Best sellers

Fiction

  1. ACT OF WAR, by Brad Thor. Counter-terrorism operative Scot Harvath undertakes two dangerous missions as America faces an imminent attack.

  2. POWER PLAY, by Catherine Coulter. FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are out to discover who is trying to kill the ambassador to Britain.

  3. CALIFORNIA, by Edan Lepucki. In an apocalyptic future, a couple seek a stable community as they prepare for the birth of their baby.

  4. INVISIBLE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. A former FBI researcher finds a link between scores of apparently unconnected unsolved cases.

  5. THE SILKWORM, by Robert Galbraith. Private detective Cormoran Strike in literary London; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.

  6. TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE, by Janet Evanovich. New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a dealer who sells more than used cars.

  7. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy's prize, guilt and burden.

  8. MR. MERCEDES, by Stephen King. A driver plows into a crowd, killing eight, then taunts a suicidal ex-cop, who must stop another, deadlier attack.

  9. WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART'S BLOOD, by Diana Gabaldon. Jamie Fraser and his family face challenges in the 18th and 20th Centuries.

  10. LANDLINE, by Rainbow Rowell. A woman in a troubled marriage finds a way to communicate with her husband in the past.

Nonfiction

1.UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

2.AMERICA, by Dinesh D'Souza. A defense of America against the view that its power in the world should be diminished.

3.BLOOD FEUD, by Edward Klein. A journalist describes animosity behind the alliance between the Clinton and Obama families.

4.HARD CHOICES, by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton's memoir focuses on her years as secretary of state and her views about the American role in the world.

5.ONE NATION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon and now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government.

6.CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, by Thomas Piketty. A French economist's analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions.

7.DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. How disadvantages can work in our favor.

8.THINK LIKE A FREAK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. How to solve problems creatively.

8.I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb.The experience of a Pakistani girl who advocated for women's education and was shot by the Taliban.

10.DIARY OF A MAD DIVA, by Joan Rivers. Humorous reflections about life, pop culture and celebrities.

Paperback fiction

  1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears from her Missouri home on her fifth anniversary; is her bitter, oddly evasive husband a killer?

  2. ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. A historical novel about orphans swept off the streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s.

  3. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.

  4. THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, by Elizabeth Gilbert. A 19th-Century botanist's pursuits take her to Tahiti and deep into the mysteries of evolution.

  5. AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED, by Khaled Hosseini. A multigenerational family saga centering on a brother and sister from a remote, impoverished village in Afghanistan.

Paperback nonfiction

  1. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. A memoir about a year in a women's prison; the basis for a Netflix series.

  2. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. A group of American rowers pursued gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

  3. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. A young boy's encounter with Jesus and the angels.

  4. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed; it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.

  5. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move.

Editorial on 07/27/2014

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