LITTLE ROCK — Fiction 1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
EMPIRE AND HONOR, by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. An OSS agent’s plan to help his German intelligence counterparts reach Argentina encounters trouble; Book 7 of the Honor Bound series.
THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham. An imprisoned ex-lawyer schemes to exchange information about a murdered federal judge for his freedom.
THE FORGOTTEN, by David Baldacci. Military investigator John Puller, the protagonist of “Zero Day,” probes his aunt’s mysterious death in Florida.
THREAT VECTOR, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. As China threatens to invade Taiwan, covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. aids his father’s administration - but his agency is no longer secret.
THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE, by Ayana Mathis. Fifty-some years in the life of an African-American family, starting with Hattie Shepherd, who leaves Georgia for Philadelphia in 1923.
CROSS ROADS, by Wm. Paul Young. A comatose businessman encounters Jesus, the Holy Spirit and God; from the author of “The Shack.” 8. SHADOW WOMAN, by Linda Howard. A woman’s inexplicable strange memories and altered appearance result from a far-reaching conspiracy.
NOTORIOUS NINETEEN, by Janet Evanovich. New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks down a con man who disappeared from a hospital.
THE CASUAL VACANCY, by J.K. Rowling. The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town.
Nonfiction
- 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.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON, by Jon Meacham.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer cel
ebrates Jefferson’s skills as a practical poli
tician.
- THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY, by Jared
Diamond. The author of “Guns, Germs, and
Steel” examines what we can learn from tra
ditional societies.
- 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.
- 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.
- BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by
Katherine Boo. A journalist reports on fami
lies striving for better lives in a Mumbai, In
dia, slum.
- AMERICA AGAIN, by Stephen Colbert,
Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien,
Tom Purcell et al. The mock pundit of Com
edy Central’s “Colbert Report” tells how to
bring America back from the brink.
- THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE, by Nate Sil
ver. An examination of predictions, the ones
that come true and the ones that don’t.
- WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. A woman’s
account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike
along the Pacific Crest Trail.
- UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. An
Olympic runner’s story of survival as a pris
oner of the Japanese in World War II after
his plane went down over the Pacific.
Paperback fiction
- FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E.L. James.
An inexperienced college student falls in love
with a tortured man who has particular sex
ual tastes; the first book in an erotic trilogy.
- FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E.L. James.
Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Anas
tasia 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 chal
lenges; the final volume in an erotic trilogy.
- 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.
- DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P.D.
James. Six years after Elizabeth and Darcy
marry, their comfortable life is shaken by
a murder, as James recreates the world
of “Pride and Prejudice” with a mysterious
twist.
Paperback nonfiction 1. PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander.
A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma.
TEAM OF RIVALS, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The political genius of Abraham Lincoln.
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.
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.
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed-it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Perspective, Pages 75 on 01/20/2013