Hardcover Fiction

1. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. Stories set in rural Mississippi.
2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
3. KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb.  Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a colleague’s daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
4. THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.  Book 12 of the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
5. THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver. A young American growing up in Mexico becomes friends with Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo and Leon Trotsky; later, in the United States, he is menaced by ­McCarthyism.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom.  A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.  A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
3. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. A decade of New Yorker essays.
4. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others.  The case against big government.
5. THE BOOK OF BASKETBALL, by Bill Simmons.  ESPN.com’s Sports Guy crunches big questions in N.B.A. history.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. PUSH, by Sapphire.  An abused, illiterate 16-year-old in Harlem meets a teacher who helps change her life; the basis for the film “Precious.”
2. BED OF ROSES, by Nora Roberts.  A wedding florist has her eye on her business partner’s brother’s best friend; Book 2 in the Bride Quartet.
3. SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan.  Stories set in Africa, told from the point of view of wise and resilient children.
4. THE SHACK, by William P. Young.  A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
5. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson.  A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. BORN OF FIRE, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. The bounty hunter Shahara Dagan must decide whether to bring Syn, an assassin and family friend, to justice; a League novel.
2. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham. An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.
3. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson.  Alex Cross chases the leader of a teenage gang.
4. YOUR HEART BELONGS TO ME, by Dean Koontz. A man is stalked by a woman who resembles the donor of the heart he received in a transplant operation.
5. ANGELS AT CHRISTMAS, by Debbie Macomber.  A reissue of two stories: “Those Christmas Angels” (2003) and “Where Angels Go” (2007).

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis.  The evolving business of football, viewed through the rise of the left tackle Michael Oher.
2. OUR CHOICE, by Al Gore.  The former vice president offers a plan for solving the climate crisis with the tools we have now.
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
4. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.  A scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to nearly everything.
5. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.

Hardcover Advice

1. IT’S YOUR TIME, by Joel Osteen. Prayers, stories and tools for moving forward in Christian faith.
2. THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS, by Ree Drummond.  Cowboy-tested recipes from the proprietor of ThePioneerWoman.com.
3. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday. Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.
4. KNOCKOUT, by Suzanne Somers.  Advice and interviews with doctors offering innovative cancer treatments.
5. REINVENTING THE BODY, RESURRECTING THE SOUL, by Deepak Chopra.  Ten steps for self-transformation.

Paperback Advice

1. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
2. NEW MOON, by Mark Cotta Vaz.  The illustrated companion to the movie based on the second book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampire romance series.
3. MORE DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES, by Guy Fieri with Ann Volkwein. Another culinary road trip, with recipes.
4. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman.  How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
5. BUY KETCHUP IN MAY AND FLY AT NOON, by Mark Di Vincenzo.  Lots of answers to the question “What’’s the best time to … ?”

Children’s Picture Books

1. SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.  There’s no such thing as too much tinsel for Fancy Nancy. (Ages 4 to
2. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER, adapted by Chris Schoebinger from the story by Glenn Beck. Illustrated by Brandon Dorman..  Seeking the meaning of Christmas. (Ages 4 to 7)
3. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft.  An annotated visual dictionary. (Ages 7 and up)
4. NUBS, by Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery and Kirby Larson.  A wild dog in Iraq makes a friend for life. (Ages 4 to
5. WADDLE!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. Animals in motion, with color. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins.The protagonist of “The Hunger Games” returns. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up).
3. THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT, by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka.  An orphan in search of his sister follows a fortuneteller’s mysterious instructions. (Ages 7 and up)
4. MILLION-DOLLAR THROW, by Mike Lupica.  In tough economic times, the pressure is on for a young quarterback with an unusual opportunity. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. TRICKS, by Ellen Hopkins. (McElderry/Simon & Schuster,  A novel in verse about five teenagers who become prostitutes. (Ages 14 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
2. BLUE MOON, by Alyson Noël.  An immortal girl. (Ages 12 and up)
3. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël.  Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney.  A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up)
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)

Children’s Series Books

1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
3. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)
4. THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. A brother and sister travel the world in search of the key to their family’s power. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)

Hardcover Graphic Books

1. THE BOOK OF GENESIS: ILLUSTRATED, by R. Crumb. The legendary artist tackles the first book of the Bible.
2. FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS, by Geoff Johns and George Perez.  When facing a seemingly unstoppable assemblage of their enemies, the Legion recruits other-dimensional versions of themselves for help.
3. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, by Nancy Butler and Hugo Petrus. Jane Austen’s classic tale gets the graphic novel treatment.
4. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young. Dorothy travels to the land of OZ, graphic novel style.
5. ULTIMATUM, by Jeph Loeb and David Finch. The end, and rebirth, of Marvel’s “Ultimate” universe, in which its classic heroes were re-imagined for modern times, happens here.

Paperback Graphic Books

1. LOGICOMIX – AN EPIC SEARCH FOR TRUTH, by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna.  The life of the philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, and his passion for mathematics, is recounted in this graphic novel.
2. THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: RECORDED ATTACKS, by Max Brooks. If you want to survive a zombie attack, there may be no better way than to see how past cultures have done it.
3. WATCHMEN, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic books.
4. V FOR VENDETTA, by Alan Moore, K. C. Carlson and David Lloyd.  In a dystopian future, an anarchist sets out to topple the oppressive and totalitarian government of the United Kingdom.
5. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON 8, VOL. 5, by various. Will things ever get better for Buffy? Now she has to deal with “Harmony Bites,” a reality show starring a former-classmate-and-current-vampire. Plus: more from the mysterious Twilight.

Manga

1. VAMPIRE KNIGHT, VOL. 8, by Matsuri Hino. Cross Academy has day and evening students, but the latter have a secret: they are vampires.
2. NARUTO 46, by Masashi Kishimoto.  Naruto’s friends are threatened, the mysteries of Pain deepen and Naruto must fight to protect his village.
3. NEGIMA! MAGISTER NEGI MAGI, VOL. 24, by Ken Akamatsu.  Negi, the boy wizard, takes part in the Festival of Ostia, which includes a martial arts tournament. Will a team of bounty hunters ruin the plans for the day?
4. OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB, VOL. 13, by Bisco Hatori. Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich school, is forced to work – as a boy – for the school’s all-male club.
5. BLACK BIRD, VOL. 2, by Kanoko Sakurakoji.  Misao Harada can see into a magical realm where she is the bride demon of prophecy. How will she survive the pursuit of demons who want the power in her blood?

