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Bestsellers

Last Updated: May 18, 2012

1. 11TH HOUR

by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate a possible serial killer.

2. DEADLOCKED

by Charlaine Harris

The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates a murder that has more to do with her than she imagines.

3. BRING UP THE BODIES

by Hilary Mantel

In this sequel to “Wolf Hall,” Thomas Cromwell conspires against Anne Boleyn, whom Henry VIII has turned against so that he can marry Jane Seymour.

4. THE ROAD TO GRACE

by Richard Paul Evans

The continuing story of an ad executive who loses everything and embarks on a walk from Seattle to Key West; a sequel to “The Walk” and “Miles to Go.”

5. IN ONE PERSON

by John Irving

An aspiring writer struggles with his sexuality.

6. THE INNOCENT

by David Baldacci

A hitman who has become a target of the government rescues a teenage girl whose parents have been murdered and who may be at the center of a dangerous conspiracy.

7. CALICO JOE

by John Grisham

A pitcher beans a promising rookie, ending both their careers; years later, the pitcher’s son brings them together.

8. THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE

by Stephen King

A new entry in the Dark Tower epic western-fantasy series; this novel, King says, is “Dark Tower 4.5.”

9. HOME

by Toni Morrison

A bitter Korean War veteran returns to a segregated America and revisits his small Georgia hometown.

10. THE WITNESS

by Nora Roberts

A programmer hides from the Russian mob in the Ozarks.

11. THE SINS OF THE FATHER

by Jeffrey Archer

In the second volume of the Clifton Chronicles, Harry Clifton assumes the identity of a dead fellow sailor.

12. ROBERT B. PARKER'S LULLABY

by Ace Atkins

Spenser helps a girl investigate her mother’s murder; a continuation of the series by Parker, who died in 2010.

13. THE LOST YEARS

by Mary Higgins Clark

A biblical scholar who made an amazing discovery is murdered.

14. A DOG'S JOURNEY

by W Bruce Cameron

In a sequel to “A Dog’s Purpose,” Buddy the dog embraces a new destiny.

15. THE SHOEMAKER'S WIFE

by Adriana Trigiani

Childhood sweethearts in turn-of-the-20th-century Italy meet again in America.

16. THE FAMILY CORLEONE

by Ed Falco

A prequel to “The Godfather,” based on a screenplay by Mario Puzo.

17. GUILTY WIVES

by James Patterson and David Ellis

Four friends in Monte Carlo for a luxurious girls’ vacation find themselves in prison.

18. 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."

19. BETRAYAL

by Danielle Steel

A happy and successful Hollywood director discovers that someone is embezzling large sums of her money.

20. UNNATURAL ACTS

by Stuart Woods

The New York lawyer Stone Barrington becomes involved in the family problems of a billionaire hedge fund manager.