The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers for this week.
Fiction:
*1 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson.
The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
*2 THE POSTCARD KILLERS, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund.
An N.Y.P.D. detective joins a Swedish reporter in a search for the killer of young couples in Europe, including his daughter and her boyfriend.
*3 SPIDER BONES, by Kathy Reichs.
Temperance Brennan investigates the case of a man who seems to have died twice.
*4 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.
A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
*5 BEARERS OF THE BLACK STAFF (LEGENDS OF SHANNARA), by Terry Brooks.
The denizens of a valley are left vulnerable when their protective layer of magic disappears.
*6 STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen.
A paparazzo attempting to kidnap a drug-addled pop star grabs her stunt double by mistake.
*7 TOUGH CUSTOMER, by Sandra Brown.
A private investigator pursues a deranged killer.
*8 THE RED QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory.
More intrigue during the War of the Roses; by the author of “The Other Boleyn Girl.”
*9 THE COBRA, by Frederick Forsyth.
A former C.I.A. operative is unleashed on the cocaine industry.
*10 THREE STATIONS, by Martin Cruz Smith.
Inspector Arkady Renko faces corrupt Russian capitalists and bureaucrats.
*11 I’D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE, by Laura Lippman.
A man who kidnapped a 15-year-old girl contacts her from death row years later.
12* THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR, by Daniel Silva.
The art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon discovers that there are deadly secrets behind a stolen painting.
*13 LAST NIGHT AT CHATEAU MARMONT, by Lauren Weisberger.
A woman is challenged when her musician husband suddenly becomes a star.
*14 JULIET, by Anne Fortier.
A woman digging into her Italian roots is surprised by what she learns.
*15 THE VIGILANTES, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.
Members of the Philadelphia Police Department are plagued by vigilante groups.
*16 CROSSFIRE, by Dick Francis and Felix Francis
Nonfiction:
*1 SH*T MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. ( 818 Hal )
A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.
*2 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. ( 302 Gla )
Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunity — from the author of “Blink.”
*3 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot.
( B LACKS )
Race, poverty and science intertwine in the story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951 and have supported a mountain of research undertaken since then.
*4 EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne. ( B PARKER )
The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
*5 THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. ( 330.973 Lewis )
The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
*6 LET'S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME, by Gail Caldwell. ( 070.92 Caldwell )
A tribute to a deep friendship between two women.
*7 COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert. ( 306.81 Gilbert )
The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” wrestles with, and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage.
*8 CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. ( 814 Han )
More humorous personal essays.
*9 PACKING FOR MARS, by Mary Roach. ( 571.091 Roach )
A humorous investigation of life without gravity in the space program, by the author of “Stiff” and “Bonk.”
*10 MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain. ( B BOURDAIN )
The author of "Kitchen Confidential" looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures during the past 10 years.
Fall Selections at Orangeburg Library