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
2. THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta’s life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.
3. PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new Qaeda attack.
4. NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly. The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch fights crime at home and in Hong Kong
5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.  A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom.  A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.  A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
3. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. A decade of New Yorker essays.
4. TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. ( The 2008 financial implosion on Wall Street and in Washington, by a New York Times reporter and columnist.
5. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others.  The case against big government.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. PUSH, by Sapphire.  An abused, illiterate 16-year-old in Harlem meets a teacher who helps change her life; the basis for the film “Precious.”
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young.  A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. OLIVE KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout.  A seventh-grade math teacher is the link in 13 stories set on the Maine coast; a 2009 Pulitzer winner.
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson.  A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.
5. SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan.  Stories set in Africa, told from the point of view of wise and resilient children.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham. An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.
2. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson.  Alex Cross chases the leader of a teenage gang.
3. HEAT LIGHTNING, by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers investigates a string of murders in which a lemon was left in the mouth of each victim.
4. TRUE DETECTIVES, by Jonathan Kellerman. In the 24th Alex Delaware novel, the interracial half-brothers from “Bones” investigate a young woman’s death.
5. SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell. The forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta takes on a new assignment in New York.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
2. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.  A scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to nearly everything.
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
4. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.
5. THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE, by Max Brooks.The comedy writer offers a plan for safeguarding yourself from the living dead.

Hardcover Advice

1. KNOCKOUT, by Suzanne Somers.  Advice and interviews with doctors offering innovative cancer treatments.
2. JIM CRAMER’S GETTING BACK TO EVEN, by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason. The “Mad Money” host offers advice for investing in a changed market.
3. THE CONSCIOUS COOK, by Tal Ronnen. Vegan recipes to appeal to meat-eaters.
4. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday. Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.
5. THE KIND DIET, by Alicia Silverstone. The actress’s recipes and insights for going meat- and dairy-free.

Paperback Advice

1. NEW MOON, by Mark Cotta Vaz.  The illustrated companion to the movie based on the second book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampire romance series.
2. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
3. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman.  How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
4. THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle. A guide to personal growth and spiritual enlightenment.
5. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.  Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.

Children’s Picture Books

1. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft.  An annotated visual dictionary. (Ages 7 and up)
2. JULIE ANDREWS’S COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES, by Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews. Illustrated by James McMullan.. All of the above, by various authors, plus a CD. (Ages 4 to
3. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, by Judy Schachner. The peppery red planet captures a cat’s fancy. (Ages 4 to
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, by Barb Bersche and Michelle Quint.  A movie tie-in adapted from the screenplay based on the children’s classic. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND “THREE CUPS OF TEA”, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins.The protagonist of “The Hunger Games” returns. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up).
3. THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT, by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka.  An orphan in search of his sister follows a fortuneteller’s mysterious instructions. (Ages 7 and up)
4. TRICKS, by Ellen Hopkins. (McElderry/Simon & Schuster,  A novel in verse about five teenagers who become prostitutes. (Ages 14 and up)
5. SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater.  Love among the lupine. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. DARK VISIONS, by L. J. Smith. A school for psychic teens. (Ages 14 and up)
4. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney.  A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up)
5. BLUE MOON, by Alyson Noël.  An immortal girl. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Series Books

1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. VAMPIRE DIARIES, by L. J. Smith.  Vampires in school, with a love triangle. (Ages 12 and up)
5. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, by Trenton Lee Stewart.  Gifted kids undertake a mission. (Ages 9 to 12)

Hardcover Graphic Books

1. THE BOOK OF GENESIS: ILLUSTRATED, by R. Crumb. The legendary artist tackles the first book of the Bible.
2. ABSOLUTE DEATH, by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham.  Death, the upbeat sister of Dream, is one of the best characters that emerged from the critically-acclaimed “Sandman” series. This over-sized collected edition contains two mini-series devoted to this very different incarnation of the Grim Reaper.
3. STITCHES: A MEMOIR, by David Small.  The author recalls his life, including an operation at age 14 that leaves his voice barely above a whisper, in this graphic memoir.
4. BATMAN: CACOPHONY, by Kevin Smith and Walter Flanagan.  The Dark Knight squares off against Onomatopoeia, who murders superheroes for sport, and the Joker is caught in the middle.
5. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young. Dorothy travels to the land of OZ, graphic novel style.

Paperback Graphic Books

1. THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: RECORDED ATTACKS, by Max Brooks. If you want to survive a zombie attack, there may be no better way than to see how past cultures have done it.
2. JACK OF FABLES, VOL. 6, by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges.  In this latest collection of the monthly series, Jack lead’s the attack on Revise’s compound and more is revealed about his relationships between Jack and the Page sisters.
3. WATCHMEN, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic books.
4. BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.  This compelling mystery, set early in the Caped Crusader’s career, has mobsters, the sad downfall of Harvey Dent (Two Face) and a new foe: Holiday.
5. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON 8, VOL. 5, by various. Will things ever get better for Buffy? Now she has to deal with “Harmony Bites,” a reality show starring a former-classmate-and-current-vampire. Plus: more from the mysterious Twilight.

