Hardcover FICTION NONFICTION 1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 2. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 3. Skin Game Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95 4. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95 5. The One & Only Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $28 6. Natchez Burning Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99 7. The Target David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28 8. The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95 9. Delicious! Ruth Reichl, Random House, $27 10. The Serpent of Venice Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99 11. The Son Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95 12. Unlucky 13 James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $28 13. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $24.95 14. The Bees Laline Paull, Ecco, $25.99 15. The Snow Queen Michael Cunningham, FSG, $26 17. Ghost Ship Clive Cussler, Graham Brown, Putnam Adult, $28.95 1. Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95 2. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99 3. Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99 4. Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99 5. Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95 6. Congratulations, by the Way George Saunders, Random House, $14 7. Stress Test Timothy Geithner, Crown, $35 8. A Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28 9. No Place to Hide Glenn Greenwald, Metropolitan, $27 10. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 11. Can t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28 12. One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America s Future Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95 13. The Closer Mariano Rivera, Little Brown, $28 14. Thrive Arianna Huffington, Harmony, $26 15. Finding Me Michelle Knight, Weinstein Books, $24.99 Other Indie Favorites Euphoria: A Novel, by Lily King (Atlantic Monthly Press, $25) Loosely based on Margaret Mead s time in Papua New Guinea, this engaging, insightful novel features three young anthropologists in the 1930s who studied the remote, primitive Sepik River tribes. Euphoria is about cutting-edge research and revolutionary ideas, but inevitably it is also about the complications within the scholars relationships when societal norms are stripped away, and love, greed, jealousy, and control are left unfettered. Artfully narrated, alternating between first person and third person as well as journal entries, King s novel offers a unique view into these rich and complicated characters. Katie McDougall, Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN Next Life Might Be Kinder: A Novel, by Howard Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26) Norman s new novel has the elements that make all of his previous novels so superb: the elegant writing, an omnipresent sense of place, an exploration of love, and the tension of a quiet center punctuated by bursts of violence. The story of Sam Lattimore in the aftermath of his beloved wife s murder is erotically charged, mysterious, and haunting. You shouldn t miss it. Carole Horne, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA
Paperback FICTION.org NONFICTION 1. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15 2. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99 3. The Circle Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95 4. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99 5. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95 6. Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99 7. The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $17 8. The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15 9. The Cuckoo s Calling Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18 10. Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $16 11. The Gods of Guilt Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $15 12. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition) Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99 13. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 14. Sisterland Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15 15. The Burgess Boys Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $15 16. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Joel Dicker, Penguin, $18 1. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 2. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $16 3. Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99 4. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16 5. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin, $17 6. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16 7. Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan, Three Rivers Press, $15.99 8. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 9. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 10. No Easy Day Mark Owen, NAL, $16 11. Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99 12. Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 13. The Girls of Atomic City Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $16 14. Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire Ben Mezrich, Morrow, $15.99 15. The Plantagenets Dan Jones, Penguin, $18 16. The Sports Gene David Epstein, Current, $17 MASS MARKET 1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 2. Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99 3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $6.99 4. Never Go Back Lee Child, Dell, $9.99 5. The Racketeer John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 6. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 7. Hidden Order Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99 8. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9 9. The Testament John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 10. The Hit David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10 Another Indie Favorite On Sal Mal Lane: A Novel, by Ru Freeman (Graywolf Press, $16) In 1983, the Sri Lankan tensions between the Tamils and the Sinhalese broke into civil war. On quiet, secluded Sal Mal Lane, the Horvaths and their neighbors are not sheltered from the turmoil, and the prejudices of the greater world find their way onto their secluded street. The coming of age of the children on Sal Mal Lane and the loss of one innocent in particular shatters their world. On Sal Mal Lane is a beautifully written, heartbreaking story of a foreign yet somehow familiar time and place. Ellen Richmond, Children s Book Cellar, Waterville, ME
