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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Now the mystery is yours to solve. After six years of secrecy, you can follow Robert Langdon's search through the hidden history of Washington, D.C.

I, Alex Cross by James Patterson Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.

Pirate Latitudes: A Novel by Michael Crichton The Caribbean, 1665. The island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end by disease or dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it.

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver The Lacuna is a story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities. Born in the United States, reared in a series of provisional households in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd finds precarious shelter but no sense of home on his odyssey. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers who put him to work in the kitchen, errands he runs in the streets, and one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.

SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is--good, bad, ugly, and super freaky.

New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd As he recounts the intertwining fates of characters rich and poor, black and white, native born and immigrant, Edward Rutherfurd brings to life the momentous events that shaped New York and America. Sprinkled throughout are captivating cameo appearances by historical figures ranging from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth.

The Wrecker by Clive Cussler It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in his best man, and Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur haunts the hobo jungles of the West, a man known as the Wrecker.

Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom Have a Little Faith is a book about a life's purpose; about losing belief and finding it again; about the divine spark inside us all. It is one man's journey, but it is everyone's story

Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel by John Irving In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, who befriends them.

Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession by Julie Powell Her marriage challenged by an irresistible love affair, Julie Powell decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details of food. The camaraderie at Fleischer's leads Julie to search out fellow butchers around the world. At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps even mastered her unruly heart.

Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years, and marry Anne Boleyn. The quest for the king's freedom destroys his adviser, Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell who helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor, Saul Singer Start-up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel--a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?

Breathless: A Novel by Dean Koontz In a novel that is at once wholly of our time and timeless, fearless and funny, Dean Koontz takes readers into the moment between one turn of the world and the next, across the border between knowing and mystery. It is a journey that will leave all who take it Breathless.

Last Words by George Carlin As one of America's preeminent comedic voices, George Carlin saw it all throughout his extraordinary fifty-year career and made fun of most of it. Last Words is the story of the man behind some of the most seminal comedy of the last half century, blending his signature acerbic humor with never-before-told stories from his own life.

Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb Ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget. Wishin' and Hopin' is a vivid slice of 1960s life, a wise and witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been.

Open by Andre Agassi From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a haunting autobiography.

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hard working, and spectacularly compelling grandmother.

True Blue by David Baldacci Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything and spent two years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform.

La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander Mccall Smith It is 1939. Lavender decides to flee London, not only to avoid German bombs but also to escape the memories of her shattered marriage. The peace and solitude of the small town she settles in are therapeutic...at least at first. As the war drags on, "La" is in need of some diversion and wants to boost the town's morale, so she organizes an amateur orchestra. Does it save the world, and what will become of it after the war?

Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court by Roy Williams, Tim Crothers One of the most respected and successful basketball coaches in the nation, Coach Roy Williams traveled an unlikely path to a career that boasts the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches. Now, for the first time, he tells the story of his life, from his turbulent childhood to the North Carolina Tar Heels' 2009 national championship season.

No Less Than Victory: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara Presenting his account through the eyes of Eisenhower and Patton and the young GIs who struggle face-to-face with their enemy, and through the eyes of Germany's old soldier, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Hitler's golden boy, Albert Speer, Jeff Shaara carries the reader on a journey that defines the spirit of the soldier and the horror of a madman's dreams.

Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro With clarity and ease, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives.

Lit by Mary Karr Lit is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. Written with Karr's relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, it is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up.

Where the God of Love Hangs Out: Fiction by Amy Bloom Love, in its many forms and complexities, weaves through this collection by Amy Bloom. Insightful, sensuous, and heartbreaking, these stories of passion and disappointment, life and death, capture deep human truths.