Hardcover Fiction
September 13, 2009
Alex Cross’s ‘trial’ The detective Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle, who fought the Klan.
South of Broad An unlikely group’s friendship from the ’60s to the ’80s, by the author of "The Prince of Tides."
The Help Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
206 Bones Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling an autopsy.
The White Queen Palace intrigue during the War of the Roses, by the author of "The Other Boleyn Girl."
The Girl Who Played with Fire In the second volume of the Millennium trilogy, the Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes a murder suspect.
That Old Cape Magic A long-married couple wrestle with dissatisfactions during a Cape Cod weekend, by the author of “Empire Falls.”
The Eleventh Victim A prosecutor turned therapist is drawn back to crime-fighting when her clients start getting murdered one by one.
Even Money A bookmaker learns that his father, whom he had believed was long dead, was the chief suspect in the murder of his mother.
Dead and Gone Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
Smash Cut A publicity-seeking lawyer tries to get to the bottom of who murdered a wealthy executive.
Dreamfever MacKlaya finds herself under the erotic spell of a Fae master.
The Sword of the Lady Adventures in a postapocalypse America.
Abyss In a "Star Wars" book, Luke Skywalker goes to the Mind Walkers'' world to try to redeem the Jedi.
Best Friends Forever Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when the popular one needs the mousy one’s help.
Hardcover Nonfiction
September 13, 2009
Culture of Corruption President Obama and his team as tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.
Outliers Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.
In the President’s Secret Service Agents and the presidents they protect.
Born to Run Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
The Healing of America How other industrialized democracies provide health care for all at a reasonable cost.
A Big Little Life The novelist adopts a dog.
Catastrophe Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state.
Liberty and Tyranny A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
Zeitoun The travails of a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina.
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe A biography emphasizes Monroe’s relationships with her family and with the Kennedys.
Strength in What Remains A medical student survives civil war and genocide in Burundi, and flourishes in the United States.
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.
Homer's Odyssey A woman adopts a sightless cat.
Born Round A memoir by the former Times restaurant critic focuses on his struggles with his weight and body image.