Fiction
THE KING, by J.R. Ward. Book 12 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN, by Mary Higgins Clark. The producer of a true crime show must contend with participants with secrets as well as her husband’s murderer.
NYPD RED 2, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Detective Zach Jordan and his partner are called when the body of a wealthy woman is discovered on the Central Park carousel; the second book in a new series.
MISSING YOU, by Harlan Coben. Kat Donovan, an NYPD detective, searches for the ex-fiancé who left her years before as well as her father’s murderer.
THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden; winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. The relationship between wealthy Sarah Grimké of Charleston, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday.
BY ITS COVER, by Donna Leon. Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates the theft of books from a library and the murder of one of its patrons.
DESTROYER ANGEL, by Nevada Barr. National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon must rescue friends who are kidnapped while camping in Minnesota.
POWER PLAY, by Danielle Steel. Two CEOs face very different challenges.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, by Jeffrey Archer. The Clifton Chronicles reach the 1960s in the fourth volume of the series.
Nonfiction
FLASH BOYS, by Michael Lewis. The world of high-frequency computer-driven trading.
DON’T HURT PEOPLE AND DON’T TAKE THEIR STUFF, by Matt Kibbe. A libertarian manifesto by the president and CEO of FreedomWorks.
THRIVE, by Arianna Huffington. Personal well-being as the indispensable third measure, with money and power, of success.
10% HAPPIER, by Dan Harris. A co-anchor of Nightline reports on the science and spiritual basis of meditation and describes how it has improved his life.
A CALL TO ACTION, by Jimmy Carter. The former president denounces discrimination and violence against women.
THE WOMEN OF DUCK COMMANDER, by Kay Robertson and others with Beth Clark. Kay, Korie, Missy, Jessica and Lisa Robertson, the wives of the A&E show Duck Dynasty, discuss their marriages, families and faith.
NOT COOL, by Greg Gutfeld. A Fox News Channel host denounces the hipster elite and their pop cultural dominance.
UGANDA BE KIDDING ME, by Chelsea Handler. Humorous travel stories.
KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly Factor recounts the events leading up to Jesus’ execution.
DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. How disadvantages can work in our favor.
Paperback fiction
SHADOW SPELL, by Nora Roberts. In County Mayo, Ireland, a falconer with an unresolved past falls for his sister’s beguiling best friend; Book 2 of the Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy.
ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. A historical novel about orphans swept off the streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s.
KING AND MAXWELL, by David Baldacci. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, scrutinize the report of a soldier’s mysterious death in Afghanistan.
WHISKEY BEACH, by Nora Roberts. After being accused of but never arrested for the murder of his wife, a Boston lawyer retreats to his family’s ancestral home in New England.
THE LAST BRIDE, by Beverly Lewis. After eloping, Tessie and Marcus return to the Old Order Amish world of Hickory Hollow, trusting they’ll persuade Tessie’s family to give their love a chance over time.
Paperback nonfiction
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.
LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. The only survivor of a Navy SEALs operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle and his escape; first published in 2007.
PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. A neurosurgeon recounts his near-death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.
THE MONUMENTS MEN, by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. The attempt to preserve, and later to locate, art works stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
BRAIN ON FIRE, by Susannah Cahalan. A young reporter suddenly experiences seizures, hallucinations and near catatonia.
Perspective, Pages 79 on 04/20/2014