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Books

  • Portrait of simple life is richly textured
    Inspired by the lives of her own grandparents, who came to America from northern Italy in the early 20th century, Adriana Trigiani’s “The Shoemaker’s Wife” might be considered the ur-story behind her string of heartwarming family sagas.
  • Library’s most popular
    FICTION1. “ Explosive Eighteen” by Janet Evanovich 2. “ Kill Alex Cross ” by James Patterson 3. “ Private: #1 Suspect ” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro 4.
  • New library books
    The following new cookbooks to address medical conditions are available at the Hessen Cassel Branch.•“Crazy Sexy Diet:
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Best-sellers

Last week’s best-selling books, according to the Publishers Weekly:

FICTION

1

11/22/63

by Stephen King

2

Locked On

by Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney

3

The Litigators

by John Grisham

4

Kill Alex Cross

by James Patterson

5

Death Comes

to Pemberley

by P.D. James

6

The Best

of Me

by Nicholas Sparks

7

Red Mist

by Patricia Cornwell

8

Explosive Eighteen

by Janet Evanovich

9

The Drop

by Michael Connelly

10

V is for Vengeance

by Sue Grafton

NON-FICTION

1

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

2

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard

3

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand

4

Go the F--k to Sleep

by Adam Mansbach

5

Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero

by Chris Matthews

6

Nearing Home

by Billy Graham

7

Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, As You’ve Never Seen Him

by Glenn Beck

8

Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible

by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark

9

Guinness World Records 2012

10

Through My Eyes

by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker