Hardcover Fiction
September 7, 2008
The Force Unleashed An apprentice to Darth Vader is dispatched to kill the last of his master’s enemies; a “Star Wars” novel.
Smoke Screen Scandalous deaths thwart the investigation of a fatal fire at the police headquarters in Charleston, S.C.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society After World War II, a journalist seeks out Guernsey residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.
The Bourne Sanction Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne pursues the leader of a Muslim terrorist group.
The Host In this first adult novel by the author of the Twilight series for teenagers, aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender; originally published in 2008.
Acheron Book 12 of the Dark-Hunter paranormal series.
The Secret Servant Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, uncovers a Russian arms sales plot.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s death.
Off Season A widow returns to her hometown in Maine.
The Lace Reader Secrets of a family of Salem women who foresee the future.
The Mercedes Coffin Decker and Lazarus investigate cases of murder victims found in Mercedes-Benz trunks.
Being Elizabeth A 25-year-old newly in control of her family’s corporate empire faces tough choices in business and in love.
The Gargoyle A hideously burned man is cared for by a sculptress who claims they were lovers seven centuries ago.
Foreign Body A medical student investigates a rising number of deaths among medical tourists at foreign hospitals.
Rough Justice Violence and intrigue await an American agent in Kosovo.
Hardcover Nonfiction
September 7, 2008
The Obama Nation The Democratic candidate as an extreme leftist, from the co-author of “Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry.”
Stori Telling The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.
Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea Humorous personal essays from the comedian.
The Limits of Power A retired Army colonel argues that Americans themselves are responsible for the country’s woes.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames The humorist’s latest essays.
The Case Against Barack Obama The Democratic candidate as a calculating extreme leftist.
The Way of the World How the Bush administration manipulated evidence about Iraq in its rush to war and other post-9/11 issues.
The Post-american World: Release 2.0 The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power.
Fleeced Americans are fleeced by government, business, labor unions and lobbyists.
Traffic Why we drive the way we do.
Night of the Gun A New York Times columnist and reporter recounts his past as a crack addict, and how he got his life back.
The Dark Side How the Bush administration embraced the practice of torture.
The Wrecking Crew The deliberate mismanagement of Republican rule.
Havana Nocturne Tales of the pre-Castro days when American gangsters, led by Meyer Lansky, controlled Cuba’s casinos, hotels and nightclubs, creating an exuberant night life.
Waiter Rant A waiter in an upscale New York City suburb dishes on customers’ outrageous behavior; first published anonymously in 2008.