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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:

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Book Cover for The Keeper of Lost Causes
Adler-Olsen, Jussi
The Keeper of Lost Causes
As a result of disciplinary action, a Copenhagen detective is put in charge of Department Q.
 
Adiga, Aravind
Last Man in Tower
A retired school teacher refuses to abandon his Mumbai apartment building to make way for demolition.
 
Albert, Susan Wittig
The Tale of Castle Cottage
Remodeling Castle Cottage takes precedence over Beatrix's upcoming wedding.
 
Book Cover for Untold Story
Ali, Monica
Untold Story
What would Princess Diana be like at the age of fifty?
 
Book Cover for Only Time Will Tell
Archer, Jeffrey
Only Time Will Tell
In the early 1920s, Harry Clifton attempts to work himself out of poverty and away from the docks of London.
 
Book Cover for One Summer
Baldacci, David
One Summer
A terminally ill man's wife is killed returning from the drug store with his medicine. His stepmother then tries to take custody of his kids. Nothing a little sea air can't cure.
 
Book Cover for Zero Day
Baldacci, David
Zero Day
New protagonist Special Agent John Puller confronts overpowering odds as he investigates a horrible crime in West Virginia's coal country.
 
Book Cover for The Secret Mistress
Balogh, Mary
The Secret Mistress
For masochists only.
 
Book Cover for The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
Benjamin, Melanie
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
At 2 feet, 8 inches tall she seems kinda small, until you get to know her.
 
Book Cover for The Jefferson Key
Berry, Steve
The Jefferson Key
Could a clause in the United States Constitution explain why four U.S. presidents were assassinated?
 
Bohjalian, Chris
The Night Strangers
A Victorian house with a secret room that has been bolted shut can only mean one thing. Ghosts!
 
Book Cover for Sisterhood Everlasting
Brashares, Ann
Sisterhood Everlasting
The girls are back, on the brink of their thirtieth birthdays.
 
Book Cover for Money Can't Buy Love
Briscoe, Connie
Money Can't Buy Love
Thirty-eight year old Lenora Stone wins a million dollar lottery, and everything about her life becomes fabulous. Really?
 
Book Cover for 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America
Brooks, Albert
2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America
In the year 2030 President Bernstein has his hands full. An earthquake has flattened Los Angeles, China is trying to buy the rest of California, and a new movement aims to exterminate the elderly.
 
Brown, Sandra
Lethal
Mother and daughter are taken hostage by a killer.
 
Burke, James Lee
Feast Day of Fools
In this sequel to Rain Gods, Sheriff Hackberry Holland has his hands full with a psychopath named Krill and a serial killer named Jack.
 
Book Cover for Ghost Story
Butcher Jim
Ghost Story
Being dead doesn't slow down wizard detective Harry Dresden.
 
Chiaverini, Jennifer
The Wedding Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
A new bride requires a new quilt, so the Elm Creek quilters spring into action.
 
Child, Lee
The Affair
Jack Reacher goes undercover in the case of a soldier accused of murder.
 
Book Cover for I'll Walk Alone
Clark, Mary Higgins
I'll Walk Alone
A talented interior decorator has her complete identity stolen.
 
Book Cover for I'll Walk Alone
Cleage, Pearl
Just Wanna Testify
A group of out-of-town supermodels vamp their way into the Atlanta, GA social scene. Trouble ensues.
 
Book Cover for Girls in White Dresses
Close, Jennifer
Girls in White Dresses
Three women weep and whine their way through young adulthood.
 
Book Cover for Stay Close
Coben, Harlan
Stay Close
Three main characters try to move on with their lives but the past keeps pulling them back.
 
Coelho, Paulo
Aleph
The character Paulo travels through space and time in a totally cosmic venture of self-discovery and enlightenment.
 
Collins, Jackie
Goddess of Vengeance
The tale of Lucky Santangelo, operator of the #1 Las Vegas hotel empire. What happens in Vegas should stay there.
 
Connelly, Michael
The Drop
Cold case rape and the death of a politician's son both demand the know-how of Harry Bosch.
 
Connolly, John
The Infernals
A young boy and his dog are sucked into a world of vengeful demons.
 
