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This Week Combined Print and E-Book Fiction Weeks On List
1 DEAD EVER AFTER, by Charlaine Harris.

The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse searches for the truth about the death of the former barmaid Arlene.

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2 SILKEN PREY, by John Sandford.

Lucas Davenport is drawn into the investigation of a Minnesota political scandal and the disappearance of an operative.

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3 THE HIT, by David Baldacci.

The government hitman Will Robie uncovers a serious threat as he attempts to take out a fellow assassin who has gone rogue. 

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4 12TH OF NEVER, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.

A week after giving birth, Detective Lindsay Boxer returns to work to investigate some grisly murders.

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5 WHISKEY BEACH, by Nora Roberts.

A former criminal attorney who has been acquitted of his wife’s murder retreats to his family estate on a rocky New England cliff, where he is comforted by the house’s caretaker amid continuing danger.

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6 THE BET, by Rachel Van Dyken.

A Seattle millionaire asks a childhood friend to pretend to be engaged to him. But she reckoned without his brother.

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7 A STEP OF FAITH, by Richard Paul Evans.

In the fourth book of the “Walk” series, Alan faces new challenges on his walk to Key West.

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8 THE ORACLE GLASS, by Judith Merkle Riley.

In 17th-century France, a fortuneteller hides more behind her black robes than people know.

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9 A DELICATE TRUTH, by John le Carré.

A young man investigates a private-public antiterrorist operation, supposedly a great success but actually a disaster.

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10 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn.

A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?

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11 DON’T SAY A WORD, by Barbara Freethy.

A reckless photographer helps a woman delve into the mysteries of her past.

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12 THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, by Matthew Quick.

A man recently released from a mental institution has two obsessions: his estranged wife and the Philadelphia Eagles. The basis of the movie.

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13 ENDER’S GAME, by Orson Scott Card.

Government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers.

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14 DOWN LONDON ROAD, by Samantha Young.

For once, a woman is tempted to put her own needs above her dependent younger brother’s.

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15 THE MAGICIAN’S ASSISTANT, by Ann Patchett.

A widow unravels her dead husband’s secrets. First published in 1997.

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16 REAL, by Katy Evans.

A star of the dangerous underground fighting circuit sets a woman’s mind ablaze and her body on fire with wanting.

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17 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 a trilogy.

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18 DADDY’S GONE A HUNTING, by Mary Higgins Clark.

Two sisters are threatened by a dark secret from their family’s past.

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19 FLY AWAY, by Kristin Hannah.

A woman must deal with her personal issues before she can keep her promise to help the family of her deceased friend.

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20 A GAME OF THRONES, by George R R Martin.

In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering; Book 1 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”

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This Week Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction Weeks On List
1 HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach.

The Duck Commander pays tribute to “faith, family and ducks.”

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2 LET’S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, by David Sedaris.

Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco.

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3 LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell.

The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.

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4 CONTROL, by Glenn Beck and others.

An argument against gun restriction laws.

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5 PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander.

A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.

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6 WAITING TO BE HEARD, by Amanda Knox.

Knox, who was convicted of the murder of her roommate in 2009 when she was an American student in Italy, a conviction that was overturned in 2011, tells her story.

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7 COOKED, by Michael Pollan.

The writer masters recipes and argues that regaining control of cooking will make Americans healthier.

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8 DAD IS FAT, by Jim Gaffigan.

The comedian’s life with five kids in a two-bedroom New York City apartment.

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9 OBSESSED, by Mika Brzezinski with Diane Smith.

The “Morning Joe” co-host discusses the obesity epidemic and her own struggles around food.

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10 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.

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11 THE DUCK COMMANDER FAMILY, by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach.

Behind the scenes at the A&E show “Duck Dynasty.”

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12 A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard.

A woman describes being kidnapped at the age of 11 and held prisoner for 18 years by a convicted rapist and his wife.

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13 I’LL SEE YOU AGAIN, by Jackie Hance with Janice Kaplan.

The experience of a mother whose three daughters were killed when her sister-in-law drove the wrong way down the Taconic Parkway.

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14 AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.

A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war. Kyle was recently shot to death in Texas.

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15 BUNKER HILL, by Nathaniel Philbrick.

The story of the battle that marked the point of no return for the rebellious American colonists.

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16 KEEP IT PITHY, by Bill O’Reilly.

A “highlight reel” of previous writings, updated, from the host of “The O’Reilly Factor.” 

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17 MOM & ME & MOM, by Maya Angelou.

The developing reconciliation between the poet and her mother, who sent her to live with her grandmother at age 3.

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18 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.

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19 QUIET, by Susan Cain.

Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society.

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20 MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor.

The Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, attending Princeton, working for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and becoming a federal judge.  

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This Week Chapter Books Weeks On List
1 LEGO NINJAGO CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Claire Sipi.

Information about minifigures, vehicles and weapons.

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2 LINCOLN’S LAST DAYS, by Bill O’Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman.

An account of the 16th president’s assassination.

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3 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green.

A 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer.

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4 THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz.

Tips for taking the brick projects you have and making something new.

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5 ‘WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?’, by Lemony Snicket.

Tween Lemony’s secret-society apprenticeship.

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6 WONDER, by R J Palacio.

A boy with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school.

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7 THE DEMIGOD DIARIES, by Rick Riordan.

Lore on the Heroes of Olympus and Percy Jackson books.

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8 INSURGENT, by Veronica Roth.

In this “Divergent” follow-up, a faction war looms.

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9 THE LEGO BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz.

An illustrated history of the Lego Group, the Danish toy maker; updated, with 56 new pages.

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10 LEGO STAR WARS CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Hannah Dolan and others.

More than 300 minifigures.

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