LITTLE ROCK — Fiction
1. THE THIEF,
by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. Isaac Bell tries to save scientists from German spies.
2. LONE WOLF,
by Jodi Picoult. The children of a man who studies wolves must make difficult decisions when he is seriously injured in an accident.
3. A RISING THUNDER,
by David Weber. Honor Harrington defends the Star Empire of Manticore in a new and terrible war.
4. FAIR GAME,
by Patricia Briggs. Two werewolves, an Alpha and an Omega, help the FBI track a serial killer who is murdering preternatural beings.
5. KILL SHOT,
by Vince Flynn. A CIA superagent hunting down perpetrators of the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing, finds himself caught in a dangerous trap.
6. PRIVATE GAMES,
by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. Peter Knight pursues a murderer who is trying to destroy the London Olympics.
7. CHASING MIDNIGHT,
by Randy Wayne White. Doc Ford battles terrorists who have taken control of a private island in Florida.
8. CELEBRITY IN DEATH,
by J.D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas investigates when an actress drowns at the opening party for a movie based on one of her cases; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
9. DEFENDING JACOB,
by William Landay. An assistant district attorney’s life is shaken when his 14-year-old son is accused of murder.
10. VICTIMS,
by Jonathan Kellerman. Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis track down a homicidal maniac.
Nonfiction
1. AMERICAN SNIPER,
by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. A member of the Navy SEALs who has the most career sniper kills in U.S. military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war.
2. THE POWER OF HABIT,
by Charles Duhigg. A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
3. STEVE JOBS,
by Walter Isaacson. A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.
4. KILLING LINCOLN,
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” looks at the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
5. QUIET,
by Susan Cain. Introverts-onethird of the population-are undervalued in American society.
6. UNBROKEN,
by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific.
7. AMERITOPIA,
by Mark R. Levin. A talkshow host warns that Americans must choose between utopianism and liberty.
8. BRINGING UP BEBE,
by Pamela Druckerman. An American mother discovers the principles of French parenting.
9. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW,
by Daniel Kahneman. The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.
10. REVELATIONS,
by Elaine Pagels. A history of the Book of Revelation explores its original context and its meaning.
Paperback fiction
1. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY,
by E.L. James. An inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in a trilogy.
2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST,
by Stieg Larsson. In the last volume of the Millennium trilogy, Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are threatened by an adversary from deep within the government.
3. THE HELP,
by Kathryn Stockett. A white socialite and two black maids work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
4. THE LUCKY ONE,
by Nicholas Sparks. A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
5. THE TIGER’S WIFE,
by Tea Obreht. Fable and allegory illustrate the complexities of Balkan history, as a young doctor unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s death.
Paperback nonfiction
1. 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.
2. THE VOW,
by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson. After a horrific car crash, a couple embark on a journey to fall in love all over again. The true events that inspired the movie.
3. BOSSYPANTS,
by Tina Fey. A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”
4. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS,
by Rebecca Skloot. The story of an African American woman whose cancerous cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951.
5. OUTLIERS,
by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed-it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Perspective, Pages 73 on 03/25/2012