Hardcover Fiction
August 16, 2009
The Girl Who Played with Fire In the second volume of the Millennium trilogy, the Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes a murder suspect.
The Defector When a Russian defector who once saved his life disappears, Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, attempts to rescue him.
Best Friends Forever Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when the popular one needs the mousy one’s help.
The Help Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
Swimsuit The former cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel.
Twenties Girl A young woman is haunted by the spirit of her great-aunt, who wants her to find a missing necklace.
Hot Pursuit Alyssa Locke, the team leader of the security agency Troubleshooters, Inc., is captured by a serial killer.
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.
Fire and Ice The Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont finds that his pursuit of a murderer leads him into the territory of Joanna Brady, an Arizona sheriff.
Dead and Gone Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
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.
The Devil’s Punchbowl The mayor of Natchez, Miss., pursues a killer who opposes his attempt to clean up riverboat gambling.
Shanghai Girls Two Chinese sisters in the 1930s are sold as wives to men from California.
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.
Hardcover Nonfiction
August 16, 2009
Culture of Corruption President Obama and his team as tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.
Liberty and Tyranny A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
Outliers Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.
Catastrophe Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state.
Unmasked Michael Jackson’s final years.
The End of Overeating How eating sugar, fat and salt affects our minds and bodies and encourages overindulgence.
The Wilderness Warrior Theodore Roosevelt's crusade for conservation. Originally published in 2009.
The Accidental Billionaires How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook.
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense The inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, from a former vice president of the firm.
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
Michael Jackson An updated version of a 1991 biography now covers Jackson’s last years and his death.
Bobby and Jackie The connection between Bobby and Jackie Kennedy.
Mommywood Humorous stories about Hollywood motherhood, from the author of “Stori Telling” and star of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.”
Horse Soldiers Special Forces soldiers fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after 9/11. The basis of the movie "12 Strong."
Born to Run Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.