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FICTION

1. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

by Khaled Hosseini.

Riverhead

A friendship between two women in Afghanistan set against the backdrop of war.

2. PLAY DIRTY

by Sandra Brown

Simon & Schuster

A disgraced NFL quarterback struggles to remake his life.

3. FORCE OF NATURE

by Suzanne Brockmann

Ballantine

A Florida PI and his assistant infiltrate a crime circle.

4. THE QUICKIE

by James Patterson and

Michael Ledwidge

Little, Brown

A police officer's attempt to get back at her husband goes dangerously awry.

5. LOVING FRANK

by Nancy Horan

Ballantine

A historical novel about the scandalous affair between a married Chicago woman and the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

6. SANDWORMS OF DUNE

by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson

Tor/Tom Doherty

The resolution of the war between man and machine.

7. THE SECRET SERVANT

by Daniel Silva

Putnam,

Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, searches for the kidnapped daughter of an American ambassador.

8. DEVIL MAY CRY

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

St Martin's

A former Sumerian god, now a casino owner, must cooperate with the servant of the goddess who stole his powers; the 11th Dark-Hunter novel.

9. SPOOK COUNTRY

by William Gibson

Putnam

A musician/journalist, a spy and an addict/cryptographer push back against bureaucracy, history and technology.

10. THE BURNT HOUSE

by Faye Kellerman

Morrow

Lieutenant Peter Decker of the LAPD and his wife, Rina Lazarus, investigate a mysterious plane crash.

11. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN

by James Lee Burke

Simon & Schuster

The Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux copes with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

12. WALKING WITH ENEMIES

by Eric Jerome

Dickety

In London, Gideon struggles to outsmart an assassin; a sequel to Sleeping With Strangers.

NONFICTION

1. YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE

by Duane Chapman with Laura Morton

Hyperion,

The star of Dog the Bounty Hunter recalls his past and describes his bounty hunts.

2. QUIET STRENGTH

by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker

Tyndale

A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl.

3. LONE SURVIVOR

by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson

Little, Brown

The only survivor of a Navy SEAL operation in northern Afghanistan describes his courageous escape.

4. IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM

by Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn

Thomas Nelson

The wife of the country music star Alan Jackson describes how religious faith restored her marriage.

5. GOD IS NOT GREAT

by Christopher Hitchens.

Twelve

Religion as a malignant force in the world.

6. 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.

7. THE WORLD WITHOUT US

by Alan Weisman

Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's

What Earth would be like if humans disappeared.

8. THE GAME

by Neil Strauss

Morrow

An ugly duckling transforms himself into a pickup artist.

9. THE PREACHER AND THE PRESIDENTS

by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

Center Street,

Billy Graham and his relationship with the rich and famous.

10. 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.

11. LEGACY OF ASHES

by Tim Weiner

Doubleday

A history of the Central Intelligence Agency by a New York Times reporter.

12. MERLE'S DOOR

by Ted Kerasote

Harcourt

Lessons from a freethinking dog: a nature writer's tribute to the quirky Labrador mutt

he adopted.
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