Thursday, October 25, 2012

New E-books

Please click on one of the titles to reserve.

Accelerated  by Bronwen Hruska

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Ask Dr. Dig by Angela Murock Hussein, John Kovaleski
Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
Balance of Fragile Things by Olivia Chadha
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Bittersweet Rain by Sandra Brown
The Black Count by Tom Reiss
Breaking News by Fern Michaels
The Caller by Karin Fossum, K.E. Semmel
Carolina Moon by Jill McCorkle
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
The Charm School by Nelson DeMille
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain
Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
Cross by  James Patterson
Cross Country by James Patterson
Cross My Heart by Carly Phillips
The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets by Kathleen Alcott
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Double Cross by James Patterson
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Fat No More by Alberto Hidalgo-Robert
Fatality by Caroline B. Cooney
Ferris Beach by Jill McCorkle
Fodor's London 2013 Fodor's
Fodor's New York City 2013 Fodor's
Fodor's Paris 2013 Fodor's
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
The Forgiven by Lawrence Osborne
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Gideon's Gift by Karen Kingsbury
Going Away Shoes by Jill McCorkle
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Good Girls Revolt by Lynn Povich
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
Hostage by Elie Wiesel, Catherine Temerson
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza
In Between Days by Andrew Porter
Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie
July 7th by Jill McCorkle
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen
Lay the Favorite by Beth Raymer
The Life of Objects by Susanna Moore
Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Tomislav Torjanac
The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye
The Lincoln Conspiracy by Timothy L. O'Brien
The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
A Nation Worth Ranting About by Rick Mercer
The Oath by Jeffrey Toobin
On a Farther Shore by William Souder
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
The Paperboy by Pete Dexter
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
Phantom by Jo Nesbo
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
The Revenge of Geography by Robert D. Kaplan
Rumors: The McCaffertys by Lisa Jackson
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle
Serpent's Kiss by Melissa de la Cruz
Shadow Man by Jeffrey Fleishman
Sutton by J.R. Moehringer
Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham
Tending to Virginia by Jill McCorkle
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
A Wanted Man by Lee Child
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Witches of East End by Melissa De La Cruz

Saturday, October 20, 2012

NYT Bestsellers ( Nonfiction )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


1 KILLING KENNEDY, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer.
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden. 

3 AMERICA AGAIN, by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Tom Purcell et al.. The mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report” tells how to bring America back from the brink.

4 TOTAL RECALL, by Arnold Schwarzenegger with Peter Petre.
A memoir by the actor, a former body builder and California governor.

WAGING HEAVY PEACE, by Neil Young.
The rocker’s memoir ranges over his personal life and his music, including his days with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough.
The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence. 

8 MUGGED, by Ann Coulter.
The political commentator traces racial demagoguery from the 1970s to the present.

THE PRICE OF POLITICS, by Bob Woodward.
Inside the debt-ceiling negotiations of 2011 with the Washington Post journalist. 

10  INTO THE FIRE, by Dakota Meyer and Bing West.
A Medal of Honor winner’s firsthand account of a crucial battle in the Afghan war. 

11 JOSEPH ANTON, by Salman Rushdie.
The novelist’s life for nearly 10 years under the Ayatollah Khomeini’s death sentence for writing “The Satanic Verses.”
12 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand.
An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific. 

13 WILD, by Cheryl Strayed.
A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. 

NYT Bestsellers ( Fiction )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


THE CASUAL VACANCY, by J. K. Rowling.
The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town; a novel for adults by the creator of Harry Potter. 


2 MAD RIVER, by John Sandford.
Virgil Flowers joins the hunt for a teenage Bonnie and Clyde.

WINTER OF THE WORLD, by Ken Follett.
Members of five interrelated families from five countries grapple with the historical events of the years 1939-49. 

GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn.
A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
THE TIME KEEPER, by Mitch Albom.
A fable about the inventor of the world’s first clock from the author of “Tuesdays With Morrie.”
A WANTED MAN, by Lee Child.
A carload of people involved in a conspiracy pick up a disheveled hitchhiker, Child’s vigilante hero Jack Reacher.
7 LIVE BY NIGHT, by Dennis Lehane.
A South Boston punk becomes a Florida crime boss.
8 PHANTOM, by Jo Nesbø.
The Oslo detective Harry Hole returns after three years away to find the social fabric in tatters.
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER, by Junot Díaz.
Stories of love, loss and family history from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
10  TELEGRAPH AVENUE, by Michael Chabon.
Fathers and sons in Berkeley and Oakland, Calif. 

