FICTION
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. A veterinary student and an elephant save a Depression-era circus.
2. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. Rachel White has always played by the rules, but that changes on her 30th birthday.
3. The Sixth Man by David Baldacci. Two Secret Service agents are on the case when the lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered.
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett. A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
5. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. In the frozen wastes of north Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering.
6. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. Bottom-feeding attorney Mickey Haller is asked to defend the scion of a wealthy family.
7. The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly. A defense lawyer represents a woman facing a home foreclosure who’s accused of killing a banker.
8. Savage Nature by Christine Feehan. In the bayou, Saria Boudreaux finds a mauled corpse, and her brothers are all shape-shifting leopards.
9. Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington makes enemies when he represents a widow in the sale of a movie studio.
10. Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts. A smoke jumper faces a new season of firefighting in Montana after losing her partner.
11. A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber. A middle-age woman takes a cross-country road trip with her daughter and former mother-in-law.
12. Moonlight Cove by Sherryl Woods. Will Lincoln is finally ready to win the heart of his childhood friend, Jess O’Brien.
13. Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson. While visiting Las Vegas, Autumn Haven is surprised to wake up and find she’s married to heartbreaker Sam LeClaire.
14. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, narrates this novel set in Paris.
15. I’ll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark. A woman haunted by the disappearance of her young son discovers that someone has stolen her identity.
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NONFICTION
1. Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. A 3-year-old’s encounter with Jesus and angels during an emergency appendectomy.
2. Bossypants by Tina Fey. Humorous personal essays from the creator of “30 Rock.”
3. Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe. The actor charts his professional path from teen idol to “The West Wing.”
4. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. An impoverished woman’s cancer cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951.
6. The Social Animal by David Brooks. Two imaginary people, Harold and Erica, illustrate Brooks’ understanding of the human mind.
7. The Wizard of Lies by Diana B. Henriques. The story of Bernard Madoff, from his rise on Wall Street to his conviction for creating a $65 billion Ponzi scheme.
8. All That Is Bitter and Sweet by Ashley Judd with Maryanne Vollers. A memoir by the actress and humanitarian.
9. Liberty Defined by Ron Paul. The Texas congressman examines 50 controversial issues.
10. Onward by Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon. Schultz on his second stint as CEO of Starbucks and how he helped return the company to profitability.
11. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. The secrets of Mexico’s Tarahumara Indians, who include some of the world’s best long-distance runners.
12. Kaboom! by Darell Hammond. The author describes how he created Kaboom, a nonprofit that provides communities with the resources to build playgrounds.
13. I’m Over All That by Shirley MacLaine. The actress offers observations on what remains important to her.
14. The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee. An oncologist’s history of cancer and its treatment through the decades.
15. 1861 by Adam Goodheart. The historian examines the months between Lincoln’s election in 1860 and July 4, 1861 when he delivered his first message to Congress.
