors, and market watchers to face a long-neglected truth: financial systems are inherently fragile and prone to collapse.
Last updated: 7/25/2010
# 1 - Women, Food and God - by Geneen Roth
18 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.
# 2 - Delivering Happiness - by Tony Hsieh
6 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.
# 3 - The Last Lecture - by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
96 weeks on the list
A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.
# 4 - The Secret - by Rhonda Byrne
166 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.
# 5 - The 4-Hour Workweek - by Timothy Ferris
74 weeks on the list
What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:
"I race motorcycles in Europe."
"I ski in the Andes."
"I scuba dive in Panama."
"I dance tango in Buenos Aires."
He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and mobility—to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now.
Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world.
Last updated: 7/25/2010
# 1 - Linger - by Maggie Stiefvater
First week 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.
# 2 - The Red Pyramid - by Rick Riordan
11 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.
# 3 - Catching Fire - by Suzanne Collins
46 weeks on the list
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
# 4 - Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl - by Rachel Renee Russell
6 weeks on the list
Rachel Renee Russell's sequel to DORK DIARIES is packed with adorable art and tons of laughs.
# 5 - Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer - by John Grisham
8 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.
Last updated: 7/25/2010
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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
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
Split Image, Robert B. Parker
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 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 Professional, Robert B. Parker
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
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
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
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
Culture of Corruption, Michelle Malkin
Dewey, Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
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
Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend, James Hirsch
Children's Books
Barack, Jonah Winter
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope, Nikki Grimes
Change Has Come, word by Barack Obama
Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
Listen to the Wind, Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Rogh
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Mo Willems
Swing!, Rufus Butler Seder
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Mem Fox
Wabi Sabi, Mark Reibstein
Children's Chapter Books
3 Willows, Ann Brashares
Airhead: Being Nikki, Meg Cabot