Manga

1. NARUTO 46, by Masashi Kishimoto.  Naruto’s friends are threatened, the mysteries of Pain deepen and Naruto must fight to protect his village.
2. ROSARIO VAMPIRE, VOL. 9, by Akihisa Ikeda. Tsukune Aono’s new school is filled with vampires and werewolves. How is a human teenager to survive?
3. SOUL EATER, VOL. 1, by Atsushi Ohkubo. Maka, an arms expert, wants to turn the Soul Eater, her living scythe, into the ultimate weapon for Death.
4. DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD, by M. The detective known as L is scheduled to die in 23 days. That leaves him with 22 days to stop a terrorist group from unleashing a virus upon the world.
5. YU-GI-OH! R, VOl. 1., by Akira Ito and Kazuki Takahashi.  Yugi, the king of games, must face off against Yako Tenma, the protege of a Maxmilion Pegasus, who Yugi had previously vanquished.
6. CHIBI VAMPIRE, VOL. 14, by Yuna Kagesaki.  Karin, a vampire who every month bleeds profusely from her nose, is kidnapped by a gang of vampires who want to use her blood for their own survival.

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
2. A TOUCH OF DEAD, by Charlaine Harris. The complete Sookie Stackhouse stories.
3. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.  A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
4. THE PROFESSIONAL, by Robert B. Parker. Rich women are turning up dead, and the Boston P.I. Spenser investigates.
5. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks.  A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom.  A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
2. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others.  The case against big government.
3. TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy.  The late senator’s autobiography.
4. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer.  The story of Pat Tillman, the N.F.L. player who enlisted after 9/11, and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan
5. THE MURDER OF KING TUT, by James Patterson and Martin Dugard. Investigating the Boy King’s sudden death

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan.  Stories set in Africa, told from the point of view of wise and resilient children.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young.  A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger. Life with a dashing librarian who travels back and forth through time.
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson.  A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein.  An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham. An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.
2. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson.  Alex Cross chases the leader of a teenage gang.
3. COVET, by J. R. Ward.  A man becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins.
4. HEAT LIGHTNING, by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers investigates a string of murders in which a lemon was left in the mouth of each victim.
5. TRUE DETECTIVES, by Jonathan Kellerman. In the 24th Alex Delaware novel, the interracial half-brothers from “Bones” investigate a young woman’s death.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
3. GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’, by Glenn Beck. Thomas Paine-inspired thoughts on government.
4. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.
5. THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. otherwise known as fads.

Hardcover Advice

1. POSTSECRET: CONFESSIONS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND GOD, by Frank Warren.  More confessional postcards from the PostSecret Project.
2. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.  A reissue of the book that started Julia Child’s career
3. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
4. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday.  Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.
5. FLAT BELLY DIET!, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.

Paperback Advice

1. NEW MOON, by Mark Cotta Vaz.  The illustrated companion to the movie based on the second book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampire romance series.
2. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
3. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman.  How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
5. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien.  Two hundred recipes with fewer than 200 calories, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time.

Children’s Picture Books

1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, by Barb Bersche and Michelle Quint.  A movie tie-in adapted from the screenplay based on the children’s classic. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft.  An annotated visual dictionary. (Ages 7 and up)
3. JULIE ANDREWS’S COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES, by Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews. Illustrated by James McMullan.. All of the above, by various authors, plus a CD. (Ages 4 to
4. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, by Judy Schachner. The peppery red planet captures a cat’s fancy. (Ages 4 to
5. PIGS MAKE ME SNEEZE!, by Mo Willems.  An elephant indulges in self-diagnosis. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up).
2. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins.The protagonist of “The Hunger Games” returns. (Ages 12 and up)
3. RETURN TO THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD, by David Benedictus. Illustrated by Mark Burgess. The further adventures of Pooh and company. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. FIRE, by Kristin Cashore.  The last remaining human monster could save a kingdom. (Ages 14 and up)
5. LEVIATHAN, by Scott Westerfeld. Illustrated by Keith Thompson.  A round-the-world in airship trip before the eruption of World War I. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
2. DARK VISIONS, by L. J. Smith. A school for psychic teens. (Ages 14 and up)
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. GRACELING, by Kristin Cashore.  A fantasy novel about a girl endowed with special talents who also is valued for her attributes as a warrior. (Ages 14 and up)
5. BLUE MOON, by Alyson Noël.  An immortal girl. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. BLUE BLOODS, by Melissa de la Cruz. Young and privileged vampires are having a blood feud. (Ages 14 and up)
4. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. VAMPIRE DIARIES, by L. J. Smith.  Vampires in school, with a love triangle. (Ages 12 and up)

Hardcover Graphic Books

1. BLOOM COUNTY: THE COMPLETE LIBRARY, VOL. 1, by Berkeley Breathed. This collected edition, the first of four planned volumes, covers the years 1980 through 1982 of the acclaimed newspaper strip.
2. FABLES: DELUXE EDITION, VOL. 1, by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham. The characters from storybook tales find themselves exiled from their world by a nefarious force named the Adversary. This edition collects the first 10 issues of the captivating series and include character sketches.
3. ABSOLUTE PROMETHEA, VOL. 1, by Alan Moore and J. H. Williams. Promethea, a magical woman from the realm of imagination, bonds with her latest host: Sophie Bangs, college student. A trippy tale from the mind of Alan Moore with stunning art by J.H. Williams.
4. BATMAN: CACOPHONY, by Kevin Smith and Walter Flanagan.  The Dark Knight squares off against Onomatopoeia, who murders superheroes for sport, and the Joker is caught in the middle.
5. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young. Dorothy travels to the land of OZ, graphic novel style.

Paperback Graphic Books

1. THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: RECORDED ATTACKS, by Max Brooks. If you want to survive a zombie attack, there may be no better way than to see how past cultures have done it.
2. LOGICOMIX – AN EPIC SEARCH FOR TRUTH, by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna. The life of the philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, and his passion for mathematics, is recounted in this graphic novel.
3. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON 8, VOL. 5, by various. Will things ever get better for Buffy? Now she has to deal with “Harmony Bites,” a reality show starring a former-classmate-and-current-vampire. Plus: more from the mysterious Twilight.
4. THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD, VOL. 2, by Larry Gonick.  The cartoonist Larry Gonick continues his epic retelling of life so far. This volume spans from the French Revolution to today, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
5. WATCHMEN, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic books.

