Fiction
SIX YEARS, by Harlan Coben. Six years after the woman he loved married another man, Jake Fisher discovers that neither she nor their life together were what they seemed, and he sets out to uncover the truth.
THE STORYTELLER, by Jodi Picoult. A New Hampshire baker finds herself in the midst of two Holocaust stories: Her grandmother’s story of survival and the confessions of an elderly German SS officer.
GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
ALEX CROSS, RUN, by James Patterson. While Alex Cross pursues a Washington serial killer (or killers?), someone is after him.
A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy. An unlikely collection of guests gather at an inn by the sea on Ireland’s west coast; the final book by Binchy, who died in 2012.
THE STRIKER, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. In 1902, young detective Isaac Bell discovers that provocateurs, not the union members he was hired to investigate, are causing trouble in the coal mines.
BREAKING POINT, by C.J. Box. The 13th novel featuring Joe Pickett, a Wyoming game warden.
HALO: SILENTIUM, by Greg Bear. Book 3 of the Forerunner Saga.
THE DINNER, by Herman Koch. Two couples meet in an Amsterdam restaurant to discuss their sons’ criminal activities.
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R.R. Martin. After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”
Nonfiction
LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
SALT SUGAR FAT, by Michael Moss. A New York Times reporter reveals how food companies use science to encourage us to consume more of their products.
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.
SUM IT UP, by Pat Summitt with Sally Jenkins. A memoir by the longtime coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, who received a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his plane went down over the Pacific.
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 bin Laden.
MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor. The Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, N.Y., attending Princeton, joining the Manhattan district attorney’s office and becoming a federal judge.
THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE, by Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis. A memoir by the powerful music company executive.
UNTIL I SAY GOODBYE, by Susan Spencer-Wendel with Bret Witter. A journalist’s life-affirming response to a diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
THE DUCK COMMANDER FAMILY, by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach. Behind the scenes at the A&E show Duck Dynasty.
Paperback fiction
LIFE OF PI, by Yann Martel. An allegory on the high seas, in which a teenage boy and a 450-pound tiger are thrown together in a lifeboat after a shipwreck.
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.
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.
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.
WORLD WAR Z, by Max Brooks. An “oral history” of an imagined Zombie War that nearly destroys civilization.
Paperback nonfiction
PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma.
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. A vision of the nation’s future that is informed by a view of its past.
AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle. A member of the Navy SEALs who had the most career sniper kills in U.S. military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war. Kyle was recently shot to death in Texas.
QUIET, by Susan Cain. Introverts, one third of the population, are undervalued in American society.
DRIFT, by Rachel Maddow. America’s path to war has become too easy, the MSNBC host argues.
Perspective, Pages 74 on 04/07/2013