Hardcover Fiction
October 11, 2009
The Lost Symbol The Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon among the Masons.
An Echo in the Bone Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling wife, Claire, encounter pirates on the high seas; the seventh Outlander novel.
The Last Song A 17-year-old girl spends the summer with her divorced father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
The Help Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
Hothouse Orchid A C.I.A. special agent finds that much has changed, and not for the better, when she returns to her Florida hometown.
South of Broad An unlikely group’s friendship from the ’60s to the ’80s, by the author of "The Prince of Tides."
Alex Cross’s ‘trial’ The detective Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle, who fought the Klan.
The Year of the Flood In a violent future society, survivors of a catastrophic pandemic make their way.
Hardball Searching for an old woman’s missing son, V. I. Warshawski, the Chicago private investigator, is plunged into the politics of the 1960s.
Spartan Gold Husband-and-wife treasure hunters search for bottles of wine from Napoleon’s “lost cellar.”
A Change in Altitude A young woman’s life is transformed by a mountain-climbing accident in Kenya.
Dead and Gone Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
The Lost Art of Gratitude Edinburgh’s Isabel Dalhousie in the sixth Sunday Philosophy Club novel.
The Girl Who Played with Fire In the second volume of the Millennium trilogy, the Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes a murder suspect.
Mama Dearest A woman tries to derail her daughter’s entertainment career.
Hardcover Nonfiction
October 11, 2009
Arguing with Idiots Making the case against big government.
True Compass The late senator’s autobiography.
High on Arrival The actress and daughter of Papa John Phillips recalls a life of parties, drugs and a complicated relationship with her father.
American on Purpose The Scottish-born comedian describes his journey to late-night television stardom and American citizenship.
The Greatest Show on Earth Evidence for evolution; a counterattack on advocates of intelligent design.
Where Men Win Glory The story of Pat Tillman, the N.F.L. player who enlisted after 9/11, and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Official Book Club Selection A humorous memoir from the star of “My Life on the D-List.”
Outliers Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.
Culture of Corruption President Obama and his team as tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.
The Case for God Armstrong, a former nun, seeks to rescue the idea of God from atheists and literal-minded believers alike.
Liberty and Tyranny A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
In the President’s Secret Service Agents and the presidents they protect.
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
Born to Run Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.
End the Fed Abolishing the Federal Reserve, by the Texas congressman and presidential candidate.