NY TIMES BEST SELLERS

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers.

Fiction:
*1 CROSS FIRE, by James Patterson.
Alex Cross investigates a professional assassination in Washington, and gets a chilling call from his deadliest adversary.
*2 THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham.
A criminal wants to save an innocent man on death row, but he must convince the authorities he’s telling the truth.
*3 FULL DARK, NO STARS, by Stephen King.
Four long stories, light on the supernatural and dealing mostly with grisly human behavior.
*4 HELL'S CORNER, by David Baldacci.
Recalled to duty, Oliver Stone hunts for those responsible for a bomb detonated near the White House.
*5 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson.
The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
*6 CRESCENT DAWN, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler.
Dirk Pitt seeks a tie between a trove of ancient Roman artifacts and a series of mosque explosions.
*7 THE EMPEROR'S TOMB, by Steve Berry.
The former Justice Department operative Cotton ­Malone travels to China after a woman close to him is tortured for the return of a mysterious artifact.
*8 FALL OF GIANTS, by Ken Follett.
Five interrelated families from five countries are caught in the upheavals of World War I and the Russian Revolution.
*9 SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks.
The arrival of a mysterious young woman in a small North Carolina town raises questions about her past.
*10 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.
A young Southern white woman and two black maids.
*11 SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK, by David Sedaris.
The humorist looks at human nature through stories with animals as characters. 8 9
*12 AMERICAN ASSASSIN, by Vince Flynn.
In the wake of the Lockerbie bombing, Mitch Rapp takes on his first antiterrorist assignment.
*13 AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY, by Steve Martin.
A young, beautiful and ambitious woman ruthlessly ascends the heights of the Manhattan art world.

Nonfiction:
*1 DECISION POINTS, by George W. Bush.
The former president’s memoir discusses his Christianity; his drinking; his family relationships; and 9/11, Iraq and Katrina. (973.931 Bush)
*2 AMERICA BY HEART, by Sarah Palin.
The former vice-presidential candidate reflects on family, faith and patriotism.
(979.805 Palin)
*3 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by Mark Twain.
Twain is pointedly political and willing to play the angry prophet.
(B TWAIN)
* 4 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand.
An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
(B ZAMPERINI)
*5 LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox.
The Rolling Stones guitarist’s revealing autobiography is also a portrait of the era when rock ’n’ roll came of age. (B RICHARDS)
*6 EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others.
A visitor’s guide to the human race, presented by "The Daily Show." (818.602 Stewart)
*7 CLEOPATRA, by Stacy Schiff.
A biography of the last queen of ancient Egypt. (B CLEOPATRA)
*8 I REMEMBER NOTHING, by Nora Ephron.
Reflections on age and memory, from the author of “I Feel Bad About My Neck.”
(814 Eph)
*9 Sh*T MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern.
A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father. (818 Hal)
*10 PINHEADS AND PATRIOTS, by Bill O'Reilly.
The Fox News commentator scrutinizes the meaning of change in the era of Obama.
(973.932 O'reilly)
*11 THE LAST BOY, by Jane Leavy.
A biography of the Yankees star Mickey Mantle.
(B MANTLE)