Manga

1. NARUTO 46, by Masashi Kishimoto.  Naruto’s friends are threatened, the mysteries of Pain deepen and Naruto must fight to protect his village.
2. ROSARIO VAMPIRE, VOL. 9, by Akihisa Ikeda. Tsukune Aono’s new school is filled with vampires and werewolves. How is a human teenager to survive?
3. CHIBI VAMPIRE, VOL. 14, by Yuna Kagesaki.  Karin, a vampire who every month bleeds profusely from her nose, is kidnapped by a gang of vampires who want to use her blood for their own survival.
4. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, VOL. 20, by Hiromu Arakawa.  Two brothers harmed in a ritual that was half magic/half science seek the legendary Philosopher’s Stone to make things right. But others seek the weapon of alchemy for their own nefarious means.
5. VAMPIRE KISSES VOL. 3, BLOOD RELATIVES, by Ellen Schreiber, Elisa Kwon and Rem.  The romance between Raven, a goth girl, and Alexander, a vampire, continues to be plagued by Alexander’s cousin, Claude, who is half-human and half-vampire.

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

The New York Times Bestseller List
October 11, 2009

Hardcover Fiction

1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
2. AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon. The descendants of Jamie Fraser and his wife, Claire, search for clues about their flight from North Carolina during the Revolution; the seventh Outlander novel.
3. ROUGH COUNTRY, by John Sandford.  Virgil Flowers investigates a string of murders at a Minnesota resort for women.
4. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks.  A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.  A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom.  A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
2. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others.  The case against big government.
3. TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy.  The late senator’s autobiography.
4. THE TIME OF MY LIFE, by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi.  A memoir by the actor, who died in September, and his wife.
5. THE MURDER OF KING TUT, by James Patterson and Martin Dugard. Investigating the Boy King’s sudden death

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan.  Stories set in Africa, told from the point of view of wise and resilient children.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young.  A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger. Life with a dashing librarian who travels back and forth through time.
4. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
5. PUSH, by Sapphire. (Vintage, $12.95.) An abused, illiterate 16-year-old girl living in Harlem meets a teacher who helps change her life.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham. An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.
2. COVET, by J. R. Ward.  A man becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins.
3. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson.  Alex Cross chases the leader of a teenage gang.
4. BORN OF NIGHT, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. A woman must entrust her life to a deadly assassin once affiliated with the League.
5. THE RENEGADE HUNTER, by Lynsay Sands.  A vampire hunter turned rogue is locked up after saving a damsel in distress; a Rogue Hunter novel.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’, by Glenn Beck. Thomas Paine-inspired thoughts on government.
2. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
4. MY LIFE IN FRANCE, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme. How Julia Child mastered the art of French cooking: a memoir.
5. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.

Hardcover Advice

1. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday.  Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.
2. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.  A reissue of the book that started Julia Child’s career
3. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
4. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
5. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”

Paperback Advice

1. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
2. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman.  How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
3. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
4. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien.  Two hundred recipes with fewer than 200 calories, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time.
5. HOW TO TAKE OVER TEH WURLD, by Professor Happycat and icanhascheezburger.com.  Funny pictures of cats with funny

Children’s Picture Books

1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, by Barb Bersche and Michelle Quint.  A movie tie-in adapted from the screenplay based on the children’s classic. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, by Judy Schachner. The peppery red planet captures a cat’s fancy. (Ages 4 to
3. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND “THREE CUPS OF TEA”, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to
4. WADDLE!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. Animals in motion, with color. (Ages 4 to
5. DEWEY (THERE’S A CAT IN THE LIBRARY!), by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter. Illustrated by Steve James.  The tale of a book-drop mascot. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins.The protagonist of “The Hunger Games” returns. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up).
3. THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT, by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka. An orphan in search of his sister follows a fortuneteller’s mysterious instructions. (Ages 7 and up)
4. TRICKS, by Ellen Hopkins. A novel in verse about five teenagers who become prostitutes. (Ages 14 and up)
5. L.A. CANDY, by Lauren Conrad. Excitement in TV land by someone who has been there.

Children’s Paperback Books

1. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS: JUNIOR NOVELIZATION, by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon.  A movie tie-in to the meteorological smorgasbord. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. DARK VISIONS, by L. J. Smith. A school for psychic teens. (Ages 14 and up)BLUE MOON, by Alyson Noël.  An immortal girl. (Ages 12 and up)
3. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, by Trenton Lee Stewart. Illustrated by Carson Ellis.  Gifted kids undertake a mission. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. VAMPIRE DIARIES, by L. J. Smith.  Vampires in school, with a love triangle. (Ages 12 and up)
5. SEPTIMUS HEAP, by Angie Sage. A boy fulfills his destiny as a wizard. (Ages 9 and up)

Hardcover Graphic Books

1. BATMAN: CACOPHONY, by Kevin Smith and Walter Flanagan.  The Dark Knight squares off against Onomatopoeia, who murders superheroes for sport, and the Joker is caught in the middle.
2. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young. (Marvel Entertainment, $29.99.) Dorothy travels to the land of OZ, graphic novel style.
3. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. This critically acclaimed story from 1988 offers a possible origin for the Joker.
4. MERCY THOMPSON: HOMECOMING, by Patricia Briggs and David Lawrence.  Mercy Thompson, the protagonist of Brigg’s prose novels, comes to comics with an original adventure. She has to survive a gang war between rival packs of werewolves, and her mother.
5. BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER?, by Neil Gaiman and others.  This collection chronicles the last days of Batman, the secret origin of the villainous Poison Ivy and a tale which depicts the Dark Knight and the Joker as actors in a television show.

Paperback Graphic Books

1. LOGICOMIX – AN EPIC SEARCH FOR TRUTH, by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna. The life of the philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, and his passion for mathematics, is recounted in this graphic novel.
2. WATCHMEN, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic books.
3. THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 10, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. Rick and his, and a new band of refugees, make their way to Washington, D.C. Will they survive? And if they do, will the new location be any better for them?
4. BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. This compelling mystery, set early in the Caped Crusader’s career, has mobsters, the sad downfall of Harvey Dent (Two Face) and a new foe: Holiday.
5. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM, by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. In this critically-acclaimed paint graphic novel, Batman finds himself facing off against his major villains at a home for criminally insane.

