FICTION
1. CHANGE OF HEART
by Jodi Picoult
Atria
Questions about redemption and faith arise when a prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.
2. THE APPEAL
by John Grisham
Doubleday
In Grisham's first legal thriller since the Broker, intrigue ensues when a Mississippi court rules against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.
3. REMEMBER ME?
by Sophie Kinsella
Dial
A woman wakes up in a London hospital after an auto accident with no memory of the previous life-changing three years.
4. 7TH HEAVEN
by James Patterson
and Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown
In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club hunt for an arsonist and a missing teenager.
5. HONOR THYSELF
by Danielle Steel
Delacorte
A 50-year-old actress injured in a terrorist attack in Paris must rebuild her life.
6. LUSH LIFE
by Richard Price
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
An aspiring writer becomes a suspect in a friend's murder on the Lower East Side.
7. A PRISONER OF BIRTH
by Jeffrey Archer
St Martin's
A poor Londoner, framed for murder by four Cambridge friends, escapes from prison and exacts revenge.
8. STRANGERS IN DEATH
by J.D. Robb
Putnam
Lieutenant Eve Dallas probes a businessman's scandalous death; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
9. CHRIST THE LORD: THE ROAD TO CANA
by Anne Rice
Knopf
In the second book of Rice's life of Christ, Jesus embraces his prophetic destiny.
10. THE OUTLAW DEMON WAILS
by Kim Harrison
Eos
A witch who is also a bounty hunter must enter the demonic realm; the sixth book in the Hollows series.
11. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
by Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead
A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
NONFICTION
1. LOSING IT
by Valerie Bertinelli
Free Press
A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
2. BEAUTIFUL BOY
by David Sheff
Hoghton Miffli
A father struggles with his son's meth addiction.
3. LIBERAL FASCISM
by Jonah Goldberg
Doubleday
This "alternative history of American liberalism reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism."
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
by Michael Pollan
Penguin Press
A manifesto urges us to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
5. PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL
by Dan Ariely
Harper
An MIT behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
6. 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.
7. THE REASON FOR GOD
by Timothy Keller
Dutton
A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in a Christian God.
8. REAL CHANGE
by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler
Regnery
How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
9. THE AGE OF AMERICAN
UNREASON
by Susan Jacoby
Pantheon
Are Americans hostile to
knowledge?
10. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK
by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe
Threshold Editions
Beck's solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness.
11. RECONCILIATION
by Benazir Bhutto
Harper/HarperCollins
A posthumous look at Islam, democracy and the West, by Pakistan's former prime minister and assassinated opposition leader.
12. MANIC
by Terri Cheney
Morrow
A memoir of life with bipolar disorder.
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