F I C T I O N

1. ★Unaccustomed EarthJhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25

2. The AppealJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95

3. Lush LifeRichard Price, FSG, $26

4. A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $25.95

5. Change of HeartJodi Picoult, Atria, $26.95

6. Our Story BeginsTobias Wolff, Knopf, $26.95

7. People of the BookGeraldine Brooks, Viking, $25.95

8. ★ The Ten-Year NapMeg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $24.95

9. ★ Small FavorJim Butcher, Roc, $23.95

10. ★ Winter StudyNevada Barr, Putnam, $24.95

11. Red BirdMary Oliver, Beacon, $23

12. World Without EndKen Follett, Dutton, $35

13. CompulsionJonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $27

14. Remember Me?Sophie Kinsella, Dial, $25

15. ★ SepulchreKate Mosse, Putnam, $25.95

23. The FinderColin Harrison, FSG, $25

An excellent noir thriller, set in New York City, by the author of The Havana Room.

M a y We R e c o m m e n d

The Disagreement, by Nick Taylor (Simon & Schuster, $24.95) “This intriguing look at the Civil War from a fresh perspective is a fine historical novel and a very good read.”—Donna Plante, Bookin’ It, Little Falls, MN

N O N F I C T I O N

1. ★Armageddon in RetrospectKurt Vonnegut, Jr., Putnam, $24.95

2. In Defense of FoodMichael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95

3. ★Home: A Memoir of My Early YearsJulie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95

4. The SecretRhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95

5. ★ The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American CenturySteve Coll, Penguin Press, $35

6. Beautiful BoyDavid Sheff, Houghton Mifflin, $24

7. ★ Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and SexMary Roach, Norton, $24.95

8. The Open RoadPico Iyer, Knopf, $24

9. The Age of American UnreasonSusan Jacoby, Pantheon, $26

10. The Dangerous Book for BoysConn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95

11. The Third JesusDeepak Chopra, Harmony, $24

12. ★ The Sum of Our Days: A MemoirIsabel Allende, Harper, $26.95

13. The Daring Book for GirlsAndrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $24.95

14. Animal, Vegetable, MiracleBarbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper, $26.95

15. I Am America (and So Can You!)Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $26.99

17. Maps and LegendsMichael Chabon, McSweeney’s, $24

The first book of nonfiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

M a y We R e c o m m e n d

From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island, by Lorna Goodison (Amistad, $24.95) “In this memoir, Lorna Goodison tells stories as if she comes from a long line of storytellers. And what a pleasure it is to be carried off to Jamaica to hear about her mother’s life on the Harvey River and in Kingston.”—Julie Leonard, Troubadour Books, Boulder, CO

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F I C T I O N

1. Water for ElephantsSara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95

2. The GatheringAnne Enright, Black Cat, $14

3. The Friday Night Knitting ClubKate Jacobs, Berkley, $14

4. The RoadCormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95

5. Nineteen MinutesJodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15

6. The Other Boleyn GirlPhilippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16

7. The Good Husband of Zebra DriveAlexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95

8. The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15

9. Suite FrancaiseIrene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95

10. Peony in LoveLisa See, Random House, $14

11. No Country for Old MenCormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14

12. Then We Came to the EndJoshua Ferris, Back Bay, $13.99

13. AtonementIan McEwan, Anchor, $14.95

14. What Is the WhatDave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95

15. The Pillars of the EarthKen Follet, NAL, $24.95

21. The Gravedigger’s DaughterJoyce Carol Oates, Harper Perennial, $15.95

Three generations and the effects of Nazi Germany. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.

M A S S M A R K E T

1. Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child, Dell, $7.99

2. Simple Genius David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99

3. ★ The Woods Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99

4. The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99

5. What the Dead Know Laura Lippman, Harper, $7.99

6. I Heard That Song Before Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99

7. The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory, Pocket Star, $7.99

8. High Profile Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $9.99

9. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $6.99

10. The Innocent Man John Grisham, Dell, $7.99

N O N F I C T I O N

1. A New EarthEckhart Tolle, Plume, $14

2. Three Cups of TeaGreg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15

3. Eat, Pray, LoveElizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15

4. Dreams From My FatherBarack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95

5. The Audacity of HopeBarack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95

6. The Power of NowEckhart Tolle, New World, $14

7. The Omnivore’s DilemmaMichael Pollan, Penguin, $16

8. Marley & MeJohn Grogan, Harper, $13.95

9. Into the WildJon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95

10 ★ InfidelAyaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15

11. The Glass CastleJeannette Walls, Scribner, $15

12. John AdamsDavid McCullough, S&S, $20

13. Skinny BitchRory Freedman, Kim Barnouin, Running Press, $13.95

14. This Is Your Brain on MusicDaniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15

15. Grace (Eventually)Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14

M a y We R e c o m m e n d

1,000 Ways to Be a Slightly Better Woman, by Pamela Redmond Satran (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, $12.95) “This will make a fun gift for the women in your life—especially if that woman is you. If you think that basically you’re OK but you’re open, as the author says to ‘a little tweaking,’ this book contains just enough inspiration to encourage without overwhelming you. It’s just right.”—Keri Holmes, The Kaleidoscope: Our Focus Is You, Hampton, IA

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Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99

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useumJane O

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e period in this absolutely riveting book. Flora, a Pazzi daughter, tells the story of how

power, corruption, art, and desire left her fam

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