Hardcover Fiction
January 16, 2011
What the Night Knows Someone is murdering entire families — recreating in detail a crime spree that took place two decades earlier — and a homicide detective is certain that his own family will be targets.
Dead or Alive The covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. and his black-ops team face their greatest foe: a sadistic terrorist known as the Emir.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest In the last volume of the Millennium trilogy, Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are threatened by an adversary from deep within the government.
The Outlaws Charley Castillo investigates a deadly biohazard that he thought had been destroyed.
The Confession A man who committed a despicable crime but allowed another to be sent to death row in his place now wants to admit his guilt, but must convince the authorities he's telling the truth.
Cross Fire Tracking the murderer of a relative, Alex Cross discovers a wild Washington scene with explosive secrets.
Port Mortuary In the 18th Kay Scarpetta novel, the forensic pathologist masters a sophisticated new autopsy technology at an Air Force base; meanwhile, a young man’s mysterious death causes trouble at her new forensic center in Cambridge, Mass.
Secrets to the Grave The cast of “Deeper Than the Dead” become involved in a new case of violence that disturbs their community.
In Too Deep The psychic detective Fallon Jones hires an assistant with secrets.
Freedom A family of Midwestern liberals during the Bush years.
The Help Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
Full Dark, No Stars Grisly human behavior and its consequences drive this collection of stories.
Hell's Corner The former assassin John Carr, a k a Oliver Stone, teams with an MI-6 agent to search for the perpetrators of a terrorist attack against the British prime minister.
Dead Zero The veteran sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger tries to uncover the truth about a rogue Marine Corps gunnery sergeant.
Fall of Giants Five interrelated families from five countries are caught in the upheavals of World War I and the Russian Revolution.
Hardcover Nonfiction
January 16, 2011
Unbroken An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. Read by Edward Herrmann. 13 hours, 56 minutes unabridged.
Decision Points The former president discusses his decisions on 9/11, Iraq and Katrina.
Life The Rolling Stones guitarist's revealing autobiography is also a portrait of the era when rock came of age.
Cleopatra Reimagining the Egyptian queen.
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet.
Earth (the Book) A visitor’s guide to the human race, presented by "The Daily Show."
Decoded The hip-hop star leads a narrative journey through his lyrics and his life.
Broke The Fox News host’s plan for fixing the country’s financial woes.
I Remember Nothing Reflections on age and memory, from the author of “I Feel Bad About My Neck.”
_____ My Dad Says A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author's father. Originally published in 2010.
Washington A biography of the first president.
____ Finish First A tale of bad decisions, debauchery and reckless sex.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The story of a woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.
The Last Boy A biography of the Yankees star Mickey Mantle.
America by Heart The former vice-presidential candidate reflects on family, faith and patriotism.