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Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.
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A middle-age retiree re-evaluates his mediocre existence.
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No one is safe in the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.
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Maisie Dobbs investigates the suspicious death of a gentle street vendor in 1933 London.
(Harper: $25.99)
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The Seussian tale of the consequences of chopping down all the Truffula Trees.
(Random House: $14.95)
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A love triangle among Ivy League graduates.
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Three people dissatisfied with their idyllic American Dream-life confront their past when a man disappears in Atlantic City.
(Dutton: $27.95)
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The Seven Kingdoms are imperiled again in the fifth “Song of Ice and Fire” book.
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A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, set in 1920s Paris.
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A traitorous embezzlement threatens to shatter the life of a successful female film director.
(Delacorte: $28)
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The nature of relationships revolve in the life of a gifted college baseball player.
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A high-level govt. official attempts to eliminate an ex-Special Forces soldier by going after his friend Joe Pickett.
(Putnam: $25.95)
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A collection of short stories exploring Jewish identity and the importance of storytelling.
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A brother and sister must decide their estranged father's fate after he's been in a grave accident.
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A year in the social life of three twentysomethings set in Jazz-Age New York City.
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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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An orphan in a Paris train station must retrieve a secret notebook left by his dead father.
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Don’t let appearances fool you in this multilayered narrative about loyalty and loss.
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A mob wife is on the run with her son after leaving the witness protection program.
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Two teenagers fighting cancer fall in love.
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Hardcover Nonfiction (Back to top)

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The MSNBC host argues that America has lost control of its national-security policy.
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A scientific explanation and exploration of the creative process.
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: $26)
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A memoir of the former Marine's allegedly pimping to the stars during Hollywood's Golden Age.
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Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander
A new translation with illustrations and commentary.
(Little, Brown: $29.99)
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5
A woman on the verge embarks on a 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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The author of "Operating Instructions" chronicles her grandson's first year.
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A portrait of the late Apple visionary as revealed by those in his inner circle.
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New perspectives and ideas to transform the way we think about our health.
(Free Press: $26)
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A look at the apocalyptic visions in the controversial biblical book and their use throughout history.
(Viking: $27.95)
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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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The French version of rearing les enfants.
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The author's search for her biological mother, love and happiness.
(Grove Press: $25)
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Understanding habits and how they transform our lives.
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Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador’s family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.
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In this pseudonym-concealed author’s parody of Margaret Wise Brown’s classical tale, too many wired-up distractions keep youngsters awake.
(Blue Rider Press: $14.95)
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Successful introverts and their ideals.
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Graphics and observations celebrating the two cities from the author's travel journals.
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A science writer and lifelong practitioner offers his assessment.
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Utilizing your imagination to master the art of realizing all of your desires.
(Hay House: $24.95)
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An upgraded assessment on how to find your top talents.
(Gallup Press: $22.95)
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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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Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
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Credits: Liesl Bradner, Carolyn Kellogg, Michelle Minkoff

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