Book News for the Week of July 19

Some big name authors have just released new titles and here are just a few (all book links are Amazon links):

Private by James Patterson (Description) – Jack Morgan, a former Marine and CIA agent, inherits his father’s renowned security and detective business. Getting to the bottom of an NFL gambling scandal and an unsolved LAPD investigation into 18 school girl slayings would be enough. On top of all that, Morgan takes on solving the horrific murder of his best friend’s wife.

Fly Away Home: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner (Description) – From the #1 “New York Times”-bestselling author of “In Her Shoes” and “Good in Bed” comes a novel about a family of women who seek refuge in an old beach house.

Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity by Drew Brees (Description) - After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, many wondered if the city would ever come back? With their stadium transformed into a refugee camp, forcing the Saints to play their entire 2005 season on the road, people questioned whether the Saints could ever come back? Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees knows well how to turn adversity into success.

And, true to our tradition, here is the list of Best Sellers in Non-Fiction (from the NY Times List)

1. —- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.
2. MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain, the author of “Kitchen Confidential,” looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures.
3. COMING BACK STRONGER, by Drew Brees with Chris Fabry. The N.F.L. quarterback recovered from an injury to play for the New Orleans Saints.
4. SLIDING INTO HOME, by Kendra Wilkinson. The life of the reality TV star and former Playboy cover model.
5. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
6. CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. More humorous personal essays from the comedian.
7. WAR, by Sebastian Junger. The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of “The Perfect Storm.”
8. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne. The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
9. HOME TEAM, by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican. The head coach of the New Orleans Saints describes the team’s Super Bowl victory, which raised the city’s spirits four years after Hurricane Katrina.
10. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.”

And the Top 10 of Best Selling Fiction Books from the NY Times list are:

1. THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts. The only survivor of a serial killer has found peace in the Pacific Northwest, but her life is shaken by the appearance of a new man and a copycat murderer.
2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
3. PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The head of an investigation company pursues the murderer of his best friend’s wife.
4. SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum comes to the aid of a cousin with gambling debts.
5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
6. THE OVERTON WINDOW, by Glenn Beck. A public relations executive and the woman he loves expose a dangerous conspiracy.
7. THE PASSAGE, by Justin Cronin. More than a hundred years in the future, a small group resists the vampires who have taken over North America.
8. FOREIGN INFLUENCE, by Brad Thor. The covert operative Scott Harvath joins a new spy agency and investigates a bombing in Rome that killed American students.
9. THE LION, by Nelson DeMille. John Corey, now a federal agent, pursues a Libyan terrorist.
10. THE ISLAND, by Elin Hilderbrand. A woman, her daughters and her sister take refuge from life’s complications on a tiny island near Nantucket, but their time there is far from quiet.

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