Manga

1. CHIBI VAMPIRE, VOL. 14, by Yuna Kagesaki.  Karin, a vampire who every month bleeds profusely from her nose, is kidnapped by a gang of vampires who want to use her blood for their own survival.
2. VAMPIRE KISSES VOL. 3, BLOOD RELATIVES, by Ellen Schreiber, Elisa Kwon and Rem.  The romance between Raven, a goth girl, and Alexander, a vampire, continues to be plagued by Alexander’s cousin, Claude, who is half-human and half-vampire.
3. NARUTO 46, by Masashi Kishimoto.  Naruto’s friends are threatened, the mysteries of Pain deepen and Naruto must fight to protect his village.
4. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, VOL. 20, by Hiromu Arakawa.  Two brothers harmed in a ritual that was half magic/half science seek the legendary Philosopher’s Stone to make things right. But others seek the weapon of alchemy for their own nefarious means.
5. NARUTO, VOL. 45, by Masashi Kishimoto.  Jiraiya, ninja and mentor to Naruto, put everything he learned about the Akatsuki organization in code. Can Naruto decipher it in time?

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva. When a Russian defector who once saved his life disappears, Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, attempts to rescue him.
2. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner.  Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when the popular one needs the mousy one’s help.
3. SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.A former cop, now a reporter for The Los Angeles Times, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel.
4. TWENTIES GIRL, by Sophie Kinsella.  A young woman is haunted by the spirit of her great-aunt, who wants her to find a missing necklace.
5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.  A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.  Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
3. UNMASKED, by Ian Halperin.  Michael Jackson’s final years.
4. CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state and destroys the health care system.
5. BOBBY AND JACKIE, by C. David Heymann.  The connection between Bobby and Jackie Kennedy.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger. Life with a dashing librarian who travels back and forth through time.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson.  A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.
4. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
5. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. SMOKE SCREEN, by Sandra Brown. Scandalous deaths thwart the investigation of a fatal fire at the police headquarters in Charleston, S.C.
2. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult.  A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.
3. TAILSPIN, by Catherine Coulter.  The F.B.I. agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock swoop in to help a colleague when his plane crashes in the Appalachian Mountains.
4. MOSCOW RULES, by Daniel Silva.  Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, uncovers a Russian arms sales plot.
5. DEAD UNTIL DARK, by Charlaine Harris.Sookie Stackhouse falls in love with a bad-boy vampire.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’, by Glenn Beck. Thomas Paine-inspired thoughts on government.
2. JULIE & JULIA, by Julie Powell.A memoir of racing to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
4. THE FAMILY, by Jeff Sharlet. The history of the Fellowship, a secretive evangelical group active in American politics.
5. ANGELA’S ASHES, by Frank McCourt. cCourt, the Irish-American writer who died last month, recalls his childhood in Limerick.

Hardcover Advice

1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
2. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”
4. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne.  The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
5. GOT FIGHT?, by Forrest Griffin with Erich Krauss. Advice and lore from Griffin, the mixed martial arts expert.

Paperback Advice

1. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
2. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
3. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television.  How to cut calories, change diets and improve health without sacrificing the foods you love.
4. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.  Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
5. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman.  How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.

Children’s Picture Books

1. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan.
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to
3. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann.  An ethereal pet and protector joins Pinkalicious. (Ages 5 to
4. SWING!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Children seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to
5. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser..  Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)

Children’s Chapter Books

1. L.A. CANDY, by Lauren Conrad. Excitement in TV land by someone who has been there.
2. ALONG FOR THE RIDE, by Sarah Dessen.  A summer on two wheels for a girl ripe to learn more about herself and the people she cares about. (Ages 14 and up)
3. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher.  Before committing suicide a girl records and sends explanatory audiotapes to 13 people. (Ages 14 and up)
5. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. BLUE MOON, by Alyson Noël.  An immortal girl. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.  An alien hunter seeks the Prayer, a killer mantis. (Ages 12 and up)
3. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
4. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)
5. LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen.  Loss and change crack Ruby’s cynicism. (Ages 12 and up)
   

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling.  A young wizard hones his skills while fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up)
3. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
   
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)

Hardcover Graphic Books

1. BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER?, by Neil Gaiman and others.  This collection chronicles the last days of Batman, the secret origin of the villainous Poison Ivy and a tale which depicts the Dark Knight and the Joker as actors in a television show.
2. ASTERIOS POLYP, by David Mazzucchelli. The title character is an architect who is suffering from a midlife crisis. But will leaving New York City for small-town America help?
3. THE HUNTER, by Darwyn Cooke. Meet Parker, the antihero created by the novelist Richard Stark, in the first of four planned graphic novel adaptations.LOST GIRLS, by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie. Brace yourselves for the shocking, adult (as in maturity and pornography) adventures of Wendy from “Peter Pan,” Alice from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz.”
4. ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL, VOL. 4, by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch.  Angel fights a battle that will forever decide his fate and that of Los Angeles.

Paperback Graphic Books

1. WATCHMEN, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic books.
2. EMPOWERED, V. 5, by Adam Warren.  The costumed crimefighter known as Empowered can’t get any respect. Even after saving her fellow heroes, they still think she’s a villain in waiting.
3. THE SANDMAN: PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES, by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III. (Dream of the Endless must rebuild his empire after several years of imprisonment at the hands of humans.
4. FABLES, VOL. 1, by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina.  After being exiled from their homes, Snow White, Big Bad Wolf and other characters from various fairy tales form their own community in New York City.
5. V FOR VENDETTA, by Alan Moore, K. C. Carlson and David Lloyd.  A vigilante tries to free London from its authoritarian leadership.