11 LOW PRESSURE, by Sandra Brown.
A woman makes disturbing discoveries — and acquires a stalker — when she writes a book about her sister’s murder. 

12 ZOO, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
A young biologist warns world leaders about the reasons for escalating animal attacks on cities. 

13 IN SUNLIGHT AND IN SHADOW, by Mark Helprin.
A nostalgic romance set in post-World War II New York. 

14 THE ROUND HOUSE, by Louise Erdrich.
On an Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota in 1988, a 13-year-old boy and his father try to discover who is responsible for his mother’s devastating rape.



Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Don’t-Miss New Fiction ( October 2012 )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following new books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


Science Fiction & Fantasy

Through You by Emily Hainsworth
Into the Woods by Kim Harrison
Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks

Short Stories
Astray by Emma Donoghue

Cozies
Postcards from the Dead by Laura Childs
What the Cat Saw by Carolyn Hart
A Small Hill to Die On by Elizabeth J. Duncan

Popular Fiction
Elementals by Francesca Lia Block
Peaches for Father Francis by Harris
Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
Goldberg Variations by Susan Isaacs
The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg
Forgotten by Catherine McKenzie
Accelerated by Bronwen Hruska
Finding Casey by Joanne Mapson
Shattered by Kia DuPree
Little Century by Anna Keesey

Literary Fiction
Cursing Mommy’s Book of Days by Ian Frazier
Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
Ancient Light by John Banville
Life Goes On by Hans Keilson
There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe
The Heart Broke In by James Meek
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Elephant Keepers’ Children by Peter Hoeg
Working Theory of Love by Scott Hutchins
Illuminations by Mary Sharratt
Familiar by Roger J. Lennon
Story of My Assassins by Tarun J. Tejpal
Black Flower by Young-ha Kim
Bathing Women by Tie Ning
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy

Historical Fiction
Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann
Illuminations by Mary Sharratt



Notable New Non-Fiction ( October 2012 )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following new books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


Memoir & Biography
Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? by Rhoda Janzen
Driving the Saudis by Jayne A. Larson
Comet’s Tale by Steven Wolf
The Dog Lived (and So Will I) by Teresa J. Rhyne
All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother’s Dementia by Alex Witchel
Coal to Diamonds by Beth Ditto
Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay by Paul Vitagliano
Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grand Master by Tim Crothers

Science & Health
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
Hubble’s Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images by Terence Dickenson

Religion
Bad Catholic’s Catechism by John Zmirak
Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe by Michael D. Gordin
Not Quite Nirvana: A Skeptic’s Journey to Mindfulness by Rachel Neumann
When Buddhists Attack: The Curious Relationship between Zen and the Martial Arts by Jeffrey K. Mann
Islam and the Arab Awakening by Tariq Ramadan
Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism: Spiritual and Ethical Affinities by Reza Shah Kazemi
My 52 Weeks of Worship: Lessons from a Global, Spiritual, Interfaith Journey by Ekpedeme “Pamay” M. Bassey

Business, Economics & Politics
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else by Chrystia Freelan
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges
Big Flatline: Oil and the No-Growth Economy by Jeff Rubin

Travel
Not for Tourists Guide to Brooklyn 2013
Classic Hikes of North America: 25 Breathtaking Treks in the United States and Canada by Peter Potterfield
Eat London by Peter Prescott
Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die by Chris Santella
Bike Tribes: A Field Guide to North American Cyclists by Mike Magnuson

Self-Help and Relationships
Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays by Bernadette C. Barton
Living Beautifully: With Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chodron

History
Leonardo and “The Last Supper” by Ross King
Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London by Nigel Jones
Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Mark Bowden
Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Artistic Duel that Defined the Renaissance by Jonathan Jones
The Liberator: One WWII Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw
Men in Eden: William Drummond Stewart and Same-Sex Desire in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade by William Benneman

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

NEW & NOTABLE

Fiction

This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz.
Enjoy this collection of short stories from the Pulitzer Prize winner.

One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper.
The author, who really “gets” men, pulls at emotions while making you laugh out loud.

