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Fiction Bestsellers

What's hot? What's new in fiction and non-fiction? Where are the latest titles by your favorite authors? How about that James Patterson novel everyone is talking about? The Bestseller Collection, located front and center on the First Floor, has all of the above and more. Multiple copies available. Check it!

In alphabetical order by the author's last name:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
Book Cover for The Fixer Upper
Andrews, Mary Kay
The Fixer Upper
After losing her job, a Washington insider goes country.
 
Book Cover for Deliver us from Evil
Baldacci, David
Deliver Us from Evil
Two agents from equally clandestine groups converge while tracking the same fiend.
 
Book Cover for The Paris Vendetta
Berry, Steve
The Paris Vendetta
A Danish billionaire attempts to unravel the many threads that led to the death of his son.
 
Book Cover for The Postmistress
Blake, Sarah
The Postmistress
America's imminent entry into World War II deeply affects three very diverse women.
 
Book Cover for Secrets of Eden
Bohjalian, Chris
Secrets of Eden
After church members Alice Hayward and her husband are found dead, the Rev. Stephen Drew seems to have retired from sight.
 
Book Cover for The Lost Symbol
Brown, Dan
The Lost Symbol
The tokens, emblems, marks, symbols, characters & letters of Washington D.C. are more than they seem.
 
Book Cover for Rain Gods
Burke, James Lee
Rain Gods
Nine immigrant Thai women are found dead and buried in Texas.
 
Book Cover for The Children's Book
Byatt, A.S.
The Children's Book
A Victorian England saga that centers on two darkly disturbed, artistic families.
 
Book Cover for The Pallbearers
Cannell, Stephen J.
The Pallbearers
LAPD detective Shane Scully's foster home past is brought to the fore.
 
Book Cover for Remarkable Creatures
Chevalier, Tracy
Remarkable Creatures
In this Victorian era-piece, two women break the bonds of gender by, of all things, hunting for fossils.
 
Book Cover for The Shadow of Your Smile
Clark, Mary Higgins
The Shadow of Your Smile
The possibility that a nun nominated for sainthood once had a secret lover throws everyone into a tizzy.
 
Book Cover for Caught
Coben, Harlan
Caught
A reporter investigates the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl.
 
Book Cover for Nine Dragons
Connelly, Michael
Nine Dragons
The Chinese underworld takes aim at Detective Harry Bosch and his daughter.
 
Book Cover for The Disciple
Coonts, Stephen
The Disciple
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has an idea and it's a really, really, really bad one.
 
Book Cover for South of Broad
Conroy, Pat
South of Broad
A diverse group of friends struggle to come of age in Charleston, South Carolina.
 
Book Cover for Intervention
Cook, Robin
Intervention
An archeological dig threatens the churchly as well as the medical establishment.
 
Book Cover for The Scarpetta Factor
Cornwell, Patricia
The Scarpetta Factor
With new eyes, Dr. Kay takes another look at an old case and her ex-husband.
 
Book Cover for Knockout: An FBI Thriller
Coulter, Catherine
Knockout: An FBI Thriller
A telepathically gifted child is pursued by a family of psychopathic, quasi-hillbillies.
 
Book Cover for The First Rule
Crais, Robert
The First Rule
A conglomeration of criminality.
 
Book Cover for Pirate Latitudes
Crichton, Michael
Pirate Latitudes
A crew of dauntless English pirates pursue a Spanish ship laden with gold.
 
 
Deaver, Jeffrey
Roadside Crosses
A serial killer scans the social networks of the internet searching for victims. Round up the unusual suspects!
 
Book Cover for Not My Daughter
Delinsky, Barbara
Not My Daughter
Three high school seniors form a pact to become pregnant.
 
Book Cover for The Lion
Demille, Nelson
The Lion
A terrorist with a beef threatens Los Angeles.
 
Book Cover for Spooner
Dexter, Pete
Spooner
Life is rather odd, peculiar, strange, interesting, prosperous, dangerous, destitute, comic and tragic for the Spoon.
 
Book Cover for Resurrecting Midnight
Dickey, Eric Jerome
Resurrecting Midnight
The notorious hit man Gideon must fight through a double cross in Argentina.
 
