FICTION
1. STATE OF FEAR
by Michael Crichton
Avon
Reverse eco-terrorists create natural disasters to convince the public that global warming is real.
2. NIGHT FALL
by Nelson DeMille
Warner
A husband and wife who work for an anti-terrorism task force reopen the investigation into TWA Flight 800
3. WHITEOUT
by Ken Follett
Signet
In the middle of a Christmas Eve blizzard in Scotland, a canister filled with a deadly virus goes missing.
4. LIFE EXPECTANCY
by Dean Koontz
Bantam
A pastry chef must struggle all his life against a family of evil madmen.
5. NORTHERN LIGHTS
by Nora Roberts
Jove
In Lunacy, Alaska, the new chief of police finds romance and investigates a murder.
6. THE KITE RUNNER
by Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead
An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how his
childhood friend fared under the Taliban.
7. LONDON BRIDGES
by James Patterson
Warner
The FBI agent Alex Cross
contends with two deadly
enemies: the Wolf and the Weasel.
8. WICKED
by Gregory Maguire
ReganBooks/HarperCollins
A little green-skinned girl grows up to become the Wicked Witch of the West; source of the Broadway musical.
9. TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: OPERATION BARRACUDA
by David Michaels
Berkley
Further adventures of special operative Sam Fisher.
10. LIGHT ON SNOW
by Anita Shreve
Back Bay Books/Little, Brown
In the middle of a New England winter, a girl and her father come upon an abandoned baby.
11. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
by Arthur Golden
Vintage
A young woman in Kyoto has to reinvent herself after World War II begins.
12. FAMILY BLESSINGS
by Fern Michaels
Pocket Books
Even though her house was destroyed by a tornado, a
matriarch plans a holiday
reunion to help her family solve their problems.
NONFICTION
1. A MILLION LITTLE PIECES
by James Frey
Anchor
A memoir by a man who was an alcoholic for 10 years and a crack addict for three.
2. JARHEAD
by Anthony Swofford
Scribner/Pocket Books
A memoir of the 1991 Persian Gulf War by a former marine.
3. IN COLD BLOOD
by Truman Capote
Vintage
A savage murder in Kansas in 1959 and its consequences.
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
by Erik Larson
Vintage
A great architect and a serial killer, linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.
5. THE TIPPING POINT
by Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay/Little, Brown
A journalist's study of social
epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
6. WHEN WILL JESUS BRING THE PORK CHOPS?
by George Carlin
Hyperion
Another volume of observations and opinions from the stand-up comedian.
7. MAGICAL THINKING
by Augusten Burroughs
Picador/St. Martin's Press
Life after rehab, from the
author of Running With Scissors.
8. READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN
by Azar Nafisi
Random House
A memoir of a female teacher's life in Iran, centered on a women's reading group she
organized.
9. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
by Jared Diamond
Norton
An argument that Western dominance is a result of
geographical advantages.
10. CHRONICLES: Volume One
by Bob Dylan
Simon and Schuster
Recollections and observations from the singer-songwriter.
11. GREEN RIVER, RUNNING RED
by Ann Rule
Pocket Star
The story of the Green River killer, who murdered dozens of women in the Pacific Northwest before he was
captured in 2001.
12. NICKEL AND DIMED
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Metropolitan/Owl/Holt
A social critic reports on what it was like to become a member of the working poor.
13. THE END OF FAITH
by Sam Harris
Norton
The clash between reason and religion in the modern world.
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