Fiction
14TH DEADLY SIN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. A video of a shocking crime surfaces, casting suspicion on a San Francisco detective's colleagues.
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II; the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.
MEMORY MAN, by David Baldacci. A police detective uses his extraordinary memory when tackling the case of his family's murder.
GATHERING PREY, by John Sandford. In the 25th installment of the Prey series, Lucas Davenport is on the trail of killers who have targeted a group of vagabonds called the Travelers.
A GOD IN RUINS, by Kate Atkinson. Postwar Britain as seen through the members of a well-to-do family.
THE BONE TREE, by Greg Iles. In the second book of a trilogy, following Natchez Burning, prosecutor Penn Cage comes up against the KKK.
THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.
GOD HELP THE CHILD, by Toni Morrison.Her mother's rejection shapes the life of a dark-skinned woman who is successful in business but personally unhappy.
THE LIAR, by Nora Roberts. Returning to her Smoky Mountain hometown, a woman discovers that her husband was a fraud who implicated her in his deceptions.
Nonfiction
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, by David McCullough. The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
CLINTON CASH, by Peter Schweizer. An examination of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities.
THE ROAD TO CHARACTER, by David Brooks. The New York Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS ..., by Dana Perino. The Fox News contributor and former press secretary under President George W. Bush reviews her life and career and shares lessons she has learned.
IT'S A LONG STORY, by Willie Nelson with David Ritz. The country music star discusses his life's journey, from selling encyclopedias to professional fame.
THE BOOK OF JOAN, by Melissa Rivers. A memoir of life, often uproarious, with the comedian Joan Rivers, written by her daughter.
AMERICAN WIFE, by Taya Kyle with Jim DeFelice. The widow of Chris Kyle of American Sniper fame describes her life after his death.
HOPE, by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus with Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan. Two of the women abducted and abused by a Cleveland school bus driver until they escaped after 10 years tell their story.
DEAD WAKE, by Erik Larson. The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1915.
DEAL, by Bill Kreutzmann with Benjy Eisen. An account of three wild decades of drumming for the Grateful Dead.
Paperback fiction
THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. After his mother is killed in a museum explosion, a young man grapples with the world alone while hiding a prized Dutch painting.
LEAVING TIME, by Jodi Picoult. After searching for her mother, who has disappeared, for more than 10 years, a woman employs a psychic and a detective; includes the novella "Larger Than Life."
THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. The bond between a wealthy Charleston girl, who grows up to become an abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday.
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.
THE HUSBAND'S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. Cecilia Fitzpatrick--successful businesswoman, devoted wife and mother--finds a letter that throws everything she's believed into doubt.
Paperback nonfiction
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. A group of American rowers pursue gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. A memoir recounts the battlefield experiences in Iraq of a Navy SEALs sniper.
DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. How disadvantages can work in our favor.
WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. A woman's account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995.
FINDING ME, by Michelle Knight with Michelle Burford. A young woman tells the story of her decade-long captivity in Cleveland.
Source: New York Times
Editorial on 05/24/2015