Book Cover for Homer & Langley
Doctorow, E.L.
Homer & Langley
A pair of eccentric brothers prefer the imaginative to the substantive world.
 
Book Cover for Shadow Tag
Erdrich, Louise
Shadow Tag
The marriage of a Native American couple is in a deep, dangerous, decline.
 
Book Cover for Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Evanovich, Janet
Finger Lickin' Fifteen
A famous TV chef literally loses his head.
 
Book Cover for Sizzling Sixteen
Evanovich, Janet
Sizzling Sixteen
Stephanie Plum experiences both bad and good luck. More bad than good, however.
 
Book Cover for Hell Gate
Fairstein, Linda
Hell Gate
Dual cases involving the haves and have-nots for ADA Alex Cooper.
 
Book Cover for Pursuit of Honor
Flynn, Vince
Pursuit of Honor
After a terrorist attack on Washington, D.C., Agent Mitch Rapp is right where he wants to be, hot on the heels of al Qaeda.
 
Book Cover for Sizzle
Garwood, Julie
Sizzle
By accident, a film student catches a heinous crime on video.
 
Book Cover for The Eleventh Victim
Grace, Nancy
The Eleventh Victim
A serial killer stalks Atlanta, Manhattan and pretty much everywhere else.
 
Book Cover for U is for Undertow
Grafton, Sue
U is for Undertow
Kinsey Millhone takes on the cold case of a missing four-year-old girl.
 
Book Cover for The White Queen
Gregory, Philippa
The White Queen
The rival Houses of Lancaster & York slug it out in a lead up to the War of the Roses.
 
Book Cover for Bullet
Hamilton, Laurell K.
Bullet
A vampire known as "The Mother of all Darkness" is the ultimate buzz-kill.
 
Book Cover for Divine Misdemeanors
Hamilton, Laurell K.
Divine Misdemeanors
Faerie princess Meredith Nic Essus doubles as a Los Angeles private eye. Talk about a bad economy.
 
Book Cover for Dead in the Family
Harris, Charlaine
Dead in the Family
After enduring the physical and emotional hurt of the latest Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is ready for some R&R. Sorry! Enter the Vampire King stage left.
 
Book Cover for A Touch of Dead
Harris, Charlaine
A Touch of Dead
Sookie Stackhouse battles the supernatural in this collection of short stories.
 
Book Cover for Mama Dearest
Harris, E. Lynn
Mama Dearest
A young entertainer's greatest rival is her own mother.
 
Book Cover for The Castaways
Hilderbrand, Elin
The Castaways
A group of friends try to adapt to a sudden loss.
 
Book Cover for Horns
Hill, Joe
Horns
Ignatius Perrish wakes up after a night of insobriety with a physical as well as a moral abnormality.
 
Book Cover for Deeper Than the Dead
Hoag, Tami
Deeper Than the Dead
Three children discover a half-buried body in the woods.
 
Book Cover for Juliet Naked
Hornby, Nick
Juliet Naked
A not-so-in-love English couple have differing opinions concerning a certain American singer-songwriter.
 
Book Cover for Ice: A Novel
Howard, Linda
Ice: A Novel
Armed strangers track a couple through the icy cold winter woods.
 
Iles, Greg
The Devil's Punchbowl
A floating gambling casino is way more trouble than it's worth.
 
Book Cover for Last Night in Twisted River
Irving, John
Last Night in Twisted River
A logging camp cook and his son follow the twisted river.
 
Book Cover for Eight Days to Live
Johansen, Iris
Eight Days to Live
A painting exhibited in a Paris gallery irritates a religious cult so much that they nail the artist's friend to a cross. Everybody's a critic.
 
Book Cover for Blindman's Bluff
Kellerman, Faye
Blindman's Bluff
A billionaire shopping center magnate is gunned down. At least he no longer has to circle around for a place to park.
 
Book Cover for Deception
Kellerman, Jonathan
Deception
A sexually harassed teacher is found dead in the bathtub.
 
Book Cover for The Sign
Khoury, Raymond
The Sign
One day an incomprehensible ball of light appears over Antarctica.
 
