Southlake Public Library

1400 Main Street, Suite 130
Southlake, Texas 76092
Phone: (817) 748-8243
http://www.southlakelibrary.org/

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Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark on a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour. ~John Boswell, Historian and Yale professor

We invite you to spend some of your idle hours with us, lounging in one of our reading chairs, enjoying a warm drink, and savoring one of our many good books.

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FICTION HARDCOVER



NO LESS THAN VICTORY, by Jeff Shaara. (Ballantine, $28.) The final volume of a trilogy of novels about World War II focuses on the final years of the war, including the Battle of the Bulge and the American sweep through Germany.
Call #: F SHA






KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $26.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a colleague’s daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
Call #: F ROB






FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $24.) Stories set in rural Mississippi.
Call #: F GRI








LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER, by John Irving. (Random House, $28.) A loggers’ cook and his son are on the run from the law, for decades.
Call #: F IRV






TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) An ex-cop in Washington struggles to clear her name.
Call #: F BAL






NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch fights crime at home and in Hong Kong.
Call #: F CON






PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new Qaeda attack.
Call #: F FLY






THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.) Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta’s life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.
Call #: F COR






THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.
Call #: F BRO








THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
Call #: F SPA






The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Call #: F STO

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NONFICTION HARDCOVER


WHEN THE GAME WAS OURS, by Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson with Jackie MacMullan. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.) Two great basketball players discuss their careers, their long rivalry and their eventual friendship.
Call#: 920 BIR






THE TIME OF MY LIFE, by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi. (Atria, $26.) A memoir by the actor, who died in September, and his wife.
Call#: BIO SWA






WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A decade of New Yorker essays.
Call#: 814.6 GLA






SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.) A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
Call#: 330 LEV






HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $23.99.) A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
Call#: 296 ALB






TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy. (Twelve, $35.) The late senator’s autobiography.
Call#: BIO KEN








WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer.
(Doubleday, $27.95.) The story of Pat Tillman, the N.F.L. player who enlisted after 9/11, and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Call#: BIO TIL






ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.) Making the case against big government.
Call#: 818.602 BEC






OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA

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ADVICE, HOW-TO, AND
MICELLANEOUS HARDCOVER



IT'S YOUR TIME, by Joel Osteen. (Free Press, $25.) Prayers, stories and tools for moving forward in Christian faith. Call#: 248 OST








THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Because life isn’t all about work.
Call #: 650.1 FER






STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. (Gallup, $24.95.) Three keys to being a more effective leader.
Call #: 658.409 RAT






THE HEALING OF AMERICA, by T. R. Reid. (Penguin Press, $25.95.) How other industrialized democracies provide health care for all at a reasonable cost.
Call #: 362.1 REI






THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host.
Call #: 332.024 RAM

Southlake Public Library

1400 Main Street, Suite 130
Southlake, Texas 76092
Phone: (817) 748-8243
http://www.southlakelibrary.org/

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The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools. ~Henry Beston Northern Farm

Nothing goes better with a warm sweater than a good book. Stop by today and pick up one of these bestsellers from your Southlake Public Library.

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FICTION HARDCOVER



LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER, by John Irving. (Random House, $28.) A loggers’ cook and his son are on the run from the law, for decades.
Call #: F IRV






TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) An ex-cop in Washington struggles to clear her name.
Call #: F BAL








HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $26.) A re-creation of the life of the author’s grandmother, a mustang breaker, schoolteacher, ranch wife and mother of two who grew up in the Southwest in the early 20th century, by the author of “The Glass Castle.”
Call #: F WAL






SOUTHERN LIGHTS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $28.) When a New York prosecutor’s daughter is threatened, she sends her back to the Charleston world she herself fled.
Call #: F STE






NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch fights crime at home and in Hong Kong.
Call #: F CON






PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new Qaeda attack.
Call #: F FLY






THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.) Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta’s life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.
Call #: F COR






THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.
Call #: F BRO








THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
Call #: F SPA






The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Call #: F STO

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NONFICTION HARDCOVER



WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A decade of New Yorker essays.
Call#: 814.6 GLA






SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.) A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
Call#: 330 LEV






HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $23.99.) A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
Call#: 296 ALB






TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy. (Twelve, $35.) The late senator’s autobiography.
Call#: BIO KEN








WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer.
(Doubleday, $27.95.) The story of Pat Tillman, the N.F.L. player who enlisted after 9/11, and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Call#: BIO TIL






ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.) Making the case against big government.
Call#: 818.602 BEC






OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA

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ADVICE, HOW-TO, AND
MICELLANEOUS HARDCOVER



THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Because life isn’t all about work.
Call #: 650.1 FER






STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. (Gallup, $24.95.) Three keys to being a more effective leader.
Call #: 658.409 RAT






THE HEALING OF AMERICA, by T. R. Reid. (Penguin Press, $25.95.) How other industrialized democracies provide health care for all at a reasonable cost.
Call #: 362.1 REI






THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host.
Call #: 332.024 RAM

Southlake Public Library

1400 Main Street, Suite 130
Southlake, Texas 76092
Phone: (817) 748-8243
http://www.southlakelibrary.org/

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When we read a story we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own. ~ John Berger

Escape into a new world, explore new lands, contemplate new ideas, all with the turn of a page. You can find these bestsellers at your Southlake Public Library.

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FICTION HARDCOVER



BLOOD GAME, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s, $27.99.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan struggles against a serial killer.
Call #: F JOH






HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $26.) A re-creation of the life of the author’s grandmother, a mustang breaker, schoolteacher, ranch wife and mother of two who grew up in the Southwest in the early 20th century, by the author of “The Glass Castle.”
Call #: F WAL




SOUTHERN LIGHTS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $28.) When a New York prosecutor’s daughter is threatened, she sends her back to the Charleston world she herself fled.
Call #: F STE





NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch fights crime at home and in Hong Kong.
Call #: F CON







PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new Qaeda attack.
Call #: F FLY






THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.) Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta’s life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.
Call #: F COR






ROUGH COUNTRY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.) Virgil Flowers investigates a string of murders at a Minnesota resort for women.
Call #: F SAN






THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.
Call #: F BRO








AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon. (Delacorte, $30.) Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling wife, Claire, encounter pirates on the high seas; the seventh Outlander novel.
Call #: F GAB






THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
Call #: F SPA






The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Call #: F STO

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NONFICTION HARDCOVER



WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A decade of New Yorker essays.
Call#: 814.6 GLA






SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $29.99.) A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
Call#: 330 LEV





THE MURDER OF KING TUT, by James Patterson and Martin Dugard. (Little, Brown, $26.99.) Investigating the Boy King’s sudden death.
Call#: 932.014 PAT








HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $23.99.) A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
Call#: 296 ALB









TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy. (Twelve, $35.) The late senator’s autobiography.
Call#: BIO KEN






WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer.
(Doubleday, $27.95.) The story of Pat Tillman, the N.F.L. player who enlisted after 9/11, and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Call#: BIO TIL






ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.) Making the case against big government.
Call#: 818.602 BEC






OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA

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ADVICE, HOW-TO, AND
MICELLANEOUS HARDCOVER



THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Because life isn’t all about work.
Call #: 650.1 FER






STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. (Gallup, $24.95.) Three keys to being a more effective leader.
Call #: 658.409 RAT





THE HEALING OF AMERICA, by T. R. Reid. (Penguin Press, $25.95.) How other industrialized democracies provide health care for all at a reasonable cost.
Call #: 362.1 REI






THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host.
Call #: 332.024 RAM

Southlake Public Library

1400 Main Street, Suite 130
Southlake, Texas 76092
Phone: (817) 748-8243
http://www.southlakelibrary.org/

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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea on what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. ~ Andre Gide

When we open a book, we invite the characters into the sitting room of our mind. As their story unfolds, we begin to see who they are and through that, begin to understand a bit more about ourselves. Here are some best selling titles to consider for your next encounter.

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FICTION HARDCOVER



ROUGH COUNTRY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.) Virgil Flowers investigates a string of murders at a Minnesota resort for women.
Call #: F SAN






JULIET, NAKED, by Nick Hornby. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A woman looking for a change begins a relationship with a reclusive singer-¬songwriter about to release a new album.
Call #: F HOR






THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.
Call #: F BRO








AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon. (Delacorte, $30.) Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling wife, Claire, encounter pirates on the high seas; the seventh Outlander novel.
Call #: F GAB






HOTHOUSE ORCHID, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A C.I.A. special agent finds that much has changed, and not for the better, when she returns to her Florida hometown.
Call #: F WOO






THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD, by Margaret Atwood. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $26.95.) In a violent future society, survivors of a catastrophic pandemic make their way. Call #: F ATW






SPARTAN GOLD, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. (Putnam, $26.96.) Husband-and-wife treasure hunters search for bottles of wine from Napoleon’s “lost cellar.”
Call #: F CUS






THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
Call #: F SPA






ALEX CROSS’S TRIAL, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The detective Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle, who fought the Klan.
Call #: F PAT






SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $29.95.) An unlikely group’s friendship from the ’60s to the ’80s, and from South Carolina to San Francisco; by the author of "The Prince of Tides."
Call #: F CON






