The story appears on

Page B12

November 17, 2013

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

HomeSundayBook

The New York Times Paperback best-sellers (Nov.17, 2013)

FICTION

 

1. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George RR Martin. (Bantam)

The Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”

2. ENDER’S GAME, by Orson Scott Card. (Tor)

To defend against a hostile alien race’s attack, government breeds child geniuses.

3. THE SUM OF ALL KISSES, by Julia Quinn. (Avon/HarperCollins)

Sarah Pleinsworth can’t forgive Hugh Prentice for a duel that nearly destroyed her family.

4. WYOMING BOLD, by Diana Palmer. (Harlequin)

Former border agent Dalton Kirk has returned to his ranch, eager for peace — until Merissa, an eccentric who can see the future, knocks.

5. THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham. (Dell)

An imprisoned ex-lawyer schemes to trade information about a murdered federal judge.

6. ANGELS AT THE TABLE, by Debbie Macomber. (Ballantine)

Shirley, Goodness and Mercy descend upon Times Square to try to reunite a young couple.

7. ARCHANGEL’S LEGION, by Nalini Singh. (Jove)

Angels are falling; vampires are dying. Elena Deveraux and the archangel Raphael must discover the source of the devastation.

8. THE BLACK BOX, by Michael Connelly. (Grand Central)

LA detective Harry Bosch links a recent crime to the killing of a photographer amid race riots.

9. A VIRGIN RIVER CHRISTMAS, by Robyn Carr. (Harlequin Mira)

Last Christmas, Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby, a former Marine. This Christmas, she wants to find the man who saved Bobby’s life.

10. MAD RIVER, by John Sandford. (Berkley)

Investigator Virgil Flowers joins the hunt for a teenage Bonnie and Clyde.

 

NONFICTION

 

1. PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster)

A neurosurgeon recounts his near-death experience during a coma.

2. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & Grau)

A memoir about a year in a women’s prison. The basis for the Netflix series.

3. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown)

Why some people succeed.

4. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. (Zondervan)

A vision of the nation’s future that is informed by a view of its past.

5. QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Broadway)

Introverts are undervalued in American society.

6. JESUS > RELIGION, by Jefferson Bethke. (Thomas Nelson)

Thoughts on faith from the author of the video poem “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus.”

7. WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Vintage)

A life-changing hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.

8. HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough. (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence.

9. BRAIN ON FIRE, by Susannah Cahalan. (Simon & Schuster)

Doctors struggle to discover why a young reporter suddenly experiences seizures, hallucinations and eventually near-catatonia.

10. LADY CATHERINE, THE EARL, AND THE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY, by Fiona Carnarvon. (Broadway)

The story of Catherine Wendell and her husband, the sixth Earl of Carnarvon.

 


 

Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

娌叕缃戝畨澶 31010602000204鍙

Email this to your friend