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Best
Sellers
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Updated January 17, 2012
Fiction or Non-Fiction
FICTION
BEST
SELLERS
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PRIVATE:
#1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine
Paetro.
When
a former lover's dead body is found in his bed,
Jack Morgan, a former Marine and the head of an
investigative firm, is accused of murder.
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LOVE
IN A NUTSHELL, by Janet Evanovich and
Dorien Kelly.
A
former magazine editor attempts to turn her parents'
summer house into a bed-and-breakfast.
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DEATH
COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James.
Six
years after Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy marry,
their comfortable life is shaken by a murder,
as James recreates the world of “Pride and Prejudice”
with a mysterious twist.
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11/22/63,
by Stephen King.
An
English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of
a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment
is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald.
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77
SHADOW STREET, by Dean Koontz.
A
19th-century tycoon's mansion has been turned
into luxury apartments, but it remains in the
grip of evil forces.
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LOCKED
ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney.
Jack
Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani
general.
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THE
GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, by
Stieg Larsson.
The
third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about
a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
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THE
LITIGATORS, by John Grisham.
Partners
in a small law firm take on a big case after a
fast-track burnout joins them.
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THE
BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks.
Twenty-five
years after their high school romance ended, a
man and woman who have gone their separate ways
return to their North Carolina town for the funeral
of a friend.
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KILL
ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson.
Alex
Cross investigates when the president's children
are kidnapped, but
the
F.BI. and C.I.A. stand in his way.
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RED
MIST, by Patricia Cornwell.
The chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, director
of a new forensic center in Cambridge, Mass.,
investigates a string of killings she believes
are
linked to the murder of her former deputy; the
19th Scarpetta book.
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EXPLOSIVE
EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich.
After
a disastrous vacation in Hawaii, Stephanie Plum
becomes the target
of
an international killer.
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THE
DROP, by Michael Connelly.
Harry
Bosch of the L.A.P.D. uncovers both the operations
of a sadistic killer and a political conspiracy.
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A
DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin.
After
a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new
threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."
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A
DEVIL IS WAITING, by Jack Higgins.
Sean
Dillon helps to foil a plot to assassinate the
president in London.
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NONFICTION
BEST SELLERS
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STEVE
JOBS, by Walter Isaacson.
A
biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur,
based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over
two years.
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AMERICAN
SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen
and Jim DeFelice.
A
member of the Navy Seals who has the most career
sniper kills in United States military history
discusses his childhood, his marriage and his
battlefield experiences during the Iraq war.
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KILLING
LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin
Dugard.
The
commentator looks at the heart-stopping events
surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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THINKING,
FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman.
The
winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses
how we make
choices
in business and personal life and when we can
and cannot trust our intuitions.
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UNBROKEN,
by Laura Hillenbrand.
An
Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner
of the Japanese in World War II.
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CATHERINE
THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie.
The life of the minor 18th-century German princess
who became Empress of All the Russias.
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THROUGH
MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker.
The
Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and
professional course.
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HEAVEN
IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn
Vincent.
A
boy's encounter with Jesus and the angels during
an emergency appendectomy.
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BOOMERANG,
by Michael Lewis.
A
look at some of the places — Greece, Ireland,
Iceland — hardest hit by the recent financial
collapse of 2008.
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IN
THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson.
William
E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his
daughter,
Martha,
in 1930s Berlin.
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SERIOUSLY
... I'M KIDDING, by Ellen DeGeneres.
A
collection of humor pieces from the stand-up comedian
and talk-show host.
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IMPERFECT
JUSTICE, by Jeff Ashton with Lisa Pulitzer.
A
prosecutor's account of the Casey Anthony trial.
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BEING
GEORGE WASHINGTON, by Glenn Beck and
Kevin Balfe.
How
Washington turned himself into the indispensable
(if imperfect) man.
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JACK
KENNEDY, by Chris Matthews.
An
admiring portrait.
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IS
EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by
Mindy Kaling.
Observations
from the comedy writer and actress.
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