(Berkley, $16). By Nora Roberts. The second Bride Quartet novel finds one of the wedding planners at Vows falling for a close friend. » WEEK 1 ON OUR LIST
True Blue
(Grand Central, $27.99) By David Baldacci. The travails and triumphs of a female police officer and her sister, the D.C. chief of police. » WEEK 1 ON OUR LIST
(Dell, $9.99) By John Grisham. What ensues when a promising law-school graduate is blackmailed. » WEEK 6 ON OUR LIST
The Gathering Storm
(Tor, $29.99). By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The first of three novels that aim to conclude Jordan's "Wheel of Time" saga. » WEEK 1 ON OUR LIST
(Amy Einhorn, $24.95) By Kathryn Stockett. A frank chronicle of the lives of several black maids working in a town in 1960s Miss. » WEEK 15 ON OUR LIST
(Random House, $14) By Elizabeth Strout. Interlinked stories of life in the small coastal town in Maine; Pulitzer Prize winner. » WEEK 19 ON OUR LIST
9 Dragons
(Little, Brown, $27.99) By Michael Connelly. The murder of a beloved shopkeeper has Harry Bosch traveling to Hong Kong to nab a killer. » WEEK 3 ON OUR LIST
(Henry Holt, $27) By Hilary Mantel. Thomas Cromwell and Tudor intrigue in the court of Henry VIII; winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize. » WEEK 2 ON OUR LIST
Freakonomics
(HarperPerennial, $15.99) By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. Exploring behavioral economics—revised and expanded. » WEEK 8 ON OUR LIST
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy
(ESPN, $30). By Bill Simmons. Wry commentary from the ESPN.com columnist. » WEEK 1 ON OUR LIST
Eat This Not That! The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
(Rodale, $19.99). By David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding. The updated 2010 edition. » WEEK 4 ON OUR LIST
Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes ...
(Morrow, $29.99). By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. » WEEK 2 ON OUR LIST
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Difference
(Back Bay, $14.95). By Malcolm Gladwell. Fads and their origins. » WEEK 114 ON OUR LIST
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
(Little, Brown, $27.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. A selection of writings from the New Yorker magazine. » WEEK 2 ON OUR LIST
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
(Back Bay, $15.99) By Malcolm Gladwell. Behind our snap decisions. » WEEK 62 ON OUR LIST
Have a Little Faith: A True Story
(Hyperion, $23.99). By Mitch Albom. Faith at work in both a Jewish and a Christian congregation. » WEEK 5 ON OUR LIST
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace
(Penguin, $15) By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin » WEEK 131 ON OUR LIST
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New You
(Harmony, $25). By Deepak Chopra » WEEK 1 ON OUR LIST
Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews
(McGraw-Hill, $9.95). By Douglas Max and Robert Bacal. A glossary of hundreds of options. » WEEK 1 ON OUR LIST
Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government
(Threshold Editions, $29.99). By Glenn Beck » WEEK 6 ON OUR LIST
Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide
(Rodale, $19.95). By David Zinczenko. with Matt Goulding. Spotting nutritious options. » WEEK 12 ON OUR LIST
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From an Accidental Country Girl
(Morrow, $27.50) By Ree Drummond. Cuisine via the Oklahoma plains. » WEEK 1 ON OUR LIST
As naturally as she used elements of science fiction in the past, Niffenegger borrows the tropes of Victorian Gothic here for a story that seems, at first, more interested in whimsy than terror. -- Ron Charles
Leads us on a safari through the many manifestations of our idea of the monstrous. I have seldom read a book that so satisfyingly achieves such an ambitious goal. -- Michael Sims
A science-fictional roller coaster with surprises in store, as well as much slightly kinky lovemaking, a deliberate disordering of the senses in several bravura stylistic passages and, finally, a classic white-knuckle climax. -- Michael Dirda
The author honors his father in the most profound way and is blessed, in turn, by participating in the most taxing event in his father's life. -- Carolyn See
In this autobiographical new novel, Dexter takes a look at himself, implicitly admitting that he's a little on the high-strung side, to put it mildly. -- Carolyn See
The story of Larsen and his legendary afternoon was hanging out there, like a juicy curve ball, for somebody to smash out of the park, and Lew Paper has done exactly that. -- Dave Sheinin
For those readers who have loved the generosity and beauty of Trevor's work, "Love and Summer" will be one more entry into a world that is both heart-breaking and deeply fulfilling. -- Elizabeth Strout
Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail ride of short paragraphs, short chapters, beautifully spaced reveals and, in the case of "The Lost Symbol," a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity. -- Louis Bayard
A rigorously constructed, idiosyncratic novel that uses the materials of crime fiction to examine the forces that have shaped -- and warped -- our recent history: racial tension, ideological warfare, greed, corruption and unbridled fanaticism in all its forms. -- Bill Sheehan
How do you build lasting relationships when the world insists on crumbling around you? That's Huneven's theme here, and she does a lovely job with it. -- Carolyn See
Such a winning family chronicle that the decline he describes is less a fall than an exhilarating ride, less sad than heartwarmingly comic. -- Marie Arana
A carefully reported, almost clinical account of what it is like to live in a totalitarian state and how hard it is to escape from it. -- Jonathan Yardley
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