Bestsellers

June 2, 2013

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Hardcover Fiction

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After waking up in Florence with amnesia, Robert Langdon must find a destructive virus before it infects the world.
(Doubleday: $29.95)
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A botched covert operation involving the abduction of a terrorist is threatened to be exposed three years later.
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A woman is reincarnated in multiple iterations of herself in the same events focusing on wartime Europe.
(Reagan Arthur: $27.99)
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Sookie is arrested for a shocking murder in Bon Temps in this final Sookie Stackhouse novel.
(Ace: $27.95)
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Picking up where "Blonde Faith" left off, detective Easy Rawlins navigates Los Angeles in the wake of the Watts riots and the Summer of Love.
(Doubleday: $29.95)
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A wife mysteriously disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary.
(Crown: $25)
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The life, career and lost love connections of a WWII Vet and book editor.
(Knopf: $26.95)
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A timeline of historical events paints a fictional portrait of the City of Lights.
(Doubleday: $32.50)
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The disappearance of a political operative leads investigator Lucas Davenport to the intersection of dirty politics and technology.
(Putnam: $27.95)
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A 16 year old survivor of an alien invasion searches for her brother while trying to avoid the assassin trying to kill her.
(Putnam: $18.99)
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Government hitman Will Robie must bring in a fellow assassin gone rogue.
(Grand Central: $27.99)
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A young artist navigates turmoil in Manhattan and Italy during the late ’70s.
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The bond formed among six teenagers at an arts summer camp is explored through adulthood.
(Riverhead: $27.95)
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A father's decision to give his 3-year-old daughter to a wealthy family in Kabul begins a 60-year Afghan history lesson.
(Riverhead: $28.95)
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A troubled young Chilean girl's quest for love and moral enlightenment while fleeing for her life.
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Star Wars' Sith Lord faces the trials and joys of raising his daughter Leia.
(Chronicle: $14.95)
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A fictional re-imagining of the lives of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(St. Martin's: $25.99)
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The trials and triumphs of a 10-year-old boy with a facial deformity starting prep school for the first time.
(Knopf: $15.99)
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Two teenagers fighting cancer fall in love.
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Hardcover Nonfiction

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The essayist's recent collection of life's travails and travel tales.
(Little, Brown: $27)
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The Facebook executive offers observations on gender inequities in the professional world.
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This final volume in the liberation trilogy tells the story of the Allied battle for Western Europe during World War II starting with D-Day.
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The Irish writer recounts her difficult beginnings and escape into writing.
(Little, Brown: $27.99)
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A quirky collection of feline poetry.
(Chronicle: $12.95)
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In his latest tale, the travel writer explores the people and adventures in the African Bush countries.
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: $27)
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Three simple prayers to get through the tough times.
(Riverhead: $17.95)
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The poet chronicles her rocky relationship with her mother.
(Random House: $22)
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An examination of the Church of Scientology and its late founder L. Ron Hubbard.
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Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
The story behind the patriarch of A&E's "Duck Dynasty."
(Howard Books: $24.99)
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The "Zen master" coach of 11 NBA championships discusses leadership and managing superstar athletes Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
(Penguin Press: $27.95)
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How to identify and protect yourself from the negative and dangerous people in your life.
(Bird Street: $26)
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A reexamination of "Silent Cal," America’s thirtieth president.
(Harper: $35)
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The story of Louis Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.
(Random House: $27)
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A look at the conservative movement and events leading to the Battle of Bunker Hill and the start of the American Revolution.
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Why certain things go viral and catch on from consumer products and policy initiatives to gossip and YouTube videos.
(Simon & Schuster: $26)
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Vogue's longtime creative director writes about the names behind the pages.
(Random House: $35)
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