Cook, Robin
Death Benefit
A group of loathsome criminals try to take control of the life insurance industry in order to steal billions, no doubt using the health insurance industry as a model.
 
Book Cover for Red Mist
Cornwell, Patricia
Red Mist
For Kay Scarpetta, a prisoner is a veritable font of information, as far as grisly murders go.
 
Crais, Robert
Taken
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are hired to investigate a high profile border kidnapping.
 
Book Cover for Micro
Crichton, Michael
Micro
Microbes, it seems, can do much more harm than good.
 
Cussler, Clive
Devil's Gate
A cheeky African dictator threatens to destroy the world's greatest cities.
 
Book Cover for The Race
Cussler, Clive
The Race
Everyone must be protected from a female aviator's lunatic husband.
 
Book Cover for Forbidden
Dekker, Ted
Forbidden
The human beings in this bleak future don't even know they're dead.
 
Book Cover for Falling Together
De Los Santos, Marisa
Falling Together
A reunion sends three former classmates on an unexpected journey.
 
Book Cover for Heartwishes: An Edilean Novel
Deveraux, Jude
Heartwishes: An Edilean Novel
Good and bad intentions motivate those who seek the magical Heartwishes Stone.
 
Book Cover for An Accidental Affair
Dickey, Eric Jerome
An Accidental Affair
Hollywood, a film actress, a screenwriter, lust, infidelity, revenge, possible redemption, and every wavelength of social media.
 
Book Cover for The Language of Flowers
Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
The Language of Flowers
An extraordinary woman nurtures not only flowers but people.
 
Eco, Umberto
The Prague Cemetery
What if all the conspiracies, plots, massacres and general badness of nineteenth-century Europe could be ascribed to one individual?
 
Enright, Anne
The Forgotten Waltz
Recollections of love and life.
 
Erickson, Carolly
The Favored Queen
For those keeping score, Jane Seymour was the third wife of Henry VIII. This is her story.
 
Eugenides, Jeffrey
The Marriage Plot
A complicated college love triangle graduates to the real world.
 
Evanovich, Janet
Explosive Eighteen
Returning from a disappointing Hawaiian vacation, Stephanie is followed by a killer.
 
Evanovich, Janet
Love in a Nutshell
Someone (obviously insane) is out to destroy a small town brewery.
 
Evanovich, Janet
Smokin' Seventeen
Stephanie Plum is stalked by a killer and three prospective grooms.
 
Evans, Richard Paul
Lost December
A retelling of the parable of the prodigal son.
 
Book Cover for Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series
Evans, Richard Paul
Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series
After losing his wife/job/home, a man decides to walk it off all the way to Key West, gets horribly stabbed along the roadside, wakes up in a Spokane hospital, never loses hope but, in fact, brings hope to others.
 
Flynn, Vince
Kill Shot
CIA assassin Mitch Rapp is so good at his job that a couple of suits feel he must be eliminated.
 
Francis, Felix
Dick Francis's Gamble
An ex-jockey's friend and business partner is murdered right at the track.
 
Frank, Dorothea Benton
Folly Beach: A Lowcountry Tale
A woman is left penniless due to the duplicity of her recently dead husband. Perhaps a summer on Folly Beach, her childhood home, will help her recover.
 
Frazier, Charles
Nightwoods
The twins of a murdered woman are forced to live with their reclusive aunt.
 
Book Cover for Catch Me
Gardner, Lisa
Catch Me
A woman predicts her own murder then enlists a private investigator to solve the crime-before it happens!
 
Book Cover for The Ideal Man
Garwood, Julie
The Ideal Man
Dr. Ellie Sullivan is the only witness to the murder of an FBI agent.
 
Book Cover for The Silent Girl
Gerritsen, Tess
The Silent Girl
Something swinging a big blade stalks the shadowy streets of Boston's Chinatown.
 
Book Cover for The American Heiress
Goodwin, Daisy
The American Heiress
As the Victorian era begins to wane, an heiress from Newport is united in marriage to an English duke.
 
Book Cover for V is for Vengeance
Grafton, Sue
V is for Vengeance
P.I. Kinsey Millhone becomes involved with a colorful assortment of deviants.
 
