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THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $26.99) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.
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HOLD TIGHT by Harlan Coben (Dutton, $26.95) The aftermath of a high school kid's suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb.
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THE MIRACLE OF SLEEPY MOTORS by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $22.95) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
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UNACCUSTOMED EARTH by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.
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WHERE ARE YOU NOW? by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster, $25.95) A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared.
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CERTAIN GIRLS by Jennifer Weiner (Atria, $26.95) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier.
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QUICKSAND by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's, $26.95) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.
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DEAD HEAT by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale, $24.99) With the world on the brink of war, terrorists plot to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought presidential election.
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THE APPEAL by John Grisham (Doubleday, $27.95) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.
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SANTA FE DEAD by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former wife.
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THE THIRD CIRCLE by Amanda Quick (Putnam, $24.95) In Victorian England, a crystal reader joins forces with a hypnotist to steal a mysterious stone (an Arcane Society novel).
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COMPULSION by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine, $27.) Several Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates.
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BELONG TO ME by Marisa de los Santos (Morrow, $24.95) When she moves to the suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed in complications and secrets.
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BULLS ISLAND by Dorothea Benton Frank (Morrow, $24.95) An investment banker returns to the South Carolina island home she had left 20 years before.
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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead, $25.95) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
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CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult (Atria, $26.95) A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.
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Hardcover Nonfiction
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ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian. |
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ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer (Broadway, $24.95) A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older man.
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HOME by Julie Andrews (Hyperion, $26.95) A memoir of Andrews' early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
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BEAUTIFUL BOY by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son's meth addiction.
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb (Howard, $21.95) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.
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LADIES OF LIBERTY by Cokie Roberts (Morrow, $26.95) The influential women of early America, from the ABC and NPR news analyst and the author of "Founding Mothers."
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THE REVOLUTION by Ron Paul (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate.
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BAD MONEY by Kevin Phillips (Viking, $25.95) How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington's ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.
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ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT by Kurt Vonnegut (Putnam, $24.95) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.
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THE SOLOIST by Steve Lopez (Putnam, $25.95) A columnist for The Los Angeles Times comes upon a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his life. |
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GIRLS LIKE US by Sheila Weller (Atria, $27.95) A portrait of a generation of women, seen through the lives, times, and music of Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon.
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THE TRILLION DOLLAR MELTDOWN by Charles R. Morris (PublicAffairs, $22.95) A clear explanation, from a lawyer and former banker, of how we got into the economic mess we are in and what is likely to happen next.
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IN DEFENSE OF FOOD by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, $21.95) A manifesto urges us to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
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BONK by Mary Roach (Norton, $24.95) An amusing look at the science of sexual physiology.
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BRETT FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE (Sports Illustrated, $27.95) Articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers quarterback.
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