Children s Books CHILDREN S INTEREST ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Dutton, $17.99 2. Looking for Alaska 3. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99 4. Paper Towns 5. An Abundance of Katherines 6. Minecraft: Essential Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 7. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 8. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99 9. We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Delacorte, $17.99 10. Frozen: The Junior Novelization Random House/Disney, $4.99 11. Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green, David Levithan, Speak, $9.99 12. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99 13. The Giver Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99 14. Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin s Griffin, $18.99 15. If I Stay Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99 1. Oh, the Places You ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99 2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99 3. The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99 4. The Pigeon Needs a Bath! Mo Willems, Disney Press, $16.99 5. Frozen (Little Golden Book) Victoria Saxon, Grace Lee (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99 6. Frozen: Anna s Act of Love/Elsa s Icy Magic Lisa Marsoli, Joey Chou (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $4.99 7. Frozen (Big Golden Book) Bill Scollon, Disney Storybook Artists (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $9.99 8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99 9. A Day in the Sun Frank Berrios, RH Disney (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99 10. I Love My Daddy Giles Andreae, Emma Dodd (Illus.), Disney/Hyperion, $6.99 11. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99 12. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99 13. Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century Jane O Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99 14. Three Bears in a Boat David Soman, Dial, $17.99 15. Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too Anna Dewdney, Viking Children s Books, $17.99 1. Divergent Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books 2. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 3. Mortal Instruments Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books New in Series: City of Heavenly Fire 4. The Maze Runner James Dashner, Delacorte 5. Ivy & Bean Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle 6. Miss Peregrine s Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk 7. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet 9. Big Nate Lincoln Peirce, Harper/Andrews McMeel 10. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. Another Indie Favorite for Ages 4 to 8 Following Papa s Song, by Gianna Marino (Viking Juvenile, $16.99) From the mystery of the sea comes this delightful tale of Little Blue, a curious young whale who ventures out a little too far alone, only to remember the wise words of his father. The vivid illustrations help us to visualize Little Blue s journey both with his father and when he goes out on his own. Children will love the serenity of this story. Kathy Taber, Kids Ink, Indianapolis, IN = Debut
Fiction HARDCOVER 1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 2. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 3. Skin Game Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95 4. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95 5. The One & Only Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $28 6. Natchez Burning Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99 7. The Target David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28 8. The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95 9. Delicious! Ruth Reichl, Random House, $27 10. The Serpent of Venice Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99 11. The Son Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95 12. Unlucky 13 James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $28 13. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $24.95 14. The Bees Laline Paull, Ecco, $25.99 15. The Snow Queen Michael Cunningham, FSG, $26 17. Ghost Ship Clive Cussler, Graham Brown, Putnam Adult, $28.95 PAPERBACK 1. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15 2. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99 3. The Circle Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95 4. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99 5. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95 6. Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99 7. The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $17 8. The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15 9. The Cuckoo s Calling Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18 10. Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $16 11. The Gods of Guilt Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $15 12. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition) Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99 13. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 14. Sisterland Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $15 15. The Burgess Boys Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $15 16. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Joel Dicker, Penguin, $18
Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95 2. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99 3. Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99 4. Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99 5. Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95 6. Congratulations, by the Way George Saunders, Random House, $14 7. Stress Test Timothy Geithner, Crown, $35 8. A Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28 9. No Place to Hide Glenn Greenwald, Metropolitan, $27 10. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 11. Can t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28 12. One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America s Future Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95 13. The Closer Mariano Rivera, Little Brown, $28 14. Thrive Arianna Huffington, Harmony, $26 15. Finding Me Michelle Knight, Weinstein Books, $24.99 PAPERBACK 1. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 2. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $16 3. Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99 4. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16 5. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin, $17 6. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16 7. Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan, Three Rivers Press, $15.99 8. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 9. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 10. No Easy Day Mark Owen, NAL, $16 11. Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99 12. Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 13. The Girls of Atomic City Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $16 14. Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire Ben Mezrich, Morrow, $15.99 15. The Plantagenets Dan Jones, Penguin, $18 16. The Sports Gene David Epstein, Current, $17