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FICTION

1. DOUBLE CROSS

by James Patterson

Little, Brown

Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, a police detective, confront a Washington killer.

2. THE CHOICE

by Nicholas Sparks

Grand Central

How a North Carolina man's choices play out in his life; from the author of At First Sight.

3. PLAYING FOR PIZZA

By John Grisham

Doubleday

An American third-string quarterback joins the Italian National Football League's Parma Panthers.

4. STONE COLD

by David Baldacci

Grand Central

Members of Washington's Camel Club are being murdered to prevent them from uncovering government secrets.

5. CONFESSOR

by Terry Goodkind

Tor/Tom Doherty

The 11th and final novel of the Sword of Truth fantasy series.

6. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

by Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead

A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.

7. WORLD WITHOUT END

by Ken Follett

Dutton

Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett's Pillars of the Earth.

8. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS

by Jan Karon

Viking

The Mitford character Father Tim returns to his native town to reconnect with family and friends.

9. THE CHASE

by Clive Cussler

Putnam

In the early 20th century, a detective tracks a killer all over the West.

10. BOOK OF THE DEAD

by Patricia Cornwell

Putnam

The forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta opens a private practice in Charleston, South Carolina.

11. PROTECT AND DEFEND

by Vince Flynn

Atria

An American counterterrorism operative has to avert catastrophe in nuclear Iran.

12. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE

by Donald McCaig

St Martin's

An authorized sequel to Gone With the Wind updates the character of Rhett Butler for the modern reader.

13. AMAZING GRACE

by Danielle Steel

Delacorte

A San Francisco earthquake brings four strangers together.

NONFICTION

1. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK

by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe

Threshold Editions

The conservative TV and talk-radio host offers his solutions to problems including global warming, poverty and political correctness.

2. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)

by Stephen Colbert et al

Grand Central

The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central's Colbert Report.

3. BOOM!

by Tom Brokaw

Random House

The retired news anchor recalls and assesses the 1960s.

4. GOOD DOG. STAY

by Anna Quindlen

Random House

Life lessons from a black Lab.

5. CLAPTON

by Eric Clapton

Broadway

The great guitarist looks back on his life and his music.

6. RESCUING SPRITE

by Mark R. Levin

Pocket Books

A family's love for an older dog they adopted.

7. BORN STANDING UP

by Steve Martin

Scribner

Martin, now a writer and actor, recalls his years as a stand-up comedian, from the early 1960s to 1981, when he quit at the peak of his career.

8. THE AGE OF TURBULENCE

by Alan Greenspan

Penguin Press

A memoir by the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

9. QUIET STRENGTH

by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker

Tyndale

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

10. 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.

11. MUSICOPHILIA

by Oliver Sachs

Knopf

The neurologist and author of Awakenings examines the interaction between music and the brain.

12. AMERICAN CREATION

by Joseph J. Ellis

Knopf

Triumphs and tragedies of the American Revolution.

13. THE WAR

by Geoffrey C. Ward

Knopf

A companion to the seven-part PBS documentary directed by Ken Burns, with hundreds of photographs.
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