Alvah’s Books

Hardcover Fiction

1. DARK SLAYER, by Christine Feehan
2. ALEX CROSS’S ‘TRIAL’, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
3. SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy
4. SPARTAN GOLD, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett

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Hardcover Nonfiction

1. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin
2. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
3. IN THE PRESIDENT’S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler
4. STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS, by Tracy Kidder
5. BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall

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Paperback Trade Fiction

1. THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
4. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
5. OLIVE KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout

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Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

1. SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell
2. 92 PACIFIC BOULEVARD, by Debbie Macomber
3. DIVINE JUSTICE, by David Baldacci
4. HEAT SEEKER, by Lora Leigh
5. EXTREME MEASURES, by Vince Flynn

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Paperback Nonfiction

1. GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’, by Glenn Beck
2. MY LIFE IN FRANCE, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
4. JULIE & JULIA, by Julie Powell
5. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

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Hardcover Advice

1. MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1, by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle
2. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner
3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
4. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne
5. FLAT BELLY DIET! COOKBOOK, by Liz Vaccariello with Cynthia Sass

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Paperback Advice

1. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
2. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough
3. JULIA’S KITCHEN WISDOM, by Julia Child
4. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman
5. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

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Children’s Books

1. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND “THREE CUPS OF TEA”, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
3. MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL, by John Grogan. Illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
4. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann
5. OCEANOLOGY, by Ferdinand Zoticus deLessups

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Graphic Books

1. MERCY THOMPSON: HOMECOMING, by Patricia Briggs, Francis Tsai and Amelia Woo
2. BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER?, by Neil Gaiman and others
3. FINAL CRISIS, by Grant Morrison, J. G. Jones, Carlos Pacheco and Doug Mahnke
4. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
5. BATMAN: R.I.P., by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel