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#1 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
E L James
An inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in a trilogy.
On the bestsellers list for 12 weeks
#2 FIFTY SHADES DARKER
E L James
Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Anastasia ends their relationship — but desire still dominates her every thought; the second book in a trilogy.
On the bestsellers list for 9 weeks
#3 FIFTY SHADES FREED
E L James
Reunited, Anastasia and Christian face a world of possibilities, and unexpected challenges; the final volume in a trilogy.
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#4 THE LAST BOYFRIEND
Nora Roberts
The Montgomery brothers are about to open their bed-and-breakfast, thanks to Owen Montgomery’s planning — but there’s one thing he didn’t anticipate; Book 2 of the Inn BoonsBoro trilogy.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks
#5 STATE OF WONDER
Ann Patchett
In the Amazon basin, a medical researcher seeks her former mentor, a despotic scientist who is developing a miracle fertility drug.
On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks
#6 ABRAHAM LINCOLN - VAMPIRE HUNTER
Seth Grahame-Smith
A journal reveals Lincoln’s valiant fight against the undead, a struggle that spilled onto the battlefields of the Civil War; by the author of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
On the bestsellers list for 14 weeks
#7 KILL ALEX CROSS
James Patterson
The president’s children are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone is using the F.B.I., Secret Service and C.I.A. to keep him off the case and in the dark.
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#8 THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
Julian Barnes
An unexpected bequest causes a man in his 60s to question his understanding of the past; winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.
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#9 THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho
In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.
On the bestsellers list for 221 weeks
#10 THE HARBINGER
Jonathan Cahn
A man tells of his encounters with a mysterious figure who has given him a series of messages that hold the secret of America’s future.
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#11 A GAME OF THRONES
George R R Martin
In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering; Book 1 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."
On the bestsellers list for 38 weeks
#12 WOLF HALL
Hilary Mantel
Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell clash in the court of Henry VIII; winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize.
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#13 MAINE
J Courtney Sullivan
Three generations of a family’s women take guilt, secrets and old wounds on a beach retreat.
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#14 THE ART OF FIELDING
Chad Harbach
At a small college in Wisconsin, a gifted but vulnerable baseball player faces a crisis.
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#15 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST
Stieg Larsson
In the last volume of the Millennium trilogy, Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are threatened by an adversary from deep within the government.
On the bestsellers list for 15 weeks
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#16 THE AMERICAN HEIRESS
Daisy Goodwin
Traveling abroad at the turn of the 20th century, Cora Cash — wealthy, glamorous and looking for a titled husband — finds an English social scene full of traps and betrayals.
On the bestsellers list for 8 weeks
#17 CALEB'S CROSSING
Geraldine Brooks
Growing up among the Massachusetts Puritans in the 1660s, a restless young woman forges a secret bond with the son of a Wampanoag chief.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks
#18 THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett
Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
On the bestsellers list for 61 weeks
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#19 THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks
A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
On the bestsellers list for 27 weeks
#20 THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Garth Stein
An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.
On the bestsellers list for 153 weeks
