Wednesday, December 9, 2009

SK CHOICE/ TOP 20 BOOKS 12-09-09


1. QUEEN ELIZABETH--WILLIAM SHAWCROSS
NonFiction/The official biography of the late Queen Mother.
2. U IS FOR UNDERTOW--SUE GRAFTON
Fiction/Kinsey helps a man uncover the truth of a child's murder.
3. PIRATE LATITUDES--MICHAEL CRICHTON
Fiction/The late authors tale of swashbuckling pirates in the new world.
4. UNDER THE DOME--STEPHEN KING
Fiction/A small town in Maine is surrounded by an invisible force field.
5. BREATHLESS--DEAN KOONTZ
Fiction/A mystery of this world and the next.
6. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST--STIEG LARSSON
Fiction/The concluding volume of the Millennium trilogy.
7. TOO BIG TO FAIL--ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
NonFiction/How Washington and Wall Street worked to save the financial markets.
8. FEVER OF THE BONE--VAL MCDERMID
Fiction/Hill & Jordan take on a perverted and devious killer.
9. HOMER'S ODYSSEY--GWEN COOPER
NonFiction/A story of love about a blind feline named Homer.
10. THE PARIS VENDETTA--STEVE BERRY
Fiction/Cotton Malone on the trail of secrets left behind by Napoleon.
11. COME WHAT MAY--DONAL OG CUSACK
NonFiction/The Irish sportsman comes out in his autobiography.
12. THE COMPLAINTS--IAN RANKIN
Fiction/Dangerous games in Edinburgh, as cops investigate other cops.
13. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY--JON KRAKAUER
NonFiction/The life and death of Pat Tillman.
14. D-DAY--ANTONY BEEVOR
NonFiction/A new and definitive account of the Battle for Normandy.
15. WOLF HALL--HILARY MANTEL
Fiction/The life of Thomas Cromwell, from Henry VIII's court, is re-imagined.
16. THE MONSTER IN THE BOX--RUTH RENDELL
Fiction/The past is a haunted place for Chief Inspector Wexford.
17. NEW YORK--EDWARD RUTHERFURD
Fiction/A tale of the city from Colonial times up to 2001.
18. PURSUIT OF HONOR--VINCE FLYNN
Fiction/After an attack on DC, Mitch Rapp moves into action.
19. THE HIDDEN LIFE OF DEER--ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS
NonFiction/The noted anthropologist examines the lives of deer.
20. LETHAL WITNESS--ANDREW ROSE
NonFiction/A biography of the controversial British pathologist Bernard Spillsbury.
 
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