Hardcover Fiction
Dead Reckoning, Charlaine Harris
Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly
Midnight and the Meaning of Love, Sister Souljah
Tigers Wife, Tea Obreht
Sixkill, Robert Parker
Pale King, David Foster Wallace
Troubled Man, Henning Mankell
Lesson in Secrets, Jacqueline Winspear
Caleb’s Crossing, Geraldine Brooks
Nocturne, Syrie James
Hardcover Non-Fiction
Bossypants, Tina Fey
Singular Woman, Janny Scott
If You Ask Me, Betty White
Good Stuff, Jennifer Grant
Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
Jane Austen Education, William Deresiewicz
Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You, Steven Tyler
She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy
Celebrating with Julienne, Susan Campoy
Paperback Fiction
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Visit From The Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Helen of Pasadena, Lian Dolan
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok
Last Time I Saw Paris, Lynn Sheene
Our Kind Of Traitor, John Le Carre
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson
Midnight, Sister Souljah
Paperback Non-Fiction
Tattoos on the Heart, Gregory Boyle
Zagat Los Angeles 2011, Zagat Survey
King’s Speech, Mark Logue
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
William and Kate Paper Dolls, Tom Tierney
Life, Keith Richards
Medium Raw, Anthony Bourdain
Born to Run, Chris McDougall
Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo
Last Stand, Nathaniel Philbrick
Children’s Sales
Throne of Fire, Rick Riordan
Troubletwisters, Garth Nix
Illusions, Aprilynne Pike
Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
Good Night Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Louis Sachar
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
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The Hunger Games is childrens author Suzanne Collins first foray into the gritty world of science fiction. It is a constant source of emotional conflict that manages to never descend into the kind of melodramatic angst that plagues so much young adult fiction.