The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Call #: F STO






DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
Call #: F HAR

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NONFICTION HARDCOVER



HALF THE SKY, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. (Knopf, $27.95.) Women fighting sexual oppression in Asia and Africa.
Call#: 362.8 KRI





THE MURDER OF KING TUT, by James Patterson and Martin Dugard. (Little, Brown, $26.99.) Investigating the Boy King’s sudden death.
Call#: 932.014 PAT








HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $23.99.) A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
Call#: 296 ALB






THE TIME OF MY LIFE, by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi. (Atria, $26.) A memoir by the actor, who died in September, and his wife.
Call#: BIO SWA






TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy. (Twelve, $35.) The late senator’s autobiography.
Call#: BIO KEN








HIGH ON ARRIVAL, by Mackenzie Phillips with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25.99.) The actress and daughter of Papa John Phillips recalls a life of parties, drugs and a complicated relationship with her father.
Call#: BIO PHI






WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer.
(Doubleday, $27.95.) The story of Pat Tillman, the N.F.L. player who enlisted after 9/11, and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Call#: BIO TIL






OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION, by Kathy Griffin. (Ballantine, $25.) A humorous memoir from the star of "My Life on the D-List."
Call#: BIO GRI






ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.) Making the case against big government.
Call#: 818.602 BEC






CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. (Regnery, $27.95.) President Obama and his team of tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.
Call#: 973.932 MAL






OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA

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ADVICE, HOW-TO, AND
MICELLANEOUS HARDCOVER



MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. (Knopf, $40.) A reissue of the book that started Julia Child’s career.
Call #: 641.59 CHI






MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst. (Crown, $26.) A weight-loss plan by a trainer from "The Biggest Loser" on NBC.
Call #: 613.25 MIC






ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
Call #: 646.77 HAR






THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment” from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.
Call #: 004.092 PAU

Southlake Public Library

1400 Main Street, Suite 130
Southlake, Texas 76092
Phone: (817) 748-8243
http://www.southlakelibrary.org/

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I've never known anyone yet who doesn't suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around... We're all eight years old again and anything is possible. ~Sue Grafton

Release your imagination; let the wind, the leaves, and a good book carry you away. Here are some best selling titles available from the Southlake Public Library.

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FICTION HARDCOVER



THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.
Call #: F BRO








AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon. (Delacorte, $30.) Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling wife, Claire, encounter pirates on the high seas; the seventh Outlander novel.
Call #: F GAB






HOTHOUSE ORCHID, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A C.I.A. special agent finds that much has changed, and not for the better, when she returns to her Florida hometown.
Call #: F WOO






THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $25.95.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect.
Call #: F LAR






THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD, by Margaret Atwood. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $26.95.) In a violent future society, survivors of a catastrophic pandemic make their way. Call #: F ATW






SPARTAN GOLD, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. (Putnam, $26.96.) Husband-and-wife treasure hunters search for bottles of wine from Napoleon’s “lost cellar.”
Call #: F CUS






THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $23.95.) Edinburgh’s Isabel Dalhousie in the sixth Sunday Philosophy Club novel.
Call #: F MCC






A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE, by Anita Shreve. (Little, Brown, $26.99.) A young woman’s life is transformed by a mountain-climbing accident in Kenya.
Call #: F SHR






THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
Call #: F SPA






ALEX CROSS’S TRIAL, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The detective Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle, who fought the Klan.
Call #: F PAT






SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $29.95.) An unlikely group’s friendship from the ’60s to the ’80s, and from South Carolina to San Francisco; by the author of "The Prince of Tides."
Call #: F CON






The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Call #: F STO






DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
Call #: F HAR

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NONFICTION HARDCOVER



TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy. (Twelve, $35.) The late senator’s autobiography.
Call#: BIO KEN








HIGH ON ARRIVAL, by Mackenzie Phillips with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25.99.) The actress and daughter of Papa John Phillips recalls a life of parties, drugs and a complicated relationship with her father.
Call#: BIO PHI






WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer.
(Doubleday, $27.95.) The story of Pat Tillman, the N.F.L. player who enlisted after 9/11, and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Call#: BIO TIL






OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION, by Kathy Griffin. (Ballantine, $25.) A humorous memoir from the star of "My Life on the D-List."
Call#: BIO GRI






ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $29.99.) Making the case against big government.
Call#: 818.602 BEC






CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. (Regnery, $27.95.) President Obama and his team of tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.
Call#: 973.932 MAL






OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA






A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
Call#: BIO ORE






LIBERTY AND TYRRANY, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
Call#: 320.52 LEV

