Wednesday 22 June 2011

LATEST BOOKS 2011

THE LIST OF BOOKS

2011

Latest

19/06/11



  • 1 * THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.



  • 2 # HIT LIST, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Penguin Group.) The Mother of All Darkness stalks the vampire hunter Anita Blake, who is pursuing a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.



  • 3 * WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin.) After his parents are killed in a car accident, a young veterinary student — and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus.



  • 4 # STATE OF WONDER, by Ann Patchett. (HarperCollins.) In the Amazon basin, a medical researcher searches for her former mentor, a despotic scientist who is developing a miracle fertility drug.



  • 5 # THE KINGDOM, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. (Penguin Group.) Husband-and-wife treasure hunters travel to Asia in an adventure involving missing persons, black-market fossils and the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Mustang.



  • 6 * BURIED PREY, by John Sandford. (Penguin Group.) The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport investigates the murders of two girls who were kidnapped in 1985.



  • 7 * 10TH ANNIVERSARY, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club race to find a missing baby.



  • 8 * A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin. (Random House.) In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering.



  • 9 * SOMETHING BORROWED, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin's.) A maid of honor to her charmed friend, Rachel White has always played by the rules. But that changes on her 30th birthday.



  • 11 # THE WINTER SEA, by Susanna Kearsley. (Sourcebooks.) A novelist writing about James Stuart’s claim to the throne wonders if she is being inspired by ancestral memory.



  • 12 * ROOM, by Emma Donoghue. (Little, Brown.) The entire world of the 5-year-old boy who narrates this novel is the 11-by-11-foot room in which his mother is being held prisoner.




  • 14 * DEAD RECKONING, by Charlaine Harris. (Penguin Group.) The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse seeks the culprit in a firebombing.



  • 15 * THE SIXTH MAN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central.) The lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered, and two former Secret Service agents are on the case.



  • 16 * SOMETHING BLUE, by Emily Giffin (St. Martin’s)



  • 17 * A CLASH OF KINGS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House)



  • 18 * THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday)



  • 19 * THE JEFFERSON KEY, by Steve Berry (Random House)



  • 20 * DREAMS OF JOY, by Lisa See (Random House)



  • 21 * THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday)



  • 22 # ROBOPOCALYPSE, by Daniel H. Wilson (Knopf Doubleday)



  • 23 * JUST LIKE HEAVEN, by Julia Quinn (HarperCollins)



  • 24 * THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain (Random House)



  • 26 * BEACH LANE, by Sherryl Woods (Mira)



  • 27 * CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf Doubleday)



  • 28 # MIRANDA'S BIG MISTAKE, by Jill Mansell (Sourcebooks)



  • 29 * A STORM OF SWORDS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House)



  • 30 # WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Grand Central)



  • 31 * THE FIFTH WITNESS, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)



  • 32 * THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday)



  • 33 * LAIRD OF THE MIST, by Paula Quinn (Grand Central)



  • 34 # WICKED LIES, by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush (Kensington)



  • 35 * A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD, by Jennifer Egan (Knopf Doubleday)











  • MAY 2011







    • 1 * WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin.) After his parents die in a car accident, a young veterinary student — and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus.
    • 2 # BURIED PREY, by John Sandford. (Penguin Group.) The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport investigates the murders of two girls who were kidnapped in 1985 and whose bodies have just been found.
    • 3 * DEAD RECKONING, by Charlaine Harris. (Penguin Group.) The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse seeks the culprit in a firebombing.
    • 4 * 10TH ANNIVERSARY, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club race to find a missing baby.
    • 5 * SOMETHING BORROWED, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin's.) A maid of honor to her charmed friend, Rachel White has always played by the rules. But that changes on her 30th birthday.
    • 6 * THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
    • 7 * THE SIXTH MAN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central.) The lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered, and two former Secret Service agents are on the case.
    • 8 * THE LINCOLN LAWYER, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown.) Routinely doing business from his Lincoln Town Cars, the bottom-feeding attorney Mickey Haller is asked to defend the scion of a wealthy family who might not be guilty of a murderous crime.
    • 9 * A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin. (Random House.) In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering.
    • 10 * SOMETHING BLUE, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin’s.) After being betrayed by her fiancé and her best friend, Darcy Rhone flees to London.
    • 11 * THE FIFTH WITNESS, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown.) The defense lawyer Mickey Haller represents a woman facing home foreclosure who is accused of killing a banker.
    • 12 * THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf Doubleday.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
    • 13 * THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain. (Random House.) Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, narrates this novel set in Paris.
    • 14 * A TURN IN THE ROAD, by Debbie Macomber. (Harlequin.) A middle-aged woman takes a cross-country road trip with her daughter and former mother-in-law.
    • 15 * A CLASH OF KINGS, by George R. R. Martin. (Random House.) From the citadel of Dragonstone to the shores of Winterfell, factions vie for control of a divided land: Book 2 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”
    • 16 * SIXKILL, by Robert B. Parker (Penguin Group)
    • 17 # THE SNOWMAN, by Jo Nesbo (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 18 * CHASING FIRE, by Nora Roberts (Penguin Group)
    • 19 * THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts (Penguin Group)
    • 20 * CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 21 # I'LL WALK ALONE, by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
    • 22 * THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, by Jean M. Auel (Crown)
    • 23 * THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 24 * NO TIME LEFT, by David Baldacci (Grand Central)
    • 25 * THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 26 * WORTH DYING FOR, by Lee Child (Random House)
    • 27 * THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Grand Central)
    • 28 * A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD, by Jennifer Egan (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 29 * CALEB'S CROSSING, by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin Group)
    • 30 # ROOM, by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown)
    • 31 * BEL-AIR DEAD, by Stuart Woods (Penguin Group)
    • 32 # A STORM OF SWORDS, by George R. R. Martin (Random House)
    • 34 * STORM PREY, by John Sandford (Penguin Group)
    • 35 * THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein (HarperCollins)




