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A middle-age retiree re-evaluates his mediocre existence.
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The final book of the "Millennium Trilogy" has Lisbeth Salander in peril.
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A collection of short stories exploring Jewish identity and the importance of storytelling.
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CIA agent Mitch Rapp's early assignments involve tracking down the Lockerbie bombing suspects.
(Atria: $27.99)
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A reimagining of the werewolf tale set on the Northern California coast.
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No one is safe in the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.
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Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.
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The characters of Pride and Prejudice are drawn into a tale of murder.
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Elvis Cole goes undercover to try to buy back a wealthy industrialist's son from border kidnappers.
(Putnam: $26.95)
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Greg gets trapped in the house during a snowstorm.
(Abrams: $13.95)
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A woman fights the ordered destruction of her family home in 1860's France.
(St. Martin's: $25.99)
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A thriller about artificial intelligence that can predict movements in the financial markets.
(Knopf: $25.95)
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The nature of relationships revolve in the life of a gifted college baseball player.
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A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, set in 1920s Paris.
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Two teenagers fighting cancer fall in love.
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A love triangle among Ivy League graduates.
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A son questions his long awaited liberation from his aristocratic parents at his mother's funeral.
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux: $25)
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The Seven Kingdoms are imperiled again in the fifth “Song of Ice and Fire” book.
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A wife is deployed to the front lines leaving behind two daughters and a troubled marriage.
(St. Martin's: $27.99)
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3
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An orphan in a Paris train station must retrieve a secret notebook left by his dead father.
14

Hardcover Nonfiction (Back to top)

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A portrait of the late Apple visionary as revealed by those in his inner circle.
18
2
New perspectives and ideas to transform the way we think about our health.
(Free Press: $26)
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3
The French version of rearing les enfants.
2
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Successful introverts and their ideals.
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5
Chris Kyle, et al.
The battlefield experiences from the Navy SEAL with the most kills in U.S. military history.
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The global economy trickles down to the inhabitants of a slum in Mumbai.
3
7
A memoir of the former Marine's allegedly pimping to the stars during Hollywood's Golden Age.
3
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Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The dramatic events in spring 1865 leading to President Lincoln's assassination.
22
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Graphics and observations celebrating the two cities from the author's travel journals.
2
10
A revised, expanded interactive journal based on the books and hit movies.
(Amulet: $10.95)
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Candid back-lot shots, posed studio portraits and production stills of the cycling antics of classic Hollywood stars.
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12
Trusting our intuition in business and personal decisions from the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $30)
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9
13
Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador’s family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.
37
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Meaningful places explored by the photographer such as Emily Dickinson's house and Niagra Falls.
(Random House: $50)
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4
15
Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Parenting solutions based on the science of how a child’s brain is wired.
(Delacorte: $24)
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4
16
The Basketball legend explores lesser-known African American inventors.
(Candlewick: $17.99)
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An argument for conservatism that is against statism.
(Threshold: $26.99)
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The secret history of the private enclaves and mind-boggling estates of Los Angeles.
15
19
A former White House intern describes her affair with JFK.
(Random House: $25)
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The comedienne dishes on her blue-blooded upbringing, acting classes and love life.
(Harper: $25.99)
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Paperback Fiction (Back to top)

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Tom Clancy with Peter Telep
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Paperback Nonfiction (Back to top)

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Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
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Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
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