Wednesday, January 21, 2009

New Books from the New York Times Best Seller List

Fiction

1. PLUM SPOOKY, by Janet Evanovich. The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum hunts an evil genius and his sidekick, who are hiding in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.
3. BLACK OPS, by W. E.B. Griffin. An Army officer and special presidential agent is targeted for death — but by whom?

4. SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell. The forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta takes on a new assignment in New York.

6. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson. Alex Cross chases the leader of a lethal teenage gang.

7. FIRE AND ICE, by Julie Garwood. A reporter and her bodyguard uncover a conspiracy in Alaska.

9. ECLIPSE, by Richard North Patterson. A San Francisco lawyer agrees to defend a Nigerian reformer whose wife he loved in college.

10. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. A journalist travels to the island of Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.

11. FROM DEAD TO WORSE, by Charlaine Harris. Following a deadly explosion at a vampire summit, the cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse faces danger.

12. RUNNING HOT, by Jayne Ann Krentz. Two members of the Arcane Society, dedicated to paranormal research, encounter a group of criminal sensitives.

13. A MERCY, by Toni Morrison. In 17th-­century America, a slave mother urges a Northern farmer to buy her daughter so that she can have a better life.

15. DIVINE JUSTICE, by David Baldacci. Members of Washington’s Camel Club rally to save their leader, who is hiding out in the town of Divine, Va.

Nonfiction

4. AMERICAN LION, by Jon Meacham. Andrew Jackson in the White House, by Newsweek’s editor.

10. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O'Reilly. The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

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