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FICTION

1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

by Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead

A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war, from the author of The Kite Runner.

2. THE HARLEQUIN

by Laurell K. Hamilton

Berkley

The vampire hunter Anita Blake is under surveillance by a troop of vampire enforcers.

3. THE GOOD GUY

by Dean Koontz

Bantam

In a case of mistaken identity, an ordinary man finds himself at the center of a murder plot.

4. FOR ONE MORE DAY

by Mitch Albom

Hyperion

A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother.

5. THE OVERLOOK

by Michael Connelly

Little, Brown

The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch tangles with the FBI and Homeland Security as he tries to solve the case of a murdered physicist with access to radioactive materials.

6. THE NAVIGATOR

by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos

Putnam

Kurt Austin and his team track down a stolen Phoenician statue.

7. ON CHESIL BEACH

by Ian McEwan

Nan A. Talese

A wedding night goes terribly wrong.

8. THE 6TH TARGET

by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Little, Brown

In San Francisco, children are disappearing, and Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club investigate.

9. INVISIBLE PREY

by John Sandford

Putnam

The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport finds connections between the murder of several elderly residents and political scandal.

10. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN

by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, illustrated by Alan Lee

Houghton Mifflin

In Middle-earth, an evil lord wants to destroy his rival's children.

11. THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU AND ME)

by Ann Brashares

Riverhead

The bond between two sisters is tested by a romance with old friend.

NONFICTION

1. THE REAGAN DIARIES

by Ronald Reagan, edited by Douglas Brinkley

HarperCollins

Selections from the 40th US president's daily White House diaries.

2. THE ASSAULT ON REASON

by Al Gore

Penguin Press

How the Bush administration has degraded the political environment through secrecy, fear, and the rejection of fact-based reasoning.

3. GOD IS NOT GREAT

by Christopher Hitchens

Twelve

Religion as a malignant force in the world.

4. EINSTEIN

by Walter Isaacson

Simon & Schuster

A biography based on newly released personal letters.

5. A LONG WAY GONE

by Ishmael Beah

Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux

A former child soldier from Sierra Leone describes his drug-crazed killing spree and his return to humanity.

6. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK

by Nora Ephron

Knopf

A witty look at aging from a novelist and screenwriter of When Harry Met Sally.

7. A WOMAN IN CHARGE: THE LIFE OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

by Carl Bernstein

Knopf

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Watergate reporter presents a detailed portrait of Clinton from her Midwestern girlhood with special attention to her marriage.

8. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE

by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

HarperCollins

The novelist and her family spend a year eating homegrown or local food; an argument for diversified farms and sustainable agriculture.

9. JESUS OF NAZARETH

by Benedict XVI

Doubleday

The pope discusses Jesus' identity as revealed in the Gospels.

10. PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE

by Michael Beschloss

Simon & Schuster

Profiles of nine presidents who had the courage to make unpopular decisions.

11. WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE

by Lee Iacocca

Simon & Schuster

The former CEO of Chrysler protests the lack of political and business leadership on issues like health care and energy policy.

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