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1 Hardcover FICTION 1. The Cuckoo s Calling Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26 2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $ Inferno Dan Brown, Doubleday, $ Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25 6. Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $ The English Girl Daniel Silva, Harper, $ Light of the World James Lee Burke, S&S, $ Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish David Rakoff, Doubleday, $ TransAtlantic Colum McCann, Random House, $ The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $ The Son Philipp Meyer, Ecco, $ & Sons David Gilbert, Random House, $ A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $ The Highway C.J. Box, Minotaur, $25.99 NONFICTION 1. Zealot Reza Aslan, Random House, $27 2. Let s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27 3. This Town Mark Leibovich, Blue Rider, $ Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $ I Could Pee on This 6. Jerusalem: A Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35 7. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Viking, $ William Shakespeare s Star Wars Ian Doescher, Quirk, $ Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book Grumpy Cat, Chronicle, $ Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $ Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $ I Could Chew on This 13. Vader s Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $ It s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $ The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World s Greatest Piece of Cheese Michael Paterniti, Dial Press, $27 Other Indie Favorites Brewster: A Novel, by Mark Slouka (W.W. Norton, $25.95) The setting is Brewster, New York, in 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War. Sixteen-year-old Jon Mosher, the son of Jewish immigrants who escaped Europe during WWII, is searching for his own escape from a dead-end town and his guilt over his older brother s death. He meets fellow student Ray Cappicciano and together they struggle to make sense of their quickly changing world. Jon discovers his strength in running track with his high school team, and Ray finds a similar outlet as a fighter. Raw and brutal at times, the well-drawn characters of this poignant story stay with you well after the book is closed. Helen Markus, Hearthfire Books of Evergreen, Evergreen, CO Return to Oakpine: A Novel, by Ron Carlson (Viking, $25.95) Thirty years after the heyday of their high school band, four men reunite in their hometown of Oakpine, Wyoming. One has returned to live out his last days, and he stands as the focal point as all of the men, and those close to them, examine how they ve lived and what fulfills them. Carlson has written a beautiful novel full of soulful searching, gentle wisdom, and the clarity gained from acknowledging one s weaknesses while still striving to love. By the end, it made me weep. Sheryl Cotleur, Copperfield s Books, Sebastopol, CA = Debut = On the Rise

2 Paperback FICTION.org NONFICTION 1. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $ Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $ The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown, $18 4. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $ The Orphan Master s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 6. The Bat Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $ The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16 8. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Anchor, $ Joyland Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $ The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $ Dear Life Alice Munro, Vintage, $ The Secret Keeper Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $ A Hologram for the King Dave Eggers, Vintage, $ Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $ The Orchardist Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $ Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $ Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 4. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14 5. Hallucinations Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $ Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16 7. Let s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 8. The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe, Vintage, $15 9. Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young, Plume, $ Elsewhere Richard Russo, Vintage, $ Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $ How Children Succeed Paul Tough, Mariner, $ The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $ Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $ Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15 MASS MARKET 1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Ender s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $ A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $ Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $ A Wanted Man Lee Child, Dell, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite Countdown City: The Last Policeman, Book II, by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books, $14.95) The second book in The Last Policeman trilogy, Countdown City turns darker as the destruction of the world gets closer. Life has come to a halt as everyone prepares for the last days. Hank Palace is an out-of-work policeman who continues to believe that helping people is part of who he is. When an old friend asks for Hank s help, he agrees and is joined by his rebel sister, who may know a way to save the world. Part conventional mystery and part existential query, this book both entertains and provokes thought. I can t wait for the final volume! Ann Carlson, Harborwalk Books, Georgetown, SC = Debut

3 Children s Books CHILDREN S INTEREST ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Dutton, $ Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ Looking for Alaska John Green, Puffin, $ Miss Peregrine s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $ The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $ An Abundance of Katherines John Green, Speak, $ Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $ The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $ The 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Putnam, $ Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein, Hyperion, $ The School for Good and Evil Soman Chainani, Iacopo Bruno (Illus.), Harper, $ The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer, Little, Brown, $8 13. The Apothecary Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Puffin, $ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little, Brown, $ The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $ The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Where s Waldo? 4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $ Where s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection Martin Handford, Candlewick, $ Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $ Where s Waldo Now? 9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ Steam Train, Dream Train Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $ Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $ Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $ Where s Waldo? In Hollywood 15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $ Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 2. Divergent Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books 3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan, Hyperion 4. Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 5. Mortal Instruments Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry 6. Ivy & Bean Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle 7. The Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan, Hyperion 8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover) 9. Big Nate Lincoln Peirce, Harper 10. Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. Another Indie Favorite for Ages 4 to 8 Brush of The Gods, by Lenore Look, Meilo So (Illus.) (Schwartz & Wade, $17.99) This incredible book tells an imagined story of the life of Wu Daozi, China s greatest painter, who lived during the height of classical Chinese civilization s T ang Dynasty. The author s notes state that Wu Daozi almost single-handedly changed the way people viewed painting, and in this gorgeous biography, So s watercolor, ink, gouache, and colored pencil illustrations bring the story to life. Rachel Watkins, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA

4 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. The Cuckoo s Calling Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26 2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $ Inferno Dan Brown, Doubleday, $ Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25 6. Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $ The English Girl Daniel Silva, Harper, $ Light of the World James Lee Burke, S&S, $ Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish David Rakoff, Doubleday, $ TransAtlantic Colum McCann, Random House, $ The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $ The Son Philipp Meyer, Ecco, $ & Sons David Gilbert, Random House, $ A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $ The Highway C.J. Box, Minotaur, $25.99 PAPERBACK 1. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $ Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $ The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown, $18 4. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $ The Orphan Master s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 6. The Bat Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $ The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16 8. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Anchor, $ Joyland Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $ The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $ Dear Life Alice Munro, Vintage, $ The Secret Keeper Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $ A Hologram for the King Dave Eggers, Vintage, $ Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $ The Orchardist Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99 = Debut = On the Rise

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. Zealot Reza Aslan, Random House, $27 2. Let s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27 3. This Town Mark Leibovich, Blue Rider, $ Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $ I Could Pee on This 6. Jerusalem: A Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35 7. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Viking, $ William Shakespeare s Star Wars Ian Doescher, Quirk, $ Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book Grumpy Cat, Chronicle, $ Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $ Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $ I Could Chew on This 13. Vader s Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $ It s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $ The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World s Greatest Piece of Cheese Michael Paterniti, Dial Press, $27 PAPERBACK 1. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $ Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 4. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14 5. Hallucinations Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $ Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16 7. Let s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 8. The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe, Vintage, $15 9. Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young, Plume, $ Elsewhere Richard Russo, Vintage, $ Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $ How Children Succeed Paul Tough, Mariner, $ The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $ Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $ Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15 = Debut