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A year in the social life of three twentysomethings set in Jazz-Age New York City.
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The Seven Kingdoms are imperiled again in the fifth “Song of Ice and Fire” book.
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Quentin embarks on a quest that goes awry in this sequel to "The Magicians."
(Viking: $26.95)
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Meet Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet and suave investigator in Washington D.C.
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A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, set in 1920s Paris.
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An atmospheric tale of two medical researchers and the many shades of truth they find in the Amazon.
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Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
While seeking retribution for his wife's murder, Special Agent Pendergast uncovers a horrific conspiracy.
(Grand Central: $26.99)
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A key to a fortune is hidden in a virtual reality world.
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Three decades of stories from the Pulitzer Prize winning author.
(Knopf: $27.95)
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Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.
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A 21st century story of a distraught and lonely werewolf.
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A teenager stumbles upon an abandoned children's home whose former occupants were a bit odd and dangerous.
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The search for the identity of a body found during NASCAR race week, from the inspiration behind the TV show, "Bones."
(Scribner: $26.99)
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A woman's mind is erased of everything she knows each time she goes to sleep.
(Harper: $25.99)
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A high school boy receives a box of audiotapes narrated by a girl who recently committed suicide.
(Razorbill: $10.99)
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A woman washes up on a rat-infested shore starting a family's link with California's Channel Islands.
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A series of graphic vignettes about erotica.
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No one is safe in the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.
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A porn producer husband unwittingly hires the man his wife is sleeping with to find out whom she’s sleeping with.
3
20
A young doctor in a war-torn Balkan country recalls tales from her beloved grandfather.
20

Hardcover Nonfiction (Back to top)

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The story of Louis Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.
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2
A comical not-for-kids picture book on the perils of bedtime.
13
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A memoir of the author’s mother set in Kenya.
(Penguin Press: $25.95)
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1
4
Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador’s family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.
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A kidnap victim at 11, Jaycee Dugard describes her 18-year imprisonment.
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The actress' blueprint for successful living and getting older.
3
7
A prediction of America's economic and cultural armageddon.
(Regnery: $29.95)
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2
8
A beat-up horse named Snowman's rise to the top in show-jumping.
(Ballantine: $26)
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1
9
How Americans in 19th century Paris shaped ideals back home.
14
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A photographic day in the life of an adorable teddy-bear like dog.
(Chronicle: $12.95)
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1
11
How to redefine and achieve wealth in every aspect of your life.
2
12
The astronaut who conducted the first spacewalk in deep space, tells his side of the Apollo 15 mission to the moon.
(Smithsonian Books: $29.95)
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1
13
How a few daring young artists changed the contemporary art scene in 1960's Los Angeles.
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14
A search for answers to the most famous unsolved mystery of the 1970's.
1
15
An upgraded assessment on how to find your top talents.
(Gallup Press: $22.95)
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The daughter of Cary Grant reminisces about life with her movie star dad.
(Knopf: $24.95)
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Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland
Photos of baby animals born in captivity.
(Beach Lane Books: $12.99)
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15
18
How the self-deprecating actress, mom and writer rocked the world of comedy.
22
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An investigation of the correlation between mental illness and successful leadership.
(Penguin Press: $27.95)
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2
20
The interconnected ecological and economic consequences of the European discovery of the Americas.
(Knopf: $30.50)
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Paperback Fiction (Back to top)

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Paperback Nonfiction (Back to top)

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Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
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Keith Richards with James Fox
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Credits: Liesl Bradner, Carolyn Kellogg, Michelle Minkoff

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