Book Cover for Under the Dome
King, Stephen
Under the Dome
A force field superimposed over a small town creates a bunch of peevish, bottled-up dome dwellers.
 
Book Cover for The Lacuna
Kingsolver, Barbara
The Lacuna
A famous novelist relates his star-crossed life in both the United States and Mexico.
 
Book Cover for Twenties Girl
Kinsella, Sophie
Twenties Girl
Boo! It's a ghost story.
 
Book Cover for Frankenstein: Lost Souls
Koontz, Dean
Frankenstein: Lost Souls
Recently returned from the dead, Victor Frankenstein reckons to create a new and improved type of humanity. We wish him well.
 
Book Cover for Relentless
Koontz, Dean
Relentless
Novelist Cubby Greenwich discovers that his greatest critic wields more than a poison pen.
 
Book Cover for The Swan Thieves
Kostova, Elizabeth
The Swan Thieves
A psychiatrist tries to figure out why a enigmatic artist would intentionally slash a painting hanging in the National Gallery. Perhaps he just didn't like it.
 
Book Cover for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Larsson, Stieg
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The conclusion to the Millennium Trilogy finds Lisbeth Salander under guard and under suspicion.
 
Book Cover for The Girl Who Played with Fire
Larsson, Stieg
The Girl Who Played With Fire
In this sequel, Lisbeth Salander continues her battle against "all the evil."
 
Book Cover for A Question of Belief
Leon, Donna
A Question of Belief
During a stifling hot summer in Venice, Commisario Guido Brunetti's problems are twofold.
 
Book Cover for Treasure Hunt
Lescroart, John
Treasure Hunt
A discovered corpse, while alive, was a very important man.
 
Book Cover for Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective
Lustbader, Eric Van
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective
It's not Robert Ludlum who relegates Jason Bourne to second fiddle.
 
Book Cover for The Double Comfort Safari Club
McCall Smith, Alexander
The Double Comfort Safari Club
Once again Precious Ramotswe must right all wrongs.
 
Book Cover for Nanny Returns
McLaughlin, Emma
Nanny Returns
Nan got out of the nanny business but they just keep pulling her back in.
 
Book Cover for Guardian of Lies
Martini, Steve
Guardian of Lies
Any spy novel that features an assassin known as the Mexecutioner has great promise, indeed!
 
Book Cover for The Lake Shore Limited
Miller, Sue
The Lake Shore Limited
A man's 9/11 death breeds anguish and creativity.
 
Book Cover for God Ain't Through Yet
Monroe, Mary
God Ain't Through Yet
After an affair, Annette tries to make amends with her husband Pee Wee.
 
Book Cover for A Gate at the Stairs
Moore, Lorrie
A Gate at the Stairs
A naive young college student runs into trouble after becoming a nanny.
 
Book Cover for Too Much Happiness: Stories
Munro, Alice
Too Much Happiness: Stories
A story group of three from the renowned author.
 
Book Cover for Her Fearful Symmetry
Niffenegger, Audrey
Her Fearful Symmetry
Twin sisters inherit a London flat and the ghost that comes with it.
 
Book Cover for The Last Surgeon
Palmer, Michael
The Last Surgeon
A doctor suffering from post traumatic stress disorder must now deal with a psycho-killer. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away.
 
Book Cover for Iron River
Parker, T. Jefferson
Iron River
Even hardened deputy Charlie Hood is shocked by the behavior of a bunch of crazy gunrunners.
 
Book Cover for Split Image
Parker, Robert B.
Split Image
Jesse Stone's latest investigation begins with a body in a trunk.
 
Book Cover for The 9th Judgment
Patterson, James
The 9th Judgment
A series of horrible crimes rock San Francisco.
 
Book Cover for Alex Cross's Trial
Patterson, James
Alex Cross's Trial
Even Mr. Patterson's fictional creations are capable of writing a novel.
 
Book Cover for I, Alex Cross
Patterson, James
I, Alex Cross
Alex Cross will follow a trail wherever it leads—hopefully to #1 on the Bestseller List.
 