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ADVICE, HOW-TO, AND
MICELLANEOUS HARDCOVER



A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE, by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson. (Crown Business, $27.) The inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, from a former vice president of the firm.
Call#: 332.66 MCD






SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT,by Matthew B. Crawford. (Penguin Press, $25.95.) A philosopher and mechanic argues for the satisfactions and challenges of manual work.
Call #: 331 CRA






THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Because life isn’t all about work.
Call #: 650.1 FER






MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. (Knopf, $40.) A reissue of the book that started Julia Child’s career.
Call #: 641.59 CHI






THE HEALING OF AMERICA, by T. R. Reid. (Penguin Press, $25.95.) How other industrialized democracies provide health care for all at a reasonable cost.
Call #: 362.1 REI






MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst. (Crown, $26.) A weight-loss plan by a trainer from "The Biggest Loser" on NBC.
Call #: 613.25 MIC






THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host.
Call #: 332.024 RAM






ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
Call #: 646.77 HAR






THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment” from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.
Call #: 004.092 PAU

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LISTS

Published: Aug 21, 2009

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FICTION HARDCOVER

SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $29.95.) An unlikely group’s friendship from the ’60s to the ’80s, and from South Carolina to San Francisco; by the author of "The Prince of Tides."
Call #: F CON

SMASH CUT, by Sandra Brown. (Simon & Schuster, $26.99.) A publicity-seeking lawyer tries to get to the bottom of who murdered a wealthy executive.
Call #: F BRO

THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Call #: F STO

THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC, by Richard Russo. (Knopf, $25.95.) A long-married couple wrestle with their dissatisfactions during a Cape Cod weekend; by the author of “Empire Falls.”
Call #: F RUS

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $25.95.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect.
Call #: F LAR

THE ELEVENTH VICTIM, by Nancy Grace. (Hyperion, $25.99.) A prosecutor turned therapist is drawn back to crime-fighting when her clients start getting murdered one by one. Call #: F GRA

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.99.) Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when the popular one needs the mousy one’s help.
Call #: F WEI

SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A former cop, now a reporter for The Los Angeles Times, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel from a Hawaii hotel.
Call #: F PAT

THE MAGICIANS, by Lev Grossman. (Viking, $26.95.) After attending sorcery college, a young man lives the hedonist’s life in Manhattan, dealing with crises existential and otherwise.

THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva. (Putnam, $26.95.) When a Russian defector who once saved his life disappears, Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, attempts to rescue him.
Call #: F SIL

INHERENT VICE, by Thomas Pynchon. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) A pothead private eye in Los Angeles, circa 1970
Call #: F PYN


BAD MOON RISING, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s, $24.99.) Book 18 of the Dark-Hunter paranormal series.
Call #: F KEN

DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
Call #: F HAR

BLINDMAN'S BLUFF, by Faye Kellerman. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.) Decker and Lazarus become embroiled in the case of a murdered shopping-mall magnate.
Call #: F KEL

INTERVENTION, by Robin Cook. (Putnam, $25.95.) A potentially explosive archaeological discovery reconnects a medical seeker, a biblical scholar and a New York bishop, long-ago college classmates.
Call #: F COO


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NONFICTION HARDCOVER

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. (Regnery, $27.95.) President Obama and his team of tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.
Call#: 973.932 MAL

OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA

LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
Call#: 320.52 LEV

IN THE PRESIDENT’S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler. (Crown, $26.) Agents and the presidents they protect.

CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state and destroys the health care system.
Call#: 330.973 MOR

THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR, by Douglas Brinkley. (Harper/HarperCollins, $34.99.) Theodore Roosevelt’s crusade for conservation.

A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
Call#: BIO ORE

THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA, 2008, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson. (Viking, $29.95.) The election of 2008.

MY JOURNEY WITH FARRAH, by Alana Stewart. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Stewart’s 30-year friendship with Farrah Fawcett, through marriage, motherhood, faith and illness.

IN FED WE TRUST, by David Wessel. (Crown Business, $26.99.) How Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues worked to prevent another Great Depression.

MICHAEL JACKSON, by J. Randy Taraborrelli. (Grand Central, $18.99.) An updated version of a 1991 biography now covers Jackson’s last years and his death.

BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf, $24.95.) Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.

ZEITOUN, by Dave Eggers. (McSweeney’s, $24.) The travails of a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina.

THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich. ( Doubleday, $25.) How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook.
Call#: 006.7 MEZ

BOBBY AND JACKIE, by C. David Heymann. (Atria, $26.) The connection between Bobby and Jackie Kennedy.
Call#: 973.922 HEY


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ADVICE, HOW-TO, AND
MICELLANEOUS HARDCOVER

MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. (Knopf, $40.) A reissue of the book that started Julia Child’s career.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?, by Roger Connors and Tom Smith. (Portfolio, $26.95.) Principled methods of improving accountability in the workplace.

ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
Call #: 646.77 HAR

MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst. (Crown, $26.) A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
Call #: 613.25 MIC

THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment” from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.
Call #: 004.092 PAU

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LISTS

Published: Aug 14, 2009

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FICTION HARDCOVER

BAD MOON RISING, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s, $24.99.) Book 18 of the Dark-Hunter paranormal series.
Call #: F KEN

THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC, by Richard Russo. (Knopf, $25.95.) A long-married couple wrestle with their dissatisfactions during a Cape Cod weekend; by the author of “Empire Falls.”

THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
Call #: F STO

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $25.95.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect
Call #: F LAR

INHERENT VICE, by Thomas Pynchon. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) A pothead private eye in Los Angeles, circa 1970

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.99.) Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when the popular one needs the mousy one’s help.
Call #: F WEI

THE TRAFFICKERS, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. (Putnam, $26.95.) A Philadelphia cop joins forces with a Texas Ranger to track a gang connected to the Mexican drug cartel; part of the Badge of Honor series.
Call #: F GRI

THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva. (Putnam, $26.95.) When a Russian defector who once saved his life disappears, Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, attempts to rescue him.
Call #: F SIL

SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A former cop, now a reporter for The Los Angeles Times, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel from a Hawaii hotel.
Call #: F PAT

DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
Call #: F HAR

RULES OF VENGEANCE, by Christopher Reich. (Doubleday, $25.95.) A doctor is drawn into a world of international espionage; a sequel to “Rules of Deception.”

TWENTIES GIRL, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $26.) A young woman is haunted by the spirit of her great-aunt, who wants her to find a missing necklace.
Call #: F KIN

BLACK HILLS, by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $26.95.) A wildlife biologist and an ex-cop, childhood sweethearts, reunite to pursue a serial killer.
Call #: F ROB

FINGER LICKIN’ FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin’s, $27.95.) The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum hunts a celebrity chef’s killer.
Call #: F EVA

THE WINDS OF DUNE, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. (Tor/ Tom Doherty, $27.99.) Frank Herbert’s son and his collaborator, drawing on Herbert’s notes on the “Dune” series, pick up the story after the events of “Dune Messiah,” following Jessica, the mother of the emperor Paul Atreides.


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NONFICTION HARDCOVER

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. (Regnery, $27.95.) President Obama and his team of tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.
Call#: 973.932 MAL

OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent
Call#: 302 GLA

IN THE PRESIDENT’S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler. (Crown, $26.) Agents and the presidents they protect.

CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state and destroys the health care system.
Call#: 330.973 MOR

LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
Call#: 320.52 LEV

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, by Carl A. Anderson and Eduardo Chávez. (Doubleday, $22.99.) The history and message of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
Call#: BIO ORE

THE END OF OVEREATING, by David A. Kessler. (Rodale, $25.95.) How eating sugar, fat and salt affects our minds and bodies and encourages overindulgence.
Call #: 613.2 KES

THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR, by Douglas Brinkley. (Harper/HarperCollins, $34.99.) Theodore Roosevelt’s crusade for conservation.

MICHAEL JACKSON, by J. Randy Taraborrelli. (Grand Central, $18.99.) An updated version of a 1991 biography now covers Jackson’s last years and his death.

IN FED WE TRUST, by David Wessel. (Crown Business, $26.99.) How Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues worked to prevent another Great Depression.

UNMASKED, by Ian Halperin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $25.) Michael Jackson’s final years.

BOBBY AND JACKIE, by C. David Heymann. (Atria, $26.) The connection between Bobby and Jackie Kennedy.
Call#: 973.922 HEY

THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich. ( Doubleday, $25.) How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook.
Call#: 006.7 MEZ

A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE, by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson. (Crown Business, $27.) The inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, from a former vice president of the firm.
Call#: 332.66 MCD


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ADVICE, HOW-TO, AND
MICELLANEOUS HARDCOVER

ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
Call #: 646.77 HAR

MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst. (Crown, $26.) A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from “The Biggest Loser” on NBC.
Call #: 613.25 MIC

THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment” from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.
Call #: 004.092 PAU

THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
Call #: 158 BYR

EXCUSES BEGONE!, by Wayne W. Dyer. (Hay House, $24.95.) How to throw out old excuses and embrace new ways of thinking to achieve happiness.