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FICTION

1. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH

by Ken Follet

New American Library

Murder, arson and lust surround the building of a cathedral.

2. ATONEMENT

by Ian McEwan

Anchor

A chronicle of the disintegration of an English family's idyllic life.

3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

by Sara Gruen

Algonquin

A young man and an elephant save a Depression-era circus.

4. NINETEEN MINUTES

by Jodi Picoult

Washington Square

The aftermath of a high-school shooting reveals the fault lines in a small New Hampshire town.

5. THE KITE RUNNER

by Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead

An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared.

6. THE 6TH TARGET

by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Grand Central

Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club investigate the disappearance of several children.

7. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL

by Philippa Gregory

Touchstone

A tale of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn.

8. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB

by Kate Jacobs

Berkley

A group of women meet weekly at a New York City yarn shop.

9. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER

by Kim Edwards

Penguin

A doctor's decision to secretly send his newborn daughter to an institution haunts everyone involved.

10. THE ALCHEMIST

by Paulo Coelho

HarperOne

A Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure.

11. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

by Cormac McCarthy

Vintage

Mayhem ensues after a West Texas man stumbles upon US$2 million in drug money and decides to keep it.

12. THE ROAD

by Cormac McCarthy

Vintage

A father and son travel in post-apocalypse America.

13. BODY SURFING

by Anita Shreve

Back Bay

A woman takes a job as a tutor with a wealthy family.

NONFICTION

1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE

by Elizabeth Gilbert

Penguin Books

A writer's yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.

2. THREE CUPS OF TEA

by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Penguin

A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

3 THE AUDACITY OF HOPE

by Barack Obama

Three Rivers

The Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.

4. FAIRTAX: THE TRUTH

by Neal Boortz and John Linder with Rob Woodall

Harper

A radio host and a US congressman defend their 2005 plan for abolishing federal income taxes and the IRS.

5. 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN

Don Piper with Cecil Murphey

Revell

A minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident.

6. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER

by Barack Obama

Three Rivers

The senator on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.

7. THE INNOCENT MAN

by John Grisham

Delta and Dell

Grisham's first nonfiction book concerns a man wrongly sentenced to death.

8. THE GLASS CASTLE

by Jeannette Walls

Scribner

The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.

9. INTO THE WILD

by Jon Krakauer

Anchor

A man's obsession with the wilderness ends in tragedy.

10. THE WORLD IS FLAT

by Thomas L. Friedman

Picador

A new edition of the columnist's analysis of 21st-century economics and foreign policy.

11. THE GIFT OF FEAR

by Gavin de Becker

Delta and Dell

Intuitive signals that can protect us from becoming the victims of violence.

12. THE TIPPING POINT

by Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay/Little, Brown

A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.

13. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA

by Michael Pollan

Penguin

Tracking dinner from the soil to the plate, a journalist juggles appetite and conscience.
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