Book Cover for Private
Patterson, James
Private
Private, a famed investigative organization, gets all the dark and difficult cases.
 
Book Cover for Worst Case
Patterson, James
Worst Case
A son of privilege is kidnapped and held for ransom.
 
Book Cover for Killer Summer
Pearson, Ridley
Killer Summer
An arch criminal is intent upon stealing three bottles of wine that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson.
 
Book Cover for House Rules
Picoult, Jodi
House Rules
A teenager with Asperger's Syndrome is accused of murder.
 
Book Cover for 206 Bones: A Novel
Reichs, Kathy
206 Bones
Dr. Temperance Brennan wakes up, bound hand to foot in what appears to be a GRAVE!
 
Book Cover for Shattered
Robards, Karen
Shattered
Lisa Grant turns up a cold case photograph that looks just like her.
 
Book Cover for Fantasy in Death
Robb, J.D.
Fantasy in Death
Somehow, somewhere, a computer game mogul is physically deleted from the neck up.
 
Book Cover for Black Hills
Roberts, Nora
Black Hills
Just when fate reunites a pair of childhood sweethearts, a serial killer plans to, of course, kill them.
 
Book Cover for The Search
Roberts, Nora
The Search
A copycat serial killer stalks Puget Sound.
 
Book Cover for Be Careful What You Pray For
Roby, Kimberla Lawson
Be Careful What You Pray For
In this sequel to The Best of Everything, Alicia Black continues her willful ways.
 
Book Cover for The Doomsday Key
Rollins, James
The Doomsday Key
A strange substance from ancient Egypt may be the key to saving humanity.
 
Book Cover for The Humbling
Roth, Philip
The Humbling
A 65-year-old actor, no longer in any kind of demand, looks for something else.
 
Book Cover for That Old Cape Magic
Russo, Richard
That Old Cape Magic
As one marriage begins on Cape Cod, another ends.
 
Book Cover for Rough Country
Sandford, John
Rough Country
A woman is murdered while kayaking–yes, kayaking.
 
Book Cover for The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Schine, Cathleen
The Three Weissmanns of Westport
A formerly affluent family of three women come upon hard times.
 
Book Cover for Think Twice
Scottoline, Lisa
Think Twice
An evil twin is featured.
 
Book Cover for Shanghai Girls
See, Lisa
Shanghai Girls
Two sisters leave China for 1930's Los Angeles.
 
Book Cover for A Change in Altitude
Shreve, Anita
A Change in Altitude
A mountaineering accident changes a woman's life–forever?
 
Book Cover for The Defector
Silva, Daniel
The Defector
Gabriel Allon is drawn back into the fray by a Russian defector.
 
Book Cover for The Last Song
Sparks, Nicholas
The Last Song
A young woman spends the summer trying to reconnect with her father.
 
Book Cover for Family Ties
Steel, Danielle
Family Ties
A woman becomes mother to her dead sister's three children.
 
Book Cover for The Apostle: A Thriller
Thor, Brad
The Apostle: A Thriller
Agent Scott Horvath must travel to Afghanistan in order to "free" a kidnapped terrorist.
 
Book Cover for Angelology
Trussoni, Danielle
Angelology
Think the Hell's Angels are problematic? Meet the Dark Angels.
 
Book Cover for Noah's Compass
Tyler, Anne
Noah's Compass
A brutal attack causes a man to reexamine both past and present.
 
Book Cover for My Father's Tears
Updike, John
My Father's Tears
An American master saying farewell.
 
Book Cover for Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel
Walls, Jeannette
Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel
A grandmother recalls her challenging West Texas existence.
 
Book Cover for Best Friends Forever
Weiner, Jennifer
Best Friends Forever
Two former childhood girlfriends decide to rob a bank.
 
Book Cover for The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
Wells, Rebecca
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
A young girl sick of country life heads to the Big Easy.
 
Book Cover for Kisser
Woods, Stuart
Kisser
A Broadway actress turns into big trouble for Stone Barrington.
 
Book Cover for Total Eclipse of the Heart
Zane
Total Eclipse of the Heart
An unhappy waitress and an underappreciated corporate executive---meet.