Book Cover for The Lady of the Rivers
Gregory, Philippa
The Lady of the Rivers
Jaquetta, Duchess of Bedford plays both rival dynasties during the War of the Roses.
 
Grippando, James
Need You Now
A Ponzi scheme, government conspiracies, Swiss banks, wall street banditos and a guy and girl running for their lives.
 
Guterson, David
Ed King
Orphaned at birth, a child grows into an internet magnate.
 
Hannah, Kristin
Home Front
Jolene Zarkades is called to war, leaving her husband and children behind.
 
Harris, Charlaine
Deadlocked
Sookie Stackhouse attempts to counter that old bloodsucker Felipe de Castro, Vampire King of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Nevada.
 
Book Cover for No One in the World
Harris, E. Lynn
No One in the World
A gay man must marry a woman in order to inherit his father's estate.
 
Higgins, Jack
A Devil is Waiting
Fanatic Muslim extremists are out to assassinate the President.
 
Hilderbrand, Elin
Silver Girl
A woman is left destitute due to the illegal business dealings of her husband. Perhaps a summer on Nantucket Island will help her recover.
 
Hoffman, Alice
The Dovekeepers
In 70 A.D. four Jewish women make their way to the mountain stronghold of Masada, for a last ditch battle against the Romans.
 
Horowitz, Anthony
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel
Holmes and Watson attempt to penetrate a web of deceit so vast that it threatens both sides of the Atlantic.
 
Ignatius, David
Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage
Someone is murdering CIA agents throughout the Middle East.
 
James, P.D.
Death Comes to Pemberley
The renowned author puts her own particular spin on the characters of Pride and Prejudice.
 
Jance, J.A.
Betrayal of Trust
A horrible crime committed against a teen, possibly by teens, gets the attention of Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont.
 
Jance, J.A.
Left for Dead
A deputy sheriff wounded along the Mexican border is suspected of being in league with a sinister drug cartel.
 
Jin, Ha
Nanjing Requiem
One woman tries to save the innocent during the 1937 Japanese rape of Nanjing.
 
Johansen, Iris
Bonnie
Eve Duncan comes ever closer to solving the mystery of her missing daughter.
 
Book Cover for Gun Games
Kellerman, Faye
Gun Games
A bunch of bored rich kids are up to no good, shootin' people and stuff.
 
Book Cover for Mystery: An Alex Delaware Novel
Kellerman, Jonathan
Mystery: An Alex Delaware Novel
In this 26th Alex Delaware novel, Alex investigates possibly the only crime left.
 
Book Cover for Victims
Kellerman, Jonathan
Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel
The ghastly grisly trail of a brutal maniac is a bit too much-even for LA.
 
Book Cover for The Moment
Kennedy, Douglas
The Moment
West Berlin during the Cold War provides the backdrop for this tale of love, intrigue, and espionage.
 
Book Cover for The Devil's Elixir
Khoury, Raymond
The Devil's Elixir
The search is on for a drug so powerful that it could alter civilization.
 
Book Cover for Pirate King
King, Laurie R.
Pirate King: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
A crew of actual pirates, hired as actors, attempt to commandeer a silent film production.
 
Book Cover for 11/22/63
King, Stephen
11/22/63
A time portal located in a diner moves Jack Epping, for better or worse, back in time.
 
Kinsella, Sophie
I've Got Your Number
Poppy Wyatt's life begins to unravel after she loses both her engagement ring and (gasp!) her phone.
 
Kleier, Michele
Hot Property
The doings of Manhattan's upper crust are sure to titillate the 99%.
 
Koontz, Dean
77 Shadow
A haunted house is turned into a luxury condo.
 
Krentz, Jayne Ann
Copper Beach
A book of alchemy causes trouble.
 
Book Cover for Northwest Angle
Krueger, William Kent
Northwest Angle
A young girl is found dead on the beach.
 
Book Cover for Defending Jacob
Landay, William
Defending Jacob
A district attorney's young son is charged with murder.
 
Book Cover for Until Thy Wrath Be Past
Larsson, Asa
Until Thy Wrath Be Past
The spring thaw reveals yet another dead body in the cold white of Sweden.
 
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 The Lantern
Lawrenson, Deborah
The Lantern
In this modern gothic tale, Dom takes Eve to stay at his haunted house in the South of France. Eve, whatever you do, don't open that door!
 
