FICTION
1. VALLEY OF SILENCE
by Nora Roberts
Jove
The circle of six goes into battle to save humans from the vampire Lilith in the final Circle Trilogy book.
2. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
by Kim Edwards
Penguin
A doctor's decision to secretly send his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to an institution haunts everyone involved.
3. THE AMBLER WARNING
by Robert Ludlum
St. Martin's
A former clandestine operative escapes from a government psychiatric prison and tries to re-establish his identity.
4. FOREVER ODD
by Dean Koontz
Odd Thomas, a character from Koontz's 2003 novel of the same name, searches for a missing friend.
5. THE TENTH CIRCLE
by Jodi Picoult
Washington Square
When his teenage daughter is date-raped, a comic-book artist is overwhelmed by rage he thought he had buried with his past.
6. THANKSGIVING
by Janet Evanovich
HarperTorch
A re-released holiday romance.
7. DANCE OF THE GODS
by Nora Roberts
Jove
Six otherworldly fighters prepare to battle the vampire Lilith in this second installment in the Circle Trilogy.
8. THE CHRISTMAS THIEF
by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
Pocket
Hidden treasure lies within the branches of a giant blue spruce destined for Rockefeller Center.
9. GLAD TIDINGS
by Debbie Macomber
Mira
Two previously published stories about Christmas.
10. MARY, MARY
by James Patterson
Warner Vision
Agent Alex Cross tracks a Hollywood killer who announces the crimes via e-mail.
11. CONSPIRACY GAME
by Christine Feehan
Jove
A genetically enhanced sniper is trying to save his brother when he meets a psychic trapeze artist.
12. PREDATOR
by Patricia Cornwell
Berkley
On the trail of a possible serial killer, Dr. Kay Scarpetta turns to a jailed psychopath for advice.
NONFICTION
1. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
by Augusten Burroughs
Picador
In the 1970s, a young boy lives with a crazy psychiatrist.
2. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
by James Bradley with Ron Powers
Bantam
The story of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima.
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
by Jeannette Walls
Scribner
The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings constantly moved house.
4. NIGHT
by Elie Wiesel
Hill & Wang
A new translation of an account of the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, first published in English in 1960.
5. NO REGRETS
by Ann Rule
Pocket Star
More true-crime cases, including the mystery of the missing sea captain.
6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
by Barack Obama
Three Rivers
The Democratic senator from Illinois reflects on life as the son of a black African father and white American mother.
7. THE TIPPING POINT
by Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay/Little, Brown
A journalist's study of social epidemics.
8. TEACHER MAN
by Frank McCourt
Scribner
The author of Angela's Ashes remembers his years teaching high school English in New York City.
9. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
by Don Piper with
Cecil Murphey
Revell
A Baptist minister describes the otherworldly experience he had after a car accident.
10. 1776
by David McCullough
Simon & Schuster
An account of America's founding year focusing on the inexperienced George Washington and the heroic citizen soldiers.
11. TEAM OF RIVALS
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Simon & Schuster
The political genius of Abraham Lincoln.
12. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
by Mitch Albom
Broadway
The author tells of his visits to his old college mentor.
13. THE END OF FAITH
by Sam Harris
Norton
The clash between reason and religion.
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