Fiction
ROGUE LAWYER, by John Grisham. The attorney Sebastian Rudd is a "lone gunman" who hates injustice and the system and defends unpopular clients.
SEE ME, by Nicholas Sparks. A couple in love are threatened by secrets from the past.
DEPRAVED HEART, by Patricia Cornwell. A psychopath sends Dr. Kay Scarpetta videos from the past about her niece in the series's 23rd book.
BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES, by Elizabeth George. Can a suicide in Dorset be connected to a poisoning in Cambridge? In the 19th novel in a series, Scotland Yard detectives Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers investigate.
THE SURVIVOR, by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills. Counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must control the damage from a leak of CIA documents. Mills finished the book for Flynn, who died in 2013.
CAREER OF EVIL, by Robert Galbraith. In the third novel about the private investigative team of Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, the pair pursue a psychotic stalker; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.
THE WOMAN WHO WALKED IN SUNSHINE, by Alexander McCall Smith. The 16th novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
8 ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.
A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, by George R. R. Martin. A collection of three official prequels to A Song of Ice and Fire.
THE MURDER HOUSE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. When bodies are found at a Hamptons estate where a series of grisly murders once occurred, a local detective and former New York City cop investigates.
Nonfiction
KILLING REAGAN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
THE WITCHES, by Stacy Schiff. An account of the Salem witch trials of 1692.
GOVERNMENT ZERO, by Michael Savage. The radio host warns Americans against Islamists and the Obama administration, which, he says aims to impose absolute rule and destroy our civilization.
EXTREME OWNERSHIP, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Applying the principles of Navy SEALs leadership training to any organization.
A MORE PERFECT UNION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. A discussion of the Constitution by the candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
BINGE, by Tyler Oakley. Personal essays from the LGBTQ YouTube personality.
NOTORIOUS RBG, by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. A celebration of the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of the Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son.
WILDFLOWER, by Drew Barrymore. The actress and former child star shares stories about her life.
HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES, by Brandon Stanton. More photographs, this time accompanied by interviews, from the creator of the blog and the book Humans of New York.
Paperback fiction
THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. Separated from his crew, an astronaut embarks on a quest to stay alive on Mars.
THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. A Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, by Marlon James. This novel uses the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1976 to explore Jamaican politics, poverty, gang wars and drug trafficking; winner of this year's Man Booker Prize.
MEMORY MAN, by David Baldacci. With the blessing and curse of perfect recall, a former police detective seizes a chance to solve his family's murder.
GREY, by E. L. James. A Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, told from Christian's point of view, revisits the tortured romance between the controlling billionaire and the unassuming Ana.
Paperback nonfiction
I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. The Nobel Peace Prize-winner and teenage activist recounts her path to learning.
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. A group of American rowers pursued gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the World's Fair of 1893.
YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. How we make choices in our business and personal lives.
Source: New York Times
Editorial on 11/15/2015