Hardcover Fiction
August 2, 2009
Best Friends Forever Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when the popular one needs the mousy one’s help.
Swimsuit The former cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel.
Black Hills A South Dakota wildlife biologist and an ex-cop, childhood sweethearts, reunite to pursue a serial killer.
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks a celebrity chef’s killer.
The Help Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
Rain Gods A Texas sheriff investigates a mass murder of illegal aliens and tries to find the young Iraq war veteran who may have been involved — before the F.B.I. can.
The Doomsday Key Sigma Force operatives attempt to solve an ancient mystery that has deadly consequences.
The Devil’s Punchbowl The mayor of Natchez, Miss., pursues a killer who opposes his attempt to clean up riverboat gambling.
The Apostle Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, is asked to free an Al Qaeda mastermind from a Pakistani prison as part of a ransom deal.
Guardian of Lies The lawyer Paul Madriani unravels a mystery involving gold coins, the C.I.A., and a weapon forgotten since the Cuban missile crisis.
The Castaways A Nantucket couple drowns, raising questions and precipitating conflicts among their group of friends.
Dead and Gone Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
Shanghai Girls Two Chinese sisters in the 1930s are sold as wives to men from California.
Undone Dr. Sara Linton works with agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to stop a killer who tortures his victims.
Return to Sullivans Island A young woman returns to her family’s South Carolina island home.
Hardcover Nonfiction
August 2, 2009
Unmasked Michael Jackson’s final years.
Outliers Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.
Liberty and Tyranny A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
Catastrophe Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state.
The Accidental Billionaires How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook.
Horse Soldiers Special Forces soldiers fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after 9/11. The basis of the movie "12 Strong."
The End of Overeating How eating sugar, fat and salt affects our minds and bodies and encourages overindulgence.
Bobby and Jackie The connection between Bobby and Jackie Kennedy.
The Beckham Experiment David Beckham’s attempt to transform soccer into a popular sport in America.
Mommywood Humorous stories about Hollywood motherhood, from the author of “Stori Telling” and star of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.”
Tears in the Darkness The Bataan death march and its aftermath.
The Girls from Ames An enduring friendship among a group of Midwestern women.
Born to Run Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
Magnificent Desolation A first-person account of the first lunar landing and a description of personal challenges back on Earth, by the former astronaut.
The Evolution of God How Western religions have become more tolerant over time, creating a worldview that has room for both science and the divine.