Fiction
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.
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.
STILL LIFE WITH BREAD CRUMBS, by Anna Quindlen. An aging photographer rents a rural cottage and discovers sparks of creativity and desire.
ONE MORE THING, by B.J. Novak. Humorous stories from the writer and actor.
SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A sequel about race and inheritance to A Time to Kill.
FIRST LOVE, by James Patterson and Emily Raymond. Sixteen-year-old Axi Moore invites her best friend, whom she secretly loves, on a road trip.
GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. A small Michigan town is transformed when its residents receive phone calls said to be from heaven.
AN OFFICER AND A SPY, by Robert Harris. A fictionalized account of the Dreyfus Affair focuses on Lt. Col. Georges Picquart, who discovered evidence exonerating Alfred Dreyfus and bravely defended him.
THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. A woman’s life is upended when she discovers a letter she was not meant to read.
Nonfiction
DUTY, by Robert M. Gates. The former defense secretary recounts his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
GLITTER AND GLUE, by Kelly Corrigan. A memoir explores the relationships between mothers and daughters.
DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. How disadvantages can work in our favor.
THINGS THAT MATTER, by Charles Krauthammer. Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist.
KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly Factor recounts the events leading up to Jesus’ execution.
ALL JOY AND NO FUN, by Jennifer Senior. A journalist examines how parenting has changed over the past half-century.
LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. The story of a Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and was shot by the Taliban.
THE TRIPLE PACKAGE, by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld. Why some of America’s cultural groups are more likely to succeed.
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SECRET SIX, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution.
Paperback fiction
THE WITNESS, by Nora Roberts. A woman hides from the Russian mob in the Ozarks, but her sharp mind and secretive nature attract the attention of the local police chief.
THE EYE OF GOD, by James Rollins. As the end of the world looms, Cmdr. Gray Pierce and Sigma Force race to unravel a mystery tied to the fall of the Roman Empire.
HOME TO SEAVIEW KEY, by Sherryl Woods. Abby Miller, recently divorced and having returned to Seaview Key, falls for a handsome ex-soldier on the very morning they meet.
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R.R. Martin. In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”
UNTIL THE END OF TIME, by Danielle Steel. Two relationships, four decades apart, intersect unexpectedly.
Paperback nonfiction
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; the basis for a recent movie.
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; the basis for a recent movie.
PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. A neurosurgeon recounts his near-death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, by Jordan Belfort. The rise and fall of a financial insider; the basis for a recent film.
WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. A woman’s account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail during the summer of 1995.
Perspective, Pages 79 on 02/23/2014