Manga

1. FRUITS BASKET, VOL. 23, by Natsuki Takaya.  This series is about a family that is possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Secrets from the past are revealed and Akito, head of the clan, finds her control slipping.
2. NARUTO, VOL. 45, by Masashi Kishimoto.  Jiraiya, ninja and mentor to Naruto, put everything he learned about the Akatsuki organization in code. Can Naruto decipher it in time?
3. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, VOL. 19, by Hiromu Arakawa.Two brothers harmed in a ritual that was half magic/half science seek the legendary Philosopher’s Stone to make things right. This installment reveals their father’s origin.
4. NEGIMA! MAGISTER NEGI MAGI, VOL. 23, by Ken Akamatsu.  Will it be victory or death for Negi, the boy wizard, as faces his rival, Fate Averruncus?
5. NARUTO, VOL. 43, by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto’s former teammate, Sasuke, learns vital details about his family’s past.

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. BLACK HILLS, by Nora Roberts.A South Dakota wildlife biologist and an ex-cop, childhood sweethearts, reunite to pursue a serial killer.
2. SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. A former cop, now a reporter for The Los Angeles Times, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel.F
3. INGER LICKIN’ FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich.  The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks a celebrity chef’s killer.
4. THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL, by Greg Iles.  The mayor of Natchez, Miss., pursues a killer who opposes his attempt to clean up riverboat gambling.
5. THE APOSTLE, by Brad Thor. Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, is asked to free an Al Qaeda mastermind from an Afghan prison as part of a ransom deal.S

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.  Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
3. CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state.
4. HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton.  A small group of Special Forces soldiers fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after 9/11.
5. THE END OF OVEREATING, by David A. Kessler.  How eating sugar, fat and salt affects our minds and bodies and encourages overindulgence.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson.  A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
4. THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger.  Life with a dashing librarian who travels back and forth through time.
5. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult. A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult.A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling..
2. TAILSPIN, by Catherine Coulter. The F.B.I. agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock swoop in to help a colleague when his plane crashes in the Appalachian Mountains.
3. HIDDEN CURRENTS, by Christine Feehan. The youngest of the telepathic Drake sisters disappears while on her way back home.
4. FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend get involved when his cousin’s bank robbery goes bad.
5. WHAT HAPPENS IN LONDON, by Julia Quinn.  A young woman spies on her intriguing neighbor, an employee of the War Office, and is herself spied on in return.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’, by Glenn Beck.  Thomas Paine-inspired thoughts on government.
2. MICHAEL JACKSON, edited by Joe Funk. An illustrated tribute biography of the King of Pop.
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
4. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-­absorbed, drunken womanizer.
5. JULIE & JULIA, by Julie Powell. A memoir of racing to cook every recipe in Julia Child’’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”

Hardcover Advice

1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
2. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”
3. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
4. EXCUSES BEGONE!, by Wayne W. Dyer.  How to throw out old excuses and embrace new ways of thinking to achieve happiness.
5. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne.  The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.

Paperback Advice

1. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
2. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television.  How to cut calories, change diets and improve health without sacrificing the foods you love.
3. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
4. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman.  How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
5. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.

Children’s Picture Books

1. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann.  An ethereal pet and protector joins Pinkalicious. (Ages 5 to
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to
3. TEA PARTIES, by Jane O”Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Extended pinkies at Fancy Nancy’s. (Ages 4 to 7)
4. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.  Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)
5. THE CURIOUS GARDEN, written and illustrated by Peter Brown.  A boy named Liam nurtures a straggly garden to vivid fruition. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. L.A. CANDY, by Lauren Conrad. Excitement in TV land by someone who has been there. (Ages 14 and up)
2. ALONG FOR THE RIDE, by Sarah Dessen.  A summer on two wheels for a girl ripe to learn more about herself and the people she cares about. (Ages 14 and up)
3. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher.  Before committing suicide a girl records and sends explanatory audiotapes to 13 people. (Ages 14 and up)
5. TWILIGHT: DIRECTOR’S NOTEBOOK, by Catherine Hardwicke. The making of “Twilight,” the movie. (Ages 9 to 12)
6. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. BLUE MOON, by Alyson Noël.An immortal girl learns the secret of time. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.  An alien hunter seeks the Prayer, a killer mantis. (Ages 12 and up)
3. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
5. LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen.  Loss and change crack Ruby’s cynicism. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling.  A young wizard hones his skills while fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up)
4. THE CLIQUE, by Lisi Harrison.  The lives and loves of the popular kids at an elite prep school. (Ages 12 and up)
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. SKIN TRADE, by Laurell K. Hamilton.  Investigating some killings in Las Vegas, the vampire hunter Anita Blake must contend with the power of the weretigers.
2. MEDUSA, by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos. In the eighth NUMA Files novel, Kurt Austin and his team confront a rare jellyfish, a Chinese crime syndicate and a deadly virus.
3. THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly.  A Los Angeles Times reporter tracks a devious killer.
4. SHANGHAI GIRLS, by Lisa See. Two Chinese sisters in the 1930s are sold as wives to men from California, and leave their war-torn country to join them.
5. MATTERS OF THE HEART, by Danielle Steel.  A New York photographer falls in love with a sociopathic novelist who lures her to his isolated Irish estate.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
2. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.  Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
3. HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton.  A small group of Special Forces soldiers fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after 9/11.
4. RENEGADE, by Richard Wolffe.  The rise of Barack Obama, based on the author’’s coverage of the campaign and on a dozen interviews.
5. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly.  The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult. A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.
4. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts.  A wedding photographer finds romance with the brother of a bride-to-be; Book 1 in the Bride Quartet series.
5. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.The classic story, retold with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.”

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. RIGHT NEXT DOOR, by Debbie Macomber.  A reissue of two novels, “Father’s Day” (1991) and “The Courtship of Carol Sommars” (1990).
2. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult.  A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.
3. SALVATION IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a priest; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
4. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown.  A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.
5. THE FRONT, by Patricia Cornwell.  A Massachusetts state investigator and his team from “At Risk” confront a rogue association of municipal police departments.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris. Humor essays on middle age, mortality and giving up smoking.
3. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
4. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-­absorbed, drunken womanizer.
5. LIBERAL FASCISM, by Jonah Goldberg.  This “alternative history” of American liberalism finds its roots in classical fascism.

