Fiction 1. SMOKE SCREEN, Sandra Brown. Scandalous deaths thwart the investigation of a fatal fire at police headquarters in Charleston, S. C. 2. THE BOURNE SANCTION, Eric Van Lustbader. Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne pursues the leader of a Muslim terrorist group. 3. ACHERON, Sherrilyn Kenyon. Book 12 of the Dark-Hunter paranormal series. 4. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. After World War II, a journalist travels to the Island of Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation. 5. MOSCOW RULES, Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, uncovers a Russian arms sales plot. 6. THE HOST, Stephenie Meyer. In this first adult novel by the author of the Twilight series for teenagers, aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender. 7. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, David Wroblewski. A young mute who can communicate with dogs takes refuge with three of them in the Wisconsin woods after his uncle murders his father. 8. THE MERCEDES COFFIN, Faye Kellerman. Decker and Lazarus investigate cases of murder victims found in Mercedes-Benz trunks. 9. OFF SEASON, Anne Rivers Siddons. A widow returns to her hometown in Maine to re-gather the strands of her life. 10. THE LACE READER, Brunonia Barry. Secrets of a family of Salem women who foresee the future by staring into lace. Witchcraft plays a part in the novel. (The New York Times ) Nonfiction 1. THE OBAMA NATION, Jerome R. Corsi. The Democratic candidate as an extreme leftist, from the co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry. 2. STORI TELLING, Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. The actress’s memoir from her Hollywood childhood through Beverly Hills, 90210. 3. THE WAY OF THE WORLD, Ron Suskind, How the Bush administration ignored evidence about Iraq before the war began. 4. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA ? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, Chelsea Handler. Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian. 5. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, David Sedaris. The humorist’s latest essays deal with middle age, mortality and giving up smoking. 6. THE CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA, David Fredoso. The Democratic candidate as a calculating extreme leftist. 7. FLEECED, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. Americans are fleeced by government, business, labor unions and lobbyists. 8. THE DARK SIDE, Jane Mayer. How the Bush administration embraced the practice of torture. 9. THE LIMITS OF POWER, Andrew Bacevich. A retired Army colonel argues that American citizens are ultimately responsible for the country’s military and economic woes. 10. TRAFFIC, Tom Vanderbilt. Why we drive the way we do. (The New York Times ) Paperback fiction 1. THE SHACK, William P. Young. (Windblown Media ) 2. BAREFOOT, Elin Hilderbrand. (Back Bay ) 3. THE ALCHEMIST, Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne ) 4. THE KITE RUNNER, Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead ) 5. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, Sara Gruen. (Algonquin ) (The New York Times ) Paperback nonfiction 1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Penguin ) 2. A LONG WAY GONE, Ishmael Beah. Sarah Crichton. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux ) 3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin ) 4. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, Tucker Max. (Citadel ) 5. BIG RUSS AND ME, Tim Russert. (Miramax ) (The New York Times )
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