Hardcover Fiction

Lost Symbol, Dan Brown

Echo In The Bone, Diana Gabaldon

Help , Kathryn Stockett

Shanghai Girls, Lisa See

Lost Art of Gratitude, Alexander Smith

Blood’s a Rover, James Ellroy

Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood

South of Broad, Pat Conroy

Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore

Brooklyn, Colm Toibin

Hardcover Non-Fiction

Official Book Club Selection, Kathy Griffin

True Compass, Edward Kennedy

What French Women Know, Debra Ollivier

Gospel According to Coco Chanel, Karen Karbo

American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson

L.A. Noir, John Buntin

Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell

Man Who Loved Books Too Much, Alison Bartlett

Inner Game of Stress, Timothy Gallwey & John Horton

Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne

Paperback Fiction

Say You’re One of Them, Uwen Akpan

American Libre, Raul Ramos & Sanchez

Shoplifting From American Apparel, Tao Lin

Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Ben Winters

Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery

Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer

The Associate, John Grisham

Home, Marilynne Robinson

Paperback Non-Fiction

First Stop in ihe New World, David Lida

Best American Short Stories 2009, Heidi Pitlor

Taking Back Childhood, Nancy Carlsson-Paige

Zagat Los Angeles 2010, Zagat Survey

Raising Your Child, Jen Meyers

Freakonomics, Steven Levitt

Liberal Fascism, Jonah Goldberg

Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks

Family, Jeff Sharlet

Appetite for Life, Noel Riley Fitch

Cooking

My Life in France, Julia Child

Confections of a Closet Master Baker, Gesine Bullock-Prado

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child

Celebrating with Julienne, Susan Campoy

Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan

Cooking With All Things Trader Joe’s, Deana Gunn

Julie & Julia, Julie Powell

Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes, Martha Stewart

Children’s: September

Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins

Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Alexie Sherman

Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

All the World, Elizabeth Scanlon

Magician’s Elephant, Kate Dicamillo

Wyrm King, Tony DiTerlizzi

Andromeda Klein, Frank Portman

Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Judith Barrett

Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

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