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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