The People of Forever are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu.
Three women are conscripted by the Israeli army and change in ways they didn’t anticipate.

My Last Empress by Da Chen.
The author reveals passion and obsession set against the upheavals of 19th-century imperial China.

Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers.
The novelist, a veteran of the Iraq war, tells about two soldiers trying to stay alive.

Non-Fiction
Sharp: A Memoir by David Fitzpatrick.
This is a memoir by a young man who began life with advantages and promise, but became so consumed by mental illness that he obsessively cut himself.

Monks: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh’s French Monastery Guided Me Home by Mary Paterson.
In response to a life crisis, the author seeks refuge in the monastery of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning monk.

Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country – and Why They Can’t Make Peace by Patrick Tyler.
This is an epic portrayal of Israel’s martial culture – which envelops every family.

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss.
The real man behind the fictional protagonist was the son of a slave in this lushly textured evocation of 18th-century France, with a window into the modern world’s first multi-racial society.

Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience by Laurence Gonzales.
This book acknowledges that, “In some cases survivors suffer more in the aftermath than they did during the actual crisis. In all cases, they have to work hard to reinvent themselves.”

Sunday, September 23, 2012

NYT Bestsellers ( Nonfiction )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


1 NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer.
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden. 

THE AMATEUR, by Edward Klein.
A journalist argues that President Obama is callow and unable to lead. 

OBAMA'S AMERICA, by Dinesh D'Souza.
An argument that President Obama is the architect of American decline.
4 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
MORTALITY, by Christopher Hitchens.
Reports and reflections on his illness and impending death by the writer, who died in December 2011. 

6 THE SECRET RACE, by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle.
An account of the world of professional cycling and its doping issues, focused on the Tour de France, by an Olympic gold medalist. 

UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand.
An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific. 

WILD, by Cheryl Strayed.
A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.
9 HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough.
The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence. 

10 PATERNO, by Joe Posnanski.
A biography of the late Penn State football coach. 

11  AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.
A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences.

12 DOUBLE CROSS, by Ben Macintyre.
How the Allies tricked the Nazis into believing that on D-Day they would attack somewhere other than Normandy. 

13 DEARIE, by Bob Spitz.
A biography of Julia Child, published to coincide with what would have been her 100th birthday. 

14 STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson.
A biography of the entrepreneur and Apple visionary, who died in October 2011. 





NYT Bestsellers ( Fiction )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


1 THE TIME KEEPER, by Mitch Albom.
A fable about the inventor of the world’s first clock, who returns to our world after centuries of banishment; from the author of “Tuesdays With Morrie.” 

2 ZOO, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
A young biologist warns world leaders about the reasons for escalating animal attacks on cities. 

GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn.
A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
4 THE TOMBS, by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry.
Sam and Remi Fargo, a husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team, search for the tomb of Attila the Hun. 

A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin.
After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire." 

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, by M. L. Stedman.
An Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to keep a baby who has washed ashore.

LAST TO DIE, by Tess Gerritsen.
The detective Jane Rizzoli and the medical examiner Maura Isles protect a boy whose family and foster family have all been murdered. 

NW, by Zadie Smith.
The lives of four characters cross in northwest London; from the author of “White Teeth.” 

9 GARMENT OF SHADOWS, by Laurie R. King.
Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, are caught up in colonial wars in Morocco in the 12th book in this series.

10  THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY, by Louise Penny.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigates a murder at a remote abbey.

11  THE INN AT ROSE HARBOR, by Debbie Macomber.
A young widow buys a bed-and-breakfast. 

12 BONES ARE FOREVER, by Kathy Reichs.
The forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan pursues a case involving infanticide, murder and corruption; the 15th novel in the series behind the show “Bones.” 

13 WHERE WE BELONG, by Emily Giffin.
A woman’s successful life is disrupted by the appearance of an 18-year-old girl with a link to her past. 

14 GONE, by Randy Wayne White.
Hannah Smith, a friend of White’s character Doc Ford, searches Florida for a missing girl and the con man who seduced her. 

