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1 Hardcover FICTION 1. A Delicate Truth John le Carré, Viking, $ Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $ The Burgess Boys Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26 4. Dead Ever After Charlaine Harris, Ace, $ The Woman Upstairs Claire Messud, Knopf, $ Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25 7. Maya s Notebook Isabel Allende, Harper, $ Paris Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $ Z Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin s, $ The Hit David Baldacci, Grand Central, $ The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $ Silken Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $ The Flamethrowers Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $ All That Is James Salter, Knopf, $ The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $ A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26 NONFICTION 1. Let s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27 2. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $ Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $ I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $ Mom & Me & Mom Maya Angelou, Random House, $22 6. Vader s Little Princess 7. It s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32 8. Bunker Hill Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $ Gulp Mary Roach, Norton, $ Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $ My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $ The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $ Waiting to Be Heard Amanda Knox, Harper, $ VB6 Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $ Darth Vader and Son 16. Obsessed: America s Food Addiction and My Own Mika Brzezinski, Weinstein Books, $26 Other Indie Favorites Seduction: A Novel of Suspense, by M.J. Rose (Atria, $24) Seduction transcends time in recounting the story of the tragic loss of Victor Hugo s daughter and his desperate attempts to contact her via séances. Fast forward to the present, when Jacinthe Jac L Etoile, a mythologist specializing in Celtic lore, probes the secrets of the Isle of Jersey, where Hugo communed with spirits and composed his journal. Rose expertly interweaves mythology, the supernatural, psychoanalysis, and evil incarnate to create an amazing amalgam of narrative wonder. Certain to satisfy old fans and garner new ones as well. Lynne Maxwell, Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, PA Amity & Sorrow: A Novel, by Peggy Riley (Little Brown, $25.99) Amity and Sorrow are sisters,who are stolen away by their mother, Amaranth, from the only home they ve ever known the compound of their father s polygamous cult in the Idaho Panhandle. After four days of driving, Amaranth crashes their car in Oklahoma, where all three are reluctantly taken in by a dogged descendant of the Dust Bowl. While the sisters and their mother struggle in their new surroundings, Amaranth s story of what lured her into the cult and what ultimately drove her away is unfurled in a series of harrowing flashbacks. A deft debut with great compassion and insight. Kim Fox, Schuler Books & Music, Alpine, MI

2 Paperback FICTION.org NONFICTION 1. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15 2. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $ Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $ The Orphan Master s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 5. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16 6. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $ The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15 8. The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $ Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Picador USA, $ The Orchardist Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $ The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $ Broken Harbor Tana French, Penguin, $ Istanbul Passage Joseph Kanon, Washington Square Press, $ The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce, Random House, $ Phantom Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $ City of Women David R. Gillham, Berkley, $16 1. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $ Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 4. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15 5. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16 6. What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.), Algonquin, $ Let s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 8. Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt, Liveright, $ When Women Were Birds Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $ Escape From Camp 14 Blaine Harden, Penguin, $ Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $ Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China Paul French, Penguin, $ Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $ America the Beautiful Ben Carson, Zondervan, $ How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99 MASS MARKET 1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Ender s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $ A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Defending Jacob William Landay, Dell, $ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $ The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ Stolen Prey John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite The Lower River: A Novel, by Paul Theroux (Mariner, $14.95) As Ellis Hock nears the end of both his long career and his marriage, he does what many of us do at a time of great change: reassess the trajectory of our lives by going back to a time when we were truly happy. For Ellis that time was in his twenties, when he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Lower River of Malawi. He decides to return, but the Africa of his sixties is but a shadow of the Africa he left behind, and the idealism he arrives with quickly vanishes in the desperation that covers his beloved village. Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL

3 = Debut 14. Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $ On the Night You Were Born Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $ Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $ An Abundance of Katherines John Green, Speak, $ Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $ House of Secrets Chris Columbus, Ned Vizzini, Greg Call (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $ Art2-D2 s Guide to Folding and Doodling: Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95 All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. 8. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $ Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein, Hyperion, $ Love You Forever Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $ This Is Not My Hat Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $ Fancy Nancy: Fanciest Doll in the Universe Jane O Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $ Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite for Ages 9 to 12 White Fur Flying, by Patricia MacLachlan (Margaret K. McElderry Books, $15.99) Zoe s mother rescues Great Pyrenees dogs, caring for them until a new home can be found. Across the street, Philip is moving in with his aunt and uncle. Philip doesn t speak, and no one knows why. Until now, Zoe s family has been rescuing dogs. This time, it may be the dogs that do the rescuing. This simple, poetic story of trust and friendship will steal your heart. A line from the book perfectly describes MacLachlan s writing: [she] always tells the truth... even if it is fiction. Marika McCoola, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA 7. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Stephan Pastis, Candlewick, $ Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ Looking for Alaska John Green, Puffin, $ That Is Not a Good Idea! Mo Willems, Balzer + Bray, $ Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $ The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $ Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ The Dark Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Little Brown, $ The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ The 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Putnam, $ Poems to Learn by Heart Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Steam Train, Dream Train Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99 Chronicle 3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover) 4. Big Nate Lincoln Peirce, Harper New in Series: Genius Mode 5. Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Scholastic 6. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan, Miramax 8. Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 9. The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown 10. The Kane Chronicles Rick Riordan, Hyperion 1. The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Dutton, $ Oh, the Places You ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $ Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 2. Ivy & Bean Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), = Debut Children s Books Children s Interest ILLUSTRATEd FICTION SERIES

4 Fiction HARDCOVER PAPERBACK 1. A Delicate Truth 1. The Great Gatsby John le Carré, Viking, $28.95 F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15 2. Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $ The Burgess Boys Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26 4. Dead Ever After Charlaine Harris, Ace, $ The Woman Upstairs Claire Messud, Knopf, $ Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25 7. Maya s Notebook Isabel Allende, Harper, $ Paris Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $ Z Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin s, $ The Hit David Baldacci, Grand Central, $ The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $ Silken Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $ The Flamethrowers Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $ All That Is James Salter, Knopf, $ The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $ A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26 2. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $ Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $ The Orphan Master s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 5. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16 6. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $ The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15 8. The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $ Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Picador USA, $ The Orchardist Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $ The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $ Broken Harbor Tana French, Penguin, $ Istanbul Passage Joseph Kanon, Washington Square Press, $ The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce, Random House, $ Phantom Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $ City of Women David R. Gillham, Berkley, $16

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. Let s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27 2. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $ Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $ I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $ Mom & Me & Mom Maya Angelou, Random House, $22 6. Vader s Little Princess 7. It s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32 8. Bunker Hill Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $ Gulp Mary Roach, Norton, $ Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $ My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $ The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $ Waiting to Be Heard Amanda Knox, Harper, $ VB6 Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $ Darth Vader and Son 16. Obsessed: America s Food Addiction and My Own Mika Brzezinski, Weinstein Books, $26 PAPERBACK 1. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $ Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 4. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15 5. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16 6. What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.), Algonquin, $ Let s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 8. Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt, Liveright, $ When Women Were Birds Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $ Escape From Camp 14 Blaine Harden, Penguin, $ Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $ Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China Paul French, Penguin, $ Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $ America the Beautiful Ben Carson, Zondervan, $ How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99