Book Cover for The Hunter
Lescroart, John
The Hunter
San Francisco PI Wyatt Hunt, adopted at birth, is asked to investigate the murder of his birth mother.
 
Lindsay, Jeff
Double Dexter
Much to his displeasure, Dexter—serial killer above all others—is being imitated.
 
Book Cover for Blood Trust
Lustbader, Eric
Blood Trust
The daughter of the former U.S. President strives to become the best F.B.I. agent ever. Unfortunately, she is implicated in murder.
 
Lustbader, Eric
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion
Jason Bourne must protect America's natural resources from terrorist attack.
 
Book Cover for The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
McCall Smith, Alexander
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
The assorted characters of Corduroy Mansions are more eccentric and hilarious than ever.
 
Book Cover for The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
McCall Smith, Alexander
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
The great skill of Isabel Dalhousie is put to the test by both family and friends.
 
McCall Smith, Alexander
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Together with the man of her dreams, Precious Ramotswe must right various wrongs.
 
Macomber, Debbie
1225 Christmas Tree Lane
Romance, puppies and a family reunion make for an interesting Christmas in Cedar Cove.
 
Maguire, Gregory
Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years
All is not well in the Land of Oz as the Emerald City plans to attack Munchkinland.
 
Michaels, Fern
Deadline
The Godmothers (Toots, Sophie, Ida and Mavis) take the case of a missing Hollywood starlet.
 
Mills, Kyle
Robert Ludlum's The Ares Decision
Some bad guys attempt to turn a parasite into a biological weapon.
 
Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Second Nature: A Love Story
Disfigured since childhood, a woman considers plastic surgery.
 
Book Cover for Mama Ruby
Monroe, Mary
Mama Ruby
Mama Ruby seeks to right a long-ago wrong.
 
Morgenstern, Erin
The Night Circus
A magical circus appears out of thin air.
 
Book Cover for The Eternal Engagement
Morrison, Mary B.
The Eternal Engagement
After proposing to Mona numerous times, William seems ready to try someone else.
 
Book Cover for All I Did Was Shoot My Man
Mosley, Walter
All I Did Was Shoot My Man
Larceny, love and murder plague the protagonist.
 
Book Cover for The Leopard
Nesbo, Jo
The Leopard
The results of Oslo Inspector Harry Hole's last case drove him to a Hong Kong opium den. This one's even worse.
 
Book Cover for The Odds: A Love Story
O'Nan, Stewart
The Odds: A Love Story
A down and out couple risk their last dollars on the roulette wheel.
 
Palmer, Michael
Oath of Office
Recent evidence from a deadly shooting spree leads straight to the White House.
 
Book Cover for Breakdown
Paretsky, Sara
Breakdown
A man not a vampire is found staked through the heart.
 
Book Cover for State of Wonder
Patchett, Ann
State of Wonder
A pair of pharmaceutical researchers in the Amazon must deal with the jungle as well as each other.
 
Book Cover for 11th Hour
Patterson, James
11th Hour
A collection of ill fated victims have literally lost their heads.
 
Patterson, James
The Christmas Wedding
A widow with four grown children makes an important announcement on Christmas day.
 
Patterson, James
Guilty Wives
After being arrested and accused of a most horrible crime, Abbie Elliot and her three best friends find their Monte Carlo dream vacation just ruined!!!
 
Patterson, James
Kill Alex Cross
The President's children are kidnapped as the water supply of the nation's capital is poisoned.
 
Patterson, James
Kill Me If You Can
An art student on a low budget finds a duffel bag full of diamonds at Grand Central Station.
 
Patterson, James
Now You See Her
A beautiful and successful attorney has a secret life. Well, it was secret.
 
Patterson, James
Private: #1 Suspect
The head of the world's most powerful detective agency is under suspicion of murder.
 
Patterson, James
Private Games
A killer finds the integrity of the modern Olympic Games lacking.
 
Book Cover for 
The Cut
Pelecanos, George
The Cut
A special investigator was doing fine, then he was hired by the mob.
 
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A Trick of the Light
Penny, Louise
A Trick of the Light
Suspicion of murder ruins an artist's solo exhibition at a renowned Montreal museum.
 
