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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