    APR 2011









    • 1 THE LAND OF THE PAINTED CAVES, by Jean M. Auel. (Crown.) The latest volume in a series that began with “The Clan of the Cave Bear,” set during the ice age.
    • 2 LOVER UNLEASHED, by J. R. Ward. (Penguin Group.) Book 9 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
    • 3 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin.) After his parents die in a car accident, a young veterinary student — and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus.
    • 4 THE LINCOLN LAWYER, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown.) Routinely doing business from his Lincoln Town Cars, the bottom-feeding attorney Mickey Haller is asked to defend the scion of a wealthy family who might not be guilty of a murderous crime.
    • 5 MYSTERY, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Random House.) The Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and the detective Milo Sturgis work on a grisly homicide case.
    • 6 LIVE WIRE, by Harlan Coben. (Penguin Group.) Myron Bolitar’s search for a missing rock star leads to questions about his own missing brother.
    • 7 TOYS, by James Patterson and Neil McMahon. (Little, Brown.) Hays Baker, a top operative for the Agency of Change and a national hero, suddenly finds himself a hunted fugitive who must fight to save humans from extinction.
    • 8 SING YOU HOME, by Jodi Picoult. (Simon & Schuster.) Picoult takes on the issue of gay rights in this novel about a music therapist who desperately wants a child.
    • 9 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf Doubleday.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
    • 10 LOVE YOU MORE, by Lisa Gardner. (Random House.) Detective D. D. Warren must solve the case of a dead husband, a battered wife and a missing child.
    • 11 THE DARKEST SECRET, by Gena Showalter. (Harlequin.) Amun, a tormented immortal warrior, meets a demon-assassin whose beauty draws him into a reckless test of his loyalty.
    • 12 THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain. (Random House.) Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, narrates this novel set in Paris.
    • 13 HOME FREE, by Fern Michaels. (Kensington.) The president’s plan to form a top-secret organization means a new beginning for the crime-fighting Sisterhood.
    • 14 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf Doubleday.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress 40 years earlier; the first volume in the Millennium trilogy.
    • 15 THE TROUBLED MAN, by Henning Mankell. (Knopf Doubleday.) In the final volume in the Kurt Wallander series, the Swedish detective searches for a missing retired naval officer.
    • 16 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 17 CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 18 VAMPIRE MINE, by Kerrelyn Sparks (HarperCollins)
    • 20 THE JUNGLE, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul (Penguin Group)
    • 21 DRIFTWOOD COTTAGE, by Sherryl Woods (Harlequin)
    • 22 NIGHT ROAD, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's)
    • 23 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett (Penguin Group)
    • 24 CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben (Penguin Group)
    • 25 SWEET VALLEY CONFIDENTIAL, by Francine Pascal (St. Martin’s)
    • 26 A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, by Deborah Harkness (Penguin Group)
    • 27 DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris (Penguin Group)
    • 28 A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin (Random House)
    • 29 TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown)
    • 31 INDULGENCE IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb (Penguin Group)
    • 32 THE TIGER’S WIFE, by Tea Obreht (Random House)
    • 33 THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY, by Alexander McCall Smith (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 34 MINDING FRANKIE, by Maeve Binchy (Knopf Doubleday)
    • 35 ETERNAL RIDER, by Larissa Ione (Grand Central)












    MAY 2011







    1 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. (Algonquin.)
    2 TOYS, by James Patterson and Neil McMahon. (Little, Brown.)
    3 THE LINCOLN LAWYER, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown.)
    4 SING YOU HOME, by Jodi Picoult. (Simon & Schuster.)
    5 LOVE YOU MORE, by Lisa Gardner. (Random House.)
    6 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf Doubleday.)
    7 THE JUNGLE, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. (Penguin Group.)
    8 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf Doubleday.)
    9 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf Doubleday.)
    10 CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Knopf Doubleday.)
    11 TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown.)
    12 A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, by Deborah Harkness. (Penguin Group.)
    13 THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain. (Random House.)
    14 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group.)
    15 THE TIGER’S WIFE, by Tea Obreht. (Random House.)
    16 MINDING FRANKIE, by Maeve Binchy (Knopf Doubleday)
    17 THE WISE MAN’S FEAR, by Patrick Rothfuss (Penguin Group)
    18 AN ENGAGEMENT IN SEATTLE, by Debbie Macomber (Harlequin)
    19 THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday)
    20 TREACHERY IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb (Penguin Group)
    21 ROOM, by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown)
    22 THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein (HarperCollins)
    23 A CREED IN STONE CREEK, by Linda Lael Miller (Harlequin)
    25 PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Grand Central)
    27 RIVER MARKED, by Patricia Briggs (Penguin Group)
    28 THE POSTMISTRESS, by Sarah Blake (Penguin Group)
    29 THE SILENT SEA, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul (Penguin Group)
    30 HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, by Jamie Ford (Random House)
    31 LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster)
    33 WITHOUT MERCY, by Lisa Jackson (Kensington)
    34 HARVEST MOON, by Robyn Carr (Harlequin)
    35 THE INFORMATIONIST, by Taylor Stevens (Crown)

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