LITTLE ROCK — Fiction
1. THE RACKETEER,
by John Grisham. Malcolm Bannister, an imprisoned ex-lawyer, knows who murdered a federal judge. And he concocts a scheme to exchange this information for his freedom.
2. POSEIDON’S ARROW,
by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. Dirk Pitt and his team look for the truth about a sophisticated attack submarine.
3. FLIGHT BEHAVIOR,
by Barbara Kingsolver. An Appalachian woman becomes involved in an effort to save monarch butterflies.
4. GONE GIRL,
by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary; is her husband a killer?
5. THE CASUAL VACANCY,
by J.K. Rowling. The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town.
6. THE PANTHER,
by Nelson DeMille. Antiterrorist task force agent John Corey and his wife, an FBI agent, pursue a high-ranking al-Qaida operative.
7. THE SINS OF THE MOTHER,
by Danielle Steel. An enormously successful businesswoman tries to make up for past failings with her children, now grown.
8. THE BONE BED,
by Patricia Cornwell. A paleontologist’s disappearance in Canada turns out to be connected to crimes much closer to home for chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta; the 20th Scarpetta book.
9. WINTER OF THE WORLD,
by Ken Follett. In Book 2 of the Century trilogy, members of five interrelated families from five countries grapple with the tumultuous historical events of the years 1939-1949.
10. NYPD RED,
by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Detective Zach Jordan and his beautiful partner (and ex-girlfriend) must stop a deranged killer.
Nonfiction
1. KILLING KENNEDY,
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
2. NO EASY DAY,
by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.
3. 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.
4. THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE,
by Nate Silver. An examination of predictions, the ones that come true and the ones that don’t.
5. THE LAST LION,
by William Manchester and Paul Reid. This biography of Winston Churchill, reaching from World War II until his death in 1965, stresses his courage, intellect and will to action.
6. BRUCE,
by Peter Ames Carlin. A biography of Bruce Springsteen looks at his family, his music and his drive for fame and influence.
7. HALLUCINATIONS,
by Oliver Sacks. The renowned neurologist considers his patients’ hallucinatory experiences, and his own.
8. AMERICA AGAIN,
by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Tom Purcell et al. The mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report” tells how to bring America back from the brink.
9. WAGING HEAVY PEACE,
by Neil Young. The rocker’s memoir ranges over his personal life and his music, including his days with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
10. 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.
Paperback fiction
1. THE PERFECT HOPE,
by Nora Roberts. Sparks fly after a New Year’s Eve kiss between the tough-as-nails Ryder Montgomery and Hope Beaumont, the innkeeper of his own bed-and-breakfast; the final volume of the Inn BoonsBoro trilogy.
2. 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.
3. REFLECTED IN YOU,
by Sylvia Day. The sensual story that began in Bared to You continues, as Eva and Gideon learn more about each other and deal with unexpected challenges.
4. FIFTY SHADES DARKER,
by E.L. James. Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Anastasia ends their relationship-but desire still dominates her every thought; the second book in an erotic trilogy.
5. FIFTY SHADES FREED,
by E.L. James. Reunited, Anastasia and Christian face a world of possibilities, and unexpected challenges; the final volume in an erotic trilogy.
Paperback nonfiction
1. PROOF OF HEAVEN,
by Eben Alexander. A neurosurgeon’s journey into the afterlife.
2. TEAM OF RIVALS,
by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The political genius of Abraham Lincoln.
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. 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.
5. 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.
Perspective, Pages 77 on 11/25/2012