Hardcover Fiction
October 14, 2012
The Casual Vacancy The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town; the author’s first novel for adults.
Winter of the World Five interrelated families — American, German, Russian, English and Welsh — grapple with the historical events of the years 1939-49; Book 2 of the Century Trilogy.
Gone Girl A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
A Wanted Man A carload of people involved in a conspiracy pick up a disheveled hitchhiker, Child's vigilante hero Jack Reacher.
The Time Keeper Banished for centuries, the inventor of the world’s first clock tries to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.
This is How You Lose Her Stories of love, loss and family history from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
Low Pressure Using a pseudonym, Bellamy Lyston writes a best-selling novel based on her sister's murder. But when Bellamy's identity is exposed, she becomes the target of an unnamed assailant.
Zoo After witnessing a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, a young biologist races to warn world leaders about the reasons for escalating animal attacks on cities.
Telegraph Avenue In the summer of 2004, the longtime friends and owners of a struggling vinyl-record shop in Northern California are faced with the prospect of a megastore opening nearby.
Rapture With a battle looming between angels and demons, the reporter Mels Carmichael struggles to help a mysterious stranger recover his lost memories.
Founders After society collapses, America’s fate is in the hands of the few who are qualified to return it to the state the founders intended.
Delusion in Death Lt. Eve Dallas tries to sort out the inexplicable events at a bar where, after 12 minutes of chaos, more than 80 people lay dead; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
Severe Clear Stone Barrington travels to Bel-Air for the opening of a luxury hotel that, according to the N.S.A., may have attracted the attention of terrorists.
A Dance with Dragons After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats.
The Tombs Sam and Remi Fargo, a husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team, search for the tomb of Attila the Hun.
Hardcover Nonfiction
October 14, 2012
No Easy Day An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden.
Waging Heavy Peace The rocker's off-the-wall memoir.
Joseph Anton The novelist’s life under the Ayatollah Khomeini’s death sentence for writing “The Satanic Verses.”
The Price of Politics Inside the debt-ceiling negotiations of 2011 with the Washington Post journalist.
How Children Succeed The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence.
Mugged The political commentator traces racial demagoguery from the 1970s to the present.
One Last Strike The former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals describes the team’s remarkable 2011 World Series title.
Killing Lincoln The television host recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Into the Fire A Medal of Honor winner’s firsthand account of a crucial battle in the Afghan war.
Listening in The secret White House recordings of John F. Kennedy; includes a two- and-a-half-hour audio CD.
Oath The ideological battles between President Obama and the Supreme Court.
Mortality Reports and reflections on his illness and impending death by the writer, who died in December 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.
Wild An account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. Originally published in 2012 and a 2014 movie.