15 TIGER'S CLAW, by Dale Brown.
A retired Air Force general pushes back against a Chinese threat. 

Saturday, September 15, 2012

New E-books

Please click on one of the titles to reserve.
Aerogrammes by Tania James
After Eli by Rebecca Rupp
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub
Berlin Game by Len Deighton
Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller
Black Seconds by Karin Fossum
Blindness by José Saramago
The Bold Frontier by John Jakes
The Bridesmaid by Beverly Lewis
California Gold by John Jakes
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray
Catching Fireflies by Sherryl Woods
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Charon's Claw by R.A. Salvatore
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Sonia Soto
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive  Ann Burns
Dearie by Bob Spitz
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum
Dorothy on the Rocks by Barbara Suter
Double Cross by Ben Macintyre
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Dream Team by Jack McCallum
Drowned by Therese Bohman
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte
The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories by Steve Almond
Exley by Brock Clarke
A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Fire in the Ashes by Jonathan Kozol
A Fool's Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery
The Forrests by Emily Perkins
The Frozen Rabbi by Steve Stern
Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King
Give Me Your Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
Hearts of Darkness by Kira Brady
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
Inside by Alix Ohlin
Intensity by Dean Koontz
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Last Victim by Karen Robards
Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis
Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney
Lunch at the Piccadilly by Clyde Edgerton
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Nemesis by Philip Roth
New England's Best Trips by Lonely Planet
New York City Encounter by Lonely Planet
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
An Outlaw's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
Phi by Giulio Tononi
The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Red Ink by David Wessel
Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Signs and Wonders by Alix Ohlin
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Sneaky Pie for President by Rita Mae Brown
The Stand by Stephen King
Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry
The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
True Believers by Kurt Andersen
The Undertow by Jo Baker
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks
We're Flying by Peter Stamm, Michael Hofmann
What Happened to Sophie Wilder by Christopher Beha
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
Where Azaleas Bloom by Sherryl Woods
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
The Wives by Alexandra Popoff
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson
Zoobiquity by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Don’t-Miss New Fiction ( September 2012 )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following new books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


Science Fiction & Fantasy
Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma
Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

Short Stories
This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz

Cozies
Hiss and Hers by M.C. Beaton

Popular Fiction
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
Those We Love Most by Lee Woodruff
Hemingway’s Girl by Erika Robuck
Memory Thief by Emily Colin
You Changed My Life by Abdel Sellou
Heaven Should Fall by Rebecca Coleman

Literary Fiction
NW by Smith Zadie
Forgiven by Lawrence Osborne
The Forgetting Tree by Tatjana Soli
Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
A Bit of Difference by Sefi Atta
The People of Forever are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
Fobbit by David Abrams
John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfolk
100-Year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Seven Houses In France by Bernardo Atxaga
Sutton by J.R. Moehringer

Historical Fiction
Winter of the World by Ken Follett
Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Secret Book of Frida Kahlo by F.G. Haghenbeck
City of Women by David Gillham
Unfaithful Queen by Carolly Erickson
In Sunlight and In Shadow by Mark Helprin
My Last Empress by Da Chen
Wilderness by Lance Weller

Notable New Non-Fiction ( September 2012 )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following new books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.
Memoir & Biography
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan
Joseph Anton: A Memoir by Salman Rushdie
Sharp: A Memoir by David Fitzpatrick
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
Monks: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh’s French Monastery Guided Me Home by Mary Paterson
Diary of a D.A. by Herbert J. Stern

Science & Health
Angry Birds: 50 True Stories by Mel White
Concussions and Our Kids: America’s Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe by Robert Cantu
Nutrient Power: Heal Your Biochemistry by William J. Walsh
How Music Works by David Byrne

Business, Economics & Politics
End of Men: And the Rise of Women by Hannah Rosin
Fire in the Ashes by Jonathan Kozol
Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country – and Why They Can’t Make Peace by Patrick Tyler
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines – and Future by Karen Elliot House
Rape: Weapon of War and Genocide ed. by Carol Rittner

Parenting
Weelicious: 140 Fast, Fresh, and Easy Recipes by Catherine McCord

Self-Help and Relationships
What Makes Love Last? How To Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal by John Gottman
Don’t Roll Your Eyes by Ruth Nemzoff
Surviving Survival: the Art and Science of Resilience by Laurence Gonzales

Education
How Children Succeed: Rethinking Character and Intelligence by Paul Tough
I’d Like To Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza

History
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
Upstairs and Downstairs: The Illustrated Guide to the Real World of Downton Abbey by Sarah Warwick
Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secret Behind Big Coal by Peter A. Galuszka
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 by James McPherson