Book Cover for Lone Wolf
Picoult, Jodi
Lone Wolf
An expert on wolf packs has difficulty relating to his own family.
 
Book Cover for Sing You Home
Picoult, Jodi
Sing You Home
Gay marriage, frozen embryos, alcoholism, evangelicals, and lots of heartache.
 
Preston, Douglas
Cold Vengeance
Following his wife's murder, Inspector Pendergast is looking for revenge in all the wrong places.
 
Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child
Gideon's Corpse
In ten days a nuclear bomb will level an American city.
 
Reichs, Kathy
Flash and Bones
A corpse is found buried in the asphalt next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
 
Robards, Karen
Justice
Jessica Ford is the only witness to the murder of the First Lady. As part of the witness protection program she is put under guard of hunky agent Mark Ryan. Murder! What Murder?
 
Robards, Karen
Sleepwalker
A young policewoman inadvertently ends up being hunted by the mob.
 
Book Cover for Celebrity in Death
Robb, J.D
Celebrity in Death
One of the stars of a film based on the career of Eve Dallas is murdered.
 
Book Cover for New York to Dallas
Robb, J.D
New York to Dallas
The number one object of dread for Eve Dallas (and she has many) has just escaped from Riker's Island.
 
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Secret Obsession
Roby, Kimberla Lawson
Secret Obsession
Paige Donahue is fed up with living in her sister's shadow.
 
Sandford, John
Shock Wave
Welcome to PyeMart. Someone is bombing the superstore.
 
Sapphire
The Kid
In the sequel to Push, the son of Precious walks an equally hard road.
 
Savage, Michael
Abuse of Power
A terrorist cell threatens world peace.
 
Scottoline, Lisa
Save Me
A school cafeteria becomes an inferno after an explosion.
 
See, Lisa
Dreams of Joy
In the sequel to Shanghai Girls, the sisters Pearl and May get caught up in Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward.
 
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The Emperor of Lies
Sem-Sandberg, Steve
The Emperor of Lies
During the Second World War, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski's authority over the Jewish ghetto of Lodz, the second largest in Europe, smacks of collaboration.
 
Book Cover for Burnt Mountain
Siddons, Anne Rivers
Burnt Mountain
A good woman is played false by both her mother and husband.
 
Book Cover for Portrait of a Spy
Silva, Daniel
Portrait of a Spy
Gabriel Allon looks to destroy an American-born terrorist mastermind.
 
Sparks, Nicholas
The Best of Me
Two former high school sweethearts try and recapture the love they once knew.
 
Book Cover for Betrayal
Steel, Danielle
Betrayal
Someone very close to Hollywood legend Tallie Jones is stealing her money.
 
Book Cover for Happy Birthday
Steel, Danielle
Happy Birthday
Three dissimilar people share a similar birthday milestone.
 
Book Cover for Hotel Vendome
Steel, Danielle
Hotel Vendome
Anybody who is anybody, sooner or later, enters and exits the Hotel Vendome.
 
Sullivan, J. Courtney
Maine
The Kelleher women use a summer in Maine to sort out some familial-type problems.
 
Book Cover for Heat Wave
Thayer, Nancy
Heat Wave
A woman hopes to open a bread and breakfast, after her husband's sudden death leaves her in a financial bind.
 
T.I. (Rapper)
Power and Beauty: A Love Story of Life on the Streets
A young couple overcome their meager beginnings.
 
Toyne, Simon
Sanctus
A group of monks will do anything to protect the secrets of their sacred citadel.
 
Trigiani, Adriana
The Shoemaker's Wife
Historic saga of two Italian immigrants and their adventures in the new world.
 
Book Cover for Before I Go to Sleep
Watson, S.J.
Before I Go to Sleep
After a mysterious accident, a woman suffers profound memory loss.
 
Weiner, Jennifer
Then Came You
Follows four women who have very different views concerning parenting and family.
 
Woods, Stuart
D.C. Dead
Stone Barrington is called in by the President on a very special case.
 
Woods, Stuart
Son of Stone
Stone Barrington meets the son he never knew he had.
 
Woods, Stuart
Unnatural Acts
Stone Barrington gets entangled in a horrible case of murder.