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Fiction

1. Turbo Twenty-Three: By Janet Evanovich. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum juggles the investigat­ion of a crime in an ice cream factory and the two men in her life. 2. No Man’s Land: By David Baldacci. John Puller, a special agent with the Army, searches for the truth about his mother, who disappeare­d 30 years ago. 3. The Whistler: By John Grisham. A whistleblo­wer alerts a Florida investigat­or to judicial corruption involving the Mob and Indian casinos. 4. Night School: By Lee Child. Jack Reacher, still in the Army, becomes

involved in an investigat­ion with elite agents from the FBI and CIA.

5. Odessa Sea: By Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. Trying to locate an Ottoman shipwreck in the Black Sea, NUMA director Dirk Pitt encounters more than he expected. 6. Two by Two: By Nicholas Sparks. A man who became a single father when his marriage and business collapsed learns to take a chance on a new love. 7. Chaos: By Patricia Cornwell. In the 24th novel in this series, forensic pathologis­t Kay Scarpetta investigat­es a death that seems to have been (but was not) caused by lightning. Is her old

nemesis Carrie Grethen involved?

8. The Mistletoe Secret: By Richard Paul Evans. A man struggling with the aftermath of a divorce sets out to find the anonymous writer of a blog about loneliness and discovers more than he expected. 9. The Wrong Side of Goodbye: By Michael Connelly. Detective Harry Bosch helps a small police department track a serial rapist while as a PI he aids a billionair­e in search of a possible heir. 10. Catalyst: By James Luceno. This novel sets the stage for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” to be released this month.

Nonfiction

1. Settle for More: By Megyn Kelly. The anchor of Fox News’ “The Kelly File” discusses her upbringing, why she left a successful career as a lawyer, the value of hard work, and the personal and profession­al challenges she has faced. 2. Killing the Rising Sun: By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the final years of World War II. 3. Our Revolution: By Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator and former candidate for the Democratic nomination for president delivers his message of social and economic justice. 4. Hillbilly Elegy: By J.D. Vance. A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America’s white working class through his own childhood in the Rust Belt. 5. Scrappy Little Nobody: By Anna Kendrick. Autobiogra­phical essays by the young actress. 6. The Magnolia Story: By Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino. The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show “Fixer Upper.” 7. Born a Crime: By Trevor Noah. A memoir about growing up in South Africa by the comedian, now the host of “The Daily Show,” whose birth was the result of an illegal (under apartheid) relationsh­ip between a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother. 8. Superficia­l: By Andy Cohen. The further adventures of the TV producer and personalit­y. 9. Born to Run: By Bruce Springstee­n. The singer-songwriter’s autobiogra­phy. 10. Hamilton: The Revolution: By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. The libretto of the awardwinni­ng musical, with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.

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