FICTION
1. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Little, Brown
An aspiring photographer working as a nanny terrible visions.
2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
by Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead
A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
3. PONTOON
by Garrison Keillor
Viking
After the death of a good Lutheran lady in Lake Wobegon, her daughter learns about her secret life.
4. THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS
by Douglas Preston and
Lincoln Child
Warner
A Tibetan abbot asks the FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast to help recover a stolen relic with evil powers.
5. BONES TO ASHES
by Kathy Reichs
Scribner
The forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is asked to examine the skeleton of a young girl in Canada, where, many years ago, her best friend disappeared.
6. THE WEDNESDAY LETTERS
by Jason Wright
Shadow Mountain
Two brothers and a sister with complicated lives learn about their family's past through love letters discovered after their parents' deaths.
7. GARDEN SPELLS
by Sara Addison Allen
Bantam
Two sisters overcome their differences and claim their heritage when one returns to their North Carolina home.
8. THE QUICKIE
by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Little, Brown
A police officer's attempt to get back at her husband, whom she suspects of cheating on her with another, goes dangerously awry.
9. DARK POSSESSION
by Christine Feehan
Berkley
A Seattle counselor for battered women is wooed by a shape-shifter in Brazil; a Carpathian novel.
10. THE ELVES OF CINTRA
by Terry Brooks
Del Rey/Ballantine
The second volume of the Genesis of Shannara series is set in postapocalyptic Seattle.
11. AWAY
by Amy Bloom
Random House
An immigrant who escaped a Russian pogrom crosses America, toward home, after learning her daughter may still be alive.
NONFICTION
1. POWER TO THE PEOPLE
by Laura Ingraham
Regnery Publishing
The political commentator urges Americans to restore traditional, conservative principles.
2. GIVING
by Bill Clinton
Knopf
The former president describes people and projects that save lives and solve problems around the world.
3. IF I DID IT
by the Goldman family
Beaufort
O.J. Simpson's "hypothetical" confession to the murder of his wife, Nicole and Ron Goldman.
4. QUIET STRENGTH
by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
Tyndale
A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. (He did it with the Indianapolis Colts in February, 2007.)
5. MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT
by Mother Teresa
Doubleday
Writings and reflections on her spiritual journey.
6. LONE SURVIVOR
by Marcus Luttrell with
Patrick Robinson
Little, Brown
The only survivor of a Navy SEAL operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle, his comrades and his courageous escape.
7. THE WAR
by Geoffrey Ward
Knopf
A companion to the seven-part PBS documentary directed by Ken Burns, with hundreds of photographs.
8. THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF
by Alan Alda
Random House
The actor describes his search for meaning in life following a near-fatal illness.
9. BLONDE AMBITION
by Rita Crosby
Grand Central
The life and death of Anna Nicole Smith.
10. DEAD CERTAIN
by Robert Draper
Free Press
A portrait of US President George W. Bush who dislikes criticism and bad news.
11. THE WORLD WITHOUT US
by Alan Weisman
Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's
What Earth would be like if humans disappeared.
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