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#1 THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks
A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
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#2 BURIED PREY
John Sandford
For 25 years the unsolved kidnapping of two girls has haunted the Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport. But now, their bodies have been found.
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#3 SUNRISE POINT
Ron Carr
Tom, an ex-Marine, has come home to Virgin River, ready to settle down. But he can't explain his attraction to Nora, a single mother with a troubled past.
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#4 THE FIFTH WITNESS
Michael Connelly
Falling on tough times, Mickey Haller expands his legal practice into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home.
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#5 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."
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#6 MYSTERY
Jonathan Kellerman
The Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and the detective Milo Sturgis work on a homicide case involving an enigmatic woman.
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#7 UNDER A VAMPIRE MOON
Lynsay Sands
Escaping a horrible marriage, Carolyn doesn’t want to think about men while on vacation in St. Lucia — until she meets Christian, an immortal.
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#8 THE LION
Nelson DeMille
John Corey, a federal agent, pursues Asad Khalil — the notorious Libyan terrorist known as the Lion — who has returned to America bent on revenge.
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#9 A CLASH OF KINGS
George R R Martin
From the citadel of Dragonstone to the shores of Winterfell, factions vie for control of a divided land; Book 2 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."
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#10 THE AFFAIR
Lee Child
It’s 1997 and the military cop Jack Reacher goes undercover in Mississippi to ferret out a possible scandal involving a soldier with powerful friends in Washington.
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#11 CHASING FIRE
Nora Roberts
After the loss of her partner, a smoke jumper faces a new season of firefighting in Montana with a talented rookie.
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#12 ABRAHAM LINCOLN - VAMPIRE HUNTER
Seth Grahame-Smith
A journal reveals Lincoln’s fight against the undead; by the author of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
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#13 PREY
Linda Howard
Confronted by danger in the wild, a woman who owns a guide business and her competitor must join forces if they are both to survive.
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#14 A STORM OF SWORDS
George R R Martin
Wars continue to rage over the Iron Throne as alliances are made and broken; Book 3 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."
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#15 VISION IN WHITE
Nora Roberts
A wedding photographer finds romance with the brother of a bride-to-be; Book 1 in the Bride Quartet series.
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#16 WHEN PASSION RULES
Johanna Lindsey
On the eve of her debut into London society, Alana Farmer learns the shocking secret of her birthright: she may be the lost princess of an isolated European kingdom.
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#17 THE ISLAND
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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#18 A FEAST FOR CROWS
George R R Martin
With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, the seven powers dividing the land have reached an uneasy truce; Book 4 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."
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#19 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.
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#20 KARMA
Carly Phillips
Dare, a police officer in the upstate New York town of Serendipity, has secretly loved Liza for years. When she suddenly finds herself in need of protection, he appoints himself as the man for the job.
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