Hardcover Advice

1. EXCUSES BEGONE!, by Wayne W. Dyer.  How to throw out old excuses and embrace new ways of thinking to achieve happiness.
2. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”
4. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
5. THE G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  Advice for living without gluten, from a television host who has celiac disease.

Paperback Advice

1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television.  How to cut calories, change diets and improve health without sacrificing the foods you love.
2. MARTHA STEWART’S CUPCAKES, by the editors of Martha Stewart Living. Recipes and ideas ranging from the simple to the elaborately ornate.
3. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
5. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien. Two hundred recipes under 200 calories, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time.

Children’s Picture Books

1. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann.  An ethereal pet and protector joins Pinkalicious. (Ages 5 to
2. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan.
3. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to
4. FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY AND THE DODGEBALL BULLY, by Julianne Moore. Illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Scary dodgeball. Hairy dodgeball. Very, very dodgeball. (Ages 4 to
5. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser..  Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)

Children’s Chapter Books

1. TWILIGHT: DIRECTOR’S NOTEBOOK, by Catherine Hardwicke. The making of “Twilight,” the movie. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)
3. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher.  Before committing suicide a girl records and sends explanatory audiotapes to 13 people. (Ages 14 and up)
5. WINGS, by Aprilynne Pike.  Home schooling meets supernatural romance, with cellular-level scientific surprises. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
2. LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen.  Loss and change crack Ruby’s cynicism. (Ages 12 and up)
   
3. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, by Trenton Lee Stewart. Illustrated by Carson Ellis.  Gifted kids on a mission. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne. A boy’s innocence is eroded in evil times. (Ages 12 and up)
5. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. A brother and sister travel the world in search of the key to their family’s power. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly.  A Los Angeles Times reporter tracks a devious killer.
2. GONE TOMORROW, by Lee Child.  Jack Reacher discovers a conspiracy dating back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. First Chapter
3. WICKED PREY, by John Sandford. The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport deals with mayhem occasioned by the Republican convention.
4. SHANGHAI GIRLS, by Lisa See. Two Chinese sisters in the 1930s are sold as wives to men from California, and leave their war-torn country to join them.
5. THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.  Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’’s Murder Club investigate a pair of killings.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
2. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.  Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
3. HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton.  A small group of Special Forces soldiers fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after 9/11.
4. RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards. Dealing with life’s challenges, including cancer and her husband’s infidelity.
5. THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow. An enduring friendship among a group of Midwestern women.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts.  A wedding photographer finds romance with the brother of a bride-to-be; Book 1 in the Bride Quartet series.
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.The classic story, retold with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.”
5. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult. A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown.  A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.
2. RIGHT NEXT DOOR, by Debbie Macomber.  A reissue of two novels, “Father’s Day” (1991) and “The Courtship of Carol Sommars” (1990).
3. UNDER THE RADAR, by Fern Michaels.  The Sisterhood is called to protect 14 pregnant teenagers recently escaped from a polygamist sect.
4. SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. A sailing vacation turns into a disaster.
5. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult.  A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
3. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-­absorbed, drunken womanizer.
4. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.
5. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, by Jill Bolte Taylor.  A brain scientist shares what she learned from her 1996 stroke.

Hardcover Advice

1. WHO’S GOT YOUR BACK, by Keith Ferrazzi. Achieving goals by building close relationships with a small circle of trusted individuals.
2. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
3. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
4. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”
5. EXCUSES BEGONE!, by Wayne W. Dyer.  How to throw out old excuses and embrace new ways of thinking to achieve happiness

Paperback Advice

1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television.  How to cut calories, change diets and improve health without sacrificing the foods you love.
2. NATURALLY THIN, by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson. Rules and recipes for escaping the diet trap, from a star of “The Real Housewives of New York City.”
3. SUZE ORMAN’S 2009 ACTION PLAN, by Suze Orman.  Managing your money in hard times.
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.

Children’s Picture Books

1. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann.  An ethereal pet and protector joins Pinkalicious. (Ages 5 to
2. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan.
3. CRAZY HAIR, written by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  A head of twistin,g tangling trails and loops, where gorillas leap and ground sloths sleep. (Ages 4 to
4. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser..  Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)
5. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)
2. TWILIGHT: DIRECTOR’S NOTEBOOK, by Catherine Hardwicke. The making of “Twilight,” the movie. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. MILES TO GO, by Miley Cyrus. The life of Miley Cyrus.
4. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher.  Before committing suicide a girl records and sends explanatory audiotapes to 13 people. (Ages 14 and up)
5. ONCE DEAD, TWICE SHY, by Kim Harrison.  A young girl resolutely walks the line between death and life. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen.  Loss and change crack Ruby’s cynicism. (Ages 12 and up)
   
2. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
3. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, by Trenton Lee Stewart. Illustrated by Carson Ellis.  Gifted kids on a mission. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne. A boy’s innocence is eroded in evil times. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL, by Michael Scott.  The quest of a 14th-century alchemist. (Ages 12 and up)

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. WICKED PREY, by John Sandford. The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport deals with mayhem occasioned by the Republican convention.
2. CEMETERY DANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.  The F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast investigates the murder of a Times reporter.
3. DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
4. THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.  Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’’s Murder Club investigate a pair of killings.
5. FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci. Former Secret Service agents, now P.I.’s, search for a child abducted from a party at Camp David.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards. Dealing with life’s challenges, including cancer and her husband’s infidelity.
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
3. ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox. Fox’s last 10 years, since he retired from “Spin City;” his struggles with Parkinson’s disease and his work as an activist through his foundation.
4. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.  Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
5. THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow. An enduring friendship among a group of Midwestern women.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts.  A wedding photographer finds romance with the brother of a bride-to-be; Book 1 in the Bride Quartet series.
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.The classic story, retold with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.”
5. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown. A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown.  A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.
2. SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. A sailing vacation turns into a disaster.
3. PHANTOM PREY, by John Sandford. The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport investigates a string of murders of young Goths.
4. ODD HOURS, by Dean Koontz.  Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, confronts evil forces in a California coastal town.
5. THE BOURNE SANCTION, by Eric Van Lustbader. Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne pursues a Muslim terrorist leader.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max.  Life as a self-­absorbed, drunken womanizer.
3. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
4. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. The harrowing story of a Navy Seals operation in Afghanistan.
5. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck. The conservative talk-show host on “the world’s biggest problems.”
6. AUDITION, by Barbara Walters. A personal and professional memoir.

