Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)
2. “Angels Fall,” by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
3. “The Secret,” by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H)
4. “Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports,” by James Patterson (Little, Brown Young Readers) (F-H)
5. “The Good Guy,” by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-H)
6. “Beach Road,” by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge (Warner Books) (F-P)
7. “The Assault on Reason,” by Al Gore (The Penguin Press HC) (NF-H)
8. “The Man from Stone Creek,” by Linda Lael Miller (HQN Books) (F-P)
9. “Sleeping with Fear,” by Kay Hooper (Bantam) (F-P)
10. “The Dangerous Book for Boys,” by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins) (NF-H)
11. “The Reagan Diaries,” by Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
12. “The 6th Target,” by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little Brown and Company) (F-H)
13. “The MacGregors: Robert 7/8Cybil,” by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)
14. “The Overlook,” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) (F-H)
15. “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
16. “The Husband,” by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-P)
17. “Black Order,” by James Rollins (Harper) (F-P)
18. “For One More Day,” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-P)
19. “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss (Random House Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
20. “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
21. “Coming Out” by Danielle Steel (Dell) (F-P)
22. “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
23. “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
24. “Abandon” by Carla Neggers (Mira) (F-P)
25. “Invisible Prey” by John Sandford (Putnam)(F-H)
26. “God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve) (NF-H)
27. “Desperate Duchesses,” by Eloisa James (Avon) (F-P)
28. “Last Look,” by Mariah Stewart (Ballantine Books) (F-P)
29. “Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force),” by Karen Traviss (Del Rey) (F-H)
30. “The Road,” by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) (F-P)
31. “Summer Pleasures,” by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)
32. “The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme),” by Jeffery Deaver (Pocket Star) (F-P)
33. “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
34. “Hannibal Rising,” by Thomas Harris (Dell) (F-P)
35. “The Children of Hurin,” by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) (F-H)
36. “The 5th Horseman,” by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Warner Books) (F-P)
37. “Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits,” by T.D. Jakes (Atria) (NF-H)
38. “Blink,” by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books) (NF-P)
39. “The Glass Castle: A Memoir,” by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) (NF-P)
40. “Sins of a Duke,” by Suzanne Enoch (Avon) (F-P)
41. “Bad Luck and Trouble,” by Lee Child (Delacorte) (F-H)
42. “Simple Genius,” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
43. “Beware a Scot’s Revenge (School for Heiresses),” by Sabrina Jeffries (Pocket) (F-P)
44. “90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life,” by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)
45. “Suite Francaise,” by Irene Nemirovsky (Vintage) (F-P)
46. “Two Little Girls in Blue,” by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)(F-P)
47. “Baby Proof,” by Emily Giffin (St. Martin’s Griffin) (F-P)
48. “Phantom,” by Terry Goodkind (Tor Fantasy) (F-P)
49. “Lawman,” by Diana Palmer (HQN Books) (F-H)
50. “Susannah’s Garden,” by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
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