Fiction
THE TARGET, by David Baldacci. As government hit man Will Robie and his partner Jessica Reel prepare for a mission, they face a new adversary.
NATCHEZ BURNING, by Greg Iles. Penn Cage, a former prosecutor in Natchez, Miss., delves into the secrets of his father, a doctor who has been accused of murdering an African American nurse.
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.
THE COLLECTOR, by Nora Roberts. A writer travels the world of affluent art collectors to learn the truth about what appears to be a murder/suicide.
CHESTNUT STREET, by Maeve Binchy. The author, who died in 2012, depicts ordinary lives in Dublin.
THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. The relationship between wealthy Sarah Grimké of Charleston, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday.
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN, by Mary Higgins Clark. The producer of a true-crime show must contend with participants with secrets.
THE SERPENT OF VENICE, by Christopher Moore. A farcical mash-up of Merchant of Venice, Othello and The Cask of Amontillado.
KEEP QUIET, by Lisa Scottoline. A father hides a terrible secret to protect his son.
NYPD RED 2, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Detective Zach Jordan is called in when the body of a woman is discovered in the Central Park.
Nonfiction
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.
A FIGHTING CHANCE, by Elizabeth Warren. The Massachusetts senator describes her life, her academic work and her battle for a consumer protection agency.
FLASH BOYS, by Michael Lewis. The world of high-frequency computer-driven trading.
EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING, by Robin Roberts with Veronica Chambers. A memoir by the Good Morning America anchor discusses her struggle with breast cancer and a rare blood disorder.
LET’S JUST SAY IT WASN’T PRETTY, by Diane Keaton. The actor discusses aging, beauty and her personal style.
THRIVE, by Arianna Huffington. Personal well-being as the indispensable third measure, with money and power, of success. 7. JOHN WAYNE, by Scott Eyman. A biography of the movie star surveys his life, his death and his legend.
LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. How disadvantages can work in our favor.
KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly Factor recounts the events leading up to Jesus’ execution.
Paperback fiction
GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears from her Missouri home on her fifth anniversary; is her bitter, oddly evasive husband a killer?
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.
THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.
SHADOW SPELL, by Nora Roberts. In County Mayo, Ireland, a falconer with an unresolved past falls for his sister’s beguiling best friend; Book 2 of the Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy.
THE CUCKOO’S CALLING, by Robert Galbraith. Struggling detective and former military man Cormoran Strike investigates a London supermodel’s suicide; by J.K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.
Paperback nonfiction
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy; the basis of the movie.
BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by Katherine Boo. A journalist reports on the lives of families striving to improve their lot in a Mumbai, India, slum.
PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. A neurosurgeon recounts his near-death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.
THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. A reporter for the New York Times presents the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.