Hardcover Advice

1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
2. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”
4. THE G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  Advice for living without gluten, from a television host who suffers from celiac disease.
5. WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGES, CHANGE EVERYTHING, by Neale Donald Walsch. “Change” does not have to equal “crisis.”

Paperback Advice

1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television.  How to cut calories, change diets and improve health without sacrificing the foods you love.
2. NATURALLY THIN, by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson. Rules and recipes for escaping the diet trap, from a star of “The Real Housewives of New York City.”
3. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien. Two hundred recipes under 200 calories, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time.
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.

Children’s Picture Books

1. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan.
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to
3. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser..  Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)
4. DUCK! RABBIT!, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. Which is it? It‘s all in how you look at it. (Ages 3 and up)
5. THE CURIOUS GARDEN, written and illustrated by Peter Brown. A boy named Liam nurtures a straggly garden to vivid fruition. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. WINGS, by Aprilynne Pike.  Home schooling meets supernatural romance, with cellular-level scientific surprises. (Ages 12 and up)
2. THE AWAKENING, by Kelley Armstrong.  A genetically altered, ghost-seeing girl juggles a complicated set of adolescent trials. (Ages 12 and up)
3. TWILIGHT: DIRECTOR’S NOTEBOOK, by Catherine Hardwicke. The making of “Twilight,” the movie. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. MILES TO GO, by Miley Cyrus. The life of Miley Cyrus.
5. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)

Children’s Paperback Books

1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
2. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.  A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. LOCK AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen.  Loss and change crack Ruby’s cynicism. (Ages 12 and up)
   
5. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne. A boy’s innocence is eroded in evil times. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. PENDRAGON, by D. J. MacHale. A teenage boy travels through time and space. (Ages 10 and up)
5. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List

Hardcover Fiction

1. DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
2. THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.  Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’’s Murder Club investigate a pair of killings.
3. PYGMY, by Chuck Palahniuk. Terrorists from a totalitarian country enter the Midwest disguised as exchange students in this satire.
4. FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci. Former Secret Service agents, now P.I.’s, search for a child abducted from a party at Camp David.
5. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT, by Alexander McCall Smith.  The 10th novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
2. ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox. Fox’s last 10 years, since he retired from “Spin City;” his struggles with Parkinson’s disease and his work as an activist through his foundation.
3. RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards. Dealing with life’s challenges, including cancer and her husband’s infidelity.
4. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.  Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
5. THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow. An enduring friendship among a group of Midwestern women.

Paperback Trade Fiction

1. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts.  A wedding photographer finds romance with the brother of a bride-to-be; Book 1 in the Bride Quartet series.
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer.  A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.The classic story, retold with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.”
5. CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff. Two men arrested in World War II Russia must complete a seemingly impossible task to save their lives.

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. A sailing vacation turns into a disaster.
2. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown.  A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.
3. PHANTOM PREY, by John Sandford. The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport investigates a string of murders of young Goths.
4. ODD HOURS, by Dean Koontz.  Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, confronts evil forces in a California coastal town.
5. BURNING WILD, by Christine Feehan.  A billionaire with leopard-shifting abilities has an animal attraction toward his young son’s nanny.

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. AUDITION, by Barbara Walters. A personal and professional memoir.
3. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. The harrowing story of a Navy Seals operation in Afghanistan.
4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert.  A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.

Hardcover Advice

1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey.  Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
2. THE G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  Advice for living without gluten, from a television host who suffers from celiac disease.
3. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst.  A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
4. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.”
5. 10-10-10, by Suzy Welch.  Evaluating decisions based on how they will affect your life in 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years.

Paperback Advice

1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television.  How to cut calories, change diets and improve health without sacrificing the foods you love.
2. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough.  A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
3. NATURALLY THIN, by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson. Rules and recipes for escaping the diet trap, from a star of “The Real Housewives of New York City.”
4. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien. Two hundred recipes under 200 calories, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time.
5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  Advice for parents-to-be.

Children’s Picture Books

1. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.  A school grows in Pakistan.
2. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser..  Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)
3. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.  Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to
4. LLAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA, written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney.  A little creature goes to preschool. (Ages 2 and up)
5. THE CURIOUS GARDEN, written and illustrated by Peter Brown. A boy named Liam nurtures a straggly garden to vivid fruition. (Ages 4 to

Children’s Chapter Books

1. TWILIGHT: DIRECTOR’S NOTEBOOK, by Catherine Hardwicke. The making of “Twilight,” the movie. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. THE AWAKENING, by Kelley Armstrong.  A genetically altered, ghost-seeing girl juggles a complicated set of adolescent trials. (Ages 12 and up)
3. AIRHEAD: BEING NIKKI, by Meg Cabot. A brainy girl is overloaded with schoolwork, mystery, and the modeling gigs that came with the body she acquired under unusual circumstances. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.  To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. (Ages 10 and up)
5. MILES TO GO, by Miley Cyrus. The life of Miley Cyrus.

Children’s Paperback Books

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.  A former climber builds schools in Pakistani and Afghan villages. (Ages 9 to 12)
2. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up)
3. EVERMORE, by Alyson Noël. Immortals in school. (Ages 12 and up)
4. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne. A boy’s innocence is eroded in evil times. (Ages 12 and up)
5. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, written by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up)

Children’s Series Books

1. THE TWILIGHT SERIES, by Stephenie Meyer. Vampires and werewolves in high school. (Ages 12 and up)
2. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan.  Battling mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)
3. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.  A boy records the hazards of adolescent life. (Ages 9 to 12)
4. HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up)
5. THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare. A girl battles the forces of darkness. (Ages 14 and up)

Source: The New York Times Best Seller List