BEST-SELLERS

— Fiction

1. 11TH HOUR,

by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate a possible serial killer.

2. DEADLOCKED,

by Charlaine Harris. Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates a murder that has more to do with her than she imagines.

3. BRING UP THE BODIES,

by Hilary Mantel. In this sequel to Wolf Hall, Thomas Cromwell conspires against Anne Boleyn, whom Henry VIII has turned against so that he can marry Jane Seymour.

4. THE ROAD TO GRACE,

by Richard Paul Evans. The continuing story of an ad executive who loses everything and embarks on a walk from Seattle to Key West, Fla.; a sequel to The Walk and Miles to Go.

5. IN ONE PERSON,

by John Irving. An aspiring writer struggles with his sexuality.

6. THE INNOCENT,

by David Baldacci. A hit man who has become a target of the government rescues a teenage girl whose parents have been murdered and who may be at the center of a dangerous conspiracy.

7. CALICO JOE,

by John Grisham. A pitcher beans a promising rookie, ending both their careers; years later, the pitcher’s son brings them together.

8. THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE,

by Stephen King. A new entry in the Dark Tower epic Western-fantasy series; this novel, King says, is “Dark Tower 4.5.”

9. HOME,

by Toni Morrison. A bitter Korean War veteran returns to a segregated America and revisits his small Georgia hometown.

10. THE WITNESS,

by Nora Roberts. A programmer hides from the Russian mob in the Ozarks.

Nonfiction

1. THE PASSAGE OF POWER,

by Robert A. Caro. The fourth volume of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” Caro’s monumental biography, follows events from 1958 through the Kennedy assassination.

2. LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE,

by Anna Quindlen. The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of her generation.

3. SCREWED!,

by Dick Morris and Eileen Mc-Gann. How foreign countries take our jobs and misuse our aid.

4. MOST TALKATIVE,

by Andy Cohen. The Bravo executive vice president who oversees “Top Chef” and “The Real Housewives” looks back on his career.

5. PRAGUE WINTER,

by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward. The former secretary of state describes her family’s life in Czechoslovakia, where she was born; their exile in London during World War II; their return to their homeland after the war and their final move to the United States in 1948.

6. KILLING LINCOLN,

by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of ”The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

7. DRIFT,

by Rachel Maddow. America’s path to war has become too easy, with excessive power ceded to the executive branch, the MSNBC host argues.

8. MY CROSS TO BEAR,

by Gregg Allman with Alan Light. The musician’s memoir.

9. SERVICE,

by Marcus Luttrell and James D. Hornfischer. A Navy SEALs member who was rescued in Afghanistan describes his experience in Iraq.

10. IMAGINE,

by Jonah Lehrer. An account of the science of creativity argues that it is not a gift but a thought process that can be learned.

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 an erotic trilogy.

2. FIFTY SHADES DARKER,

by E.L. James. Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Ana ends their relationship-but desire still dominates her every thought; the second book in an erotic trilogy.

3. FIFTY SHADES FREED,

by E.L. James. Reunited, Ana and Christian face a world of possibilities, and unexpected challenges; the final volume in an erotic trilogy.

4. THE LAST BOYFRIEND,

by Nora Roberts. The Montgomery brothers are about to open their bed-and-breakfast, thanks to Owen Montgomery’s planning-but there’s one thing he didn’t anticipate; Book 2 of the Inn Boonsboro trilogy.

5. STATE OF WONDER,

by Ann Patchett. In the Amazon basin, a medical researcher seeks her former mentor, a despotic scientist who is developing a miracle fertility drug.

Paperback nonfiction

1. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS,

by Erik Larson. This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis centers on the experiences of William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. BOSSYPANTS,

by Tina Fey. A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”

5. 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.

Perspective, Pages 75 on 05/27/2012

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