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Fiction Chelsea Cain – One Kick Kick Lannigan was kidnapped at age six, and rescued at eleven, but her abductor trained her in all kinds of interesting skills, including bomb making, lock picking, and marksmanship. Now she's an adult and in order to feel safe, has augmented these skills with many others, and will use them to help free two kidnapped children. This one is much loved on Edelweiss, and is a Library Reads pick.
Christine Feehan – Dark Blood Christine Feehan, the "queen of paranormal romance," is back with a new Carpathian novel.
Terry Goodkind – Severed Souls Goodkind's fantasy novels have hordes of Legend of the Seeker fans. In this one, an army of the dead threatens the world of the living, and a magical sickness threatens Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
Kay Hooper – Haunted NY Times bestselling author Hooper returns with the new novel in the Bishop/SCU series. A small town is on edge when two local men are killed under mysterious circumstances and the prime suspect insists it was a paranormal murder.
Jan Karon – Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good The newest Mitford novel will please Karon's millions of fans, who have been waiting since 2005 for a new book in the series. Father Tim Kavanagh, who has been retired for five years, returns to Mitford with his wife. When he's offered a pulpit, he decides he doesn't want it, and wonders if he's lost his passion.
Margaret Maron – Designated Daughters Here's the latest from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. Judge Deborah Knott is summoned to her Aunt Rachel's bedside. The dying woman is awake and surrounded by what seems like the whole town, and is telling random stories. But less than an hour later, she's found dead—smothered by a pillow. Who would kill a woman on her deathbed?
Colleen McCullough – Bittersweet Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds was a blockbuster bestseller decades ago. This is billed as her first epic romantic novel since that time, and is set in Australia like the earlier novel.
David Mitchell – The Bone Clocks By the author of the bestselling Cloud Atlas.
Lauren Oliver – Rooms A chilling ghost story by the bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy. When a wealthy man dies, leaving behind his country house packed with his belongings, his estranged family arrive to claim their inheritance. But they are not alone. Long dead former residents of the house linger within its claustrophobic walls.
Emily St. John Mandel – Station Eleven This Library Reads honoree is receiving rave reviews, and may be even more popular due to the current Ebola epidemic. A terrible flu has spread and killed most of the people on the earth. This novel spans decades, moving back and forth in time to depict the world before and after the epidemic.
Thrity Umrigar – The Story Hour Another Library Reads pick, Umrigar, with each new novel, picks up more and more fans. An experienced psychologist manages to maintain emotional distance from her patients until she meets a young Indian woman who tried to kill herself.
Nonfiction Andrew Cuomo – All Things Possible New book by possible Presidential candidate and governor of New York.
Steve Harvey – Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success HarperCollins eBook & audiobook The author of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is back with his plan for succeeding in life. 750,000 print run.
Nicky Hilton – 365 Style Hilton has created her own style, and in this guide, she shares her best-kept style secrets and explains how to discover your own style.
Euny Hong – The Birth of Korean Cool Hong grew up in Gangnam—yes, the Seoul, South Korea neighborhood Psy mocked in his viral video "Gangnam Style." In her book, she explains how a really uncool country became cool, and how a nation that once banned miniskirts, long hair on men, and rock and roll, could become known for its pop music and a smartphone in every pocket.
Paul Johnson – Eisenhower: A Life Acclaimed and bestselling historian Johnson is back with a biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower, focusing mainly on his years as a general and his two terms as president.
Ronald Kessler – The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents From the bestselling author of In the President's Secret Service. The book covers the entire sweep of the Secret Service Agency's relationship with the president and his family, and tells the story of what it is like to be a secret service agent.
Jeffrey Kluger – The Narcissist Next Door An award-winning senior writer at Time explores narcissism with insight and wit. He includes new research on narcissism and explains how to recognize and understand them so that you aren't overtaken by them. Narcissists are everywhere. They are entertainers, politicians, business people, your neighbors, and odds are they're intelligent, confident, articulate, and the center of attention.
Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg – How Google Works Two of Google's most senior executives offer their sometimes contrarian techniques for how to hire, manage, motivate, strategize, and grow a business.
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