Monthly Features


1	THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage, $14.95.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.
2	THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $15.95.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect.
3	LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave. (Simon & Schuster, $14.) The lives of a British woman and a Nigerian girl collide.
4	ONE DAY, by David Nicholls. (Vintage, $14.95.) Checking in year by year on the confused, halting romance of two children of the '80s.
5	SWIMSUIT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Grand Central, $14.99.) A former cop, now a reporter, investigates the disappearance of a supermodel.
6	BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, by Jennifer Weiner. (Washington Square, $15.) Childhood friends, estranged in high school, reunite years later when one needs help.
7	CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese. (Vintage, $15.95.) Twin brothers, conjoined and then separated, grow up amid the political turmoil of Ethiopia.
8	THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. (Harper Paperbacks, $14.99.) An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.
9*	A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick. (Algonquin, $14.95.) Complications ensue when a wealthy Wisconsin widower in 1907 advertises for a wife.
10	SARAH'S KEY, by Tatiana de Rosnay. (St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95.) A contemporary American journalist investigates what happened to a little girl and her family during the roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942.
11	SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy. (Dial, $16.) An unlikely group's friendship from the 60's to the 80's, by the author of "The Prince of Tides."
12	THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coehlo (Harper One, $14.99.) A Spanish shepherd boy goes to Egypt in search of treasure.
13	AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon. (Bantam, $17.) The descendents of Jamie Fraser and his wife, Claire, search for clues about their flight from North Carolina during the Revolution.
14	TINKERS, by Paul Harding. (Bellevue Literacy Press, $14.95.) A dying clock repairman recalls his impoverished New England childhood and his relationship with his epileptic father; a 2010 Pulitzer winner.
15*	THE MAGICIANS, by Lev Grossman. (Plume, $16.) After attending sorcery college, a young man lives the hedonist's life in Manhattan, dealing with crises existential and otherwise.
16	TAKE FOUR, by Karen Kingsbury. (Zondervan, $14.99.) Christian filmmakers sign America's top young movie star, known for his wild behavior.
17*	THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN, by Kate Morton. (Washington Square, $15.) From England to Australia and back again, two women try to solve a family mystery.
18	THE CASTAWAYS, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.99.) Secrets come to the surface when a prominent Nantucket couple are killed in a boating accident.
19	HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY, by Audrey Niffenegger. (Scribner, $15.) A woman haunts the flat she's left to her twin nieces near Highgate Cemetery in London.
20	THE SHACK, by William P. Young. (Windblown Media, $14.99.) A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.

1	THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.
2	AUSTIN, by Linda Lael Miller. (HQN, $7.99.) His rodeo career over, his personal life a mess, Austin McKettrick returns to his family's Texas ranch.
3	LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON, by Lisa Kleypas. (St. Martin's, $7.99.) In 19th-century England, the free-spirited Beatrix Hathaway, posting as her best friend, corresponds with a captain in the Crimean War.
4	THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $7.99.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect.
5	FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin's, $8.99.) The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks a celebrity chef's killer.
6	KNOCKOUT, by Catherine Coulter. (Jove, $9.99.) Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock - F.B.I. agents as well as husband and wife - try to protect a 7-year-old with psychic powers from her exploitive criminal uncle.
7*	THE DARKEST LIE, by Gena Showalter. (HQN, $7.99.) Gideon, keeper of the demon of Lies, captures an immortal who claims to be his long-lost wife.
8	THE BRAZEN BRIDE, by Stephanie Laurens. (Avon/HarperCollins, $7.99.) Romance and adventure in the 19th century as former officers of the Crown battle a deadly assassin; Part 3 of the Black Cobra Quartet.
9	THE NEIGHBOR, by Lisa Gardner. (Bantam, $7.99.) There are many suspects when a pretty teacher disappears; a Detective D.D. Warren novel.
10	GAME OVER, by Fern Michaels. (Zebra/Kensington, $7.99.) The Sisterhood protects and ally rumored to be on a list of candidates for a seat on the Supreme Court.
11	THE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.) A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
12	A SUMMER IN SONOMA, by Robyn Carr. (Mira, $7.99.) Four women, friends since childhood and about to turn 30, are brought together in Northern California.
13*	ALMOST PERFECT, by Susan Mallery. (HQN, $7.99.) A woman returns home to Fool's Gold, Calif., to face the man who doesn't know of their son's existence.
14	206 BONES, by Kathy Reichs. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) In the 12th Temperance Brennan mystery, the forensic anthropologist is accused of mishandling an autopsy.
15*	BLACK HILLS, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $7.99.) A South Dakota wildlife biologist and an ex-cop, childhood sweethearts, reunite to pursue a serial killer.
16	THE BOURNE DECEPTION, by Eric Van Lustbader. (Vision, $9.99.) Robert Ludlum's character Jason Bourne helps to avert a possible world war.
17	KITTY GOES TO WAR, by Carrie Vaughn. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $7.99.) The alpha werewolf Kitty Norville investigates a case of three Army soldiers back from Afghanistan - werewolves with post-traumatic stress.
18	DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $7.99.) Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
19	THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.) A 17-year old spends the summer with her father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.
20	CHARLIE ST. CLOUD, by Ben Sherwood. (Bantam, $7.99.) Years after a man survives a car crash that kills his brother, their bond endures; originally published in 2004 as "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud."

1	EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $15.) A writer's yearlong journey in search of self.
2	THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Penguin Books, $15.) A former mountain climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
3	MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler. (Bloomsbury, $14.95.) A memoir of one-night stands.
4*	ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $16.) Humorous personal essays from the comedian.
5	RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards. (Broadway, $15.) The estranged wife of former Senator John Edwards recounts how she has dealt with life's challenges.
6	THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $15.) The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move.
7	MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, by Rhoda Janzen. (Holt, $14.) Life's detours send Janzen back to the Mennonite home where she was raised.
8	LIT, by Mary Karr. (Harper Perennial, $14.99.) A poet's memoir of motherhood, troubled marriage, alcoholism and depression; a sequel to "The Liars' Club."
9*	BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) Hunch and instinct in the workings of the mind.
10	FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Harper Perennial, $15.99.) A maverick scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to everything from cheating sumo wrestlers to the falling crime rate.
11*	A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah. (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $12.) A former child soldier describes a killing spree and his return to humanity.
12	THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A study of social epidemics.
13	THE BLACK SWAN, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. (Random House, $17.) The hubris of predictions - and our perpetual surprise when the not-predicted happens.
14	ZEITOUN, by Dave Eggers. (Vintage, $15.95.) The travails of a Syrian-American man and his family after Hurricane Katrina.
15	I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Citadel/Kensington, $15.95.) Life as a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
16	THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow. (Gotham, $16.) An enduring friendship among women.
17	HALF THE SKY, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. (Vintage, $15.95.) A case for viewing women's equality as the "paramount moral challenge" of our era.
18	SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent, (Nelson, $14.99.) An unlikely friendship begins at a shelter in Texas.
19	THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, $16.) Tracking food from soil to plate.
20	PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL, by Dan Ariely. (Harper Perennial, $15.99.) Hidden forces shape our decisions.

1	THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, by Mark Cotta Vaz. (Little, Brown, $18.99.) The official illustrated movie companion.
2	WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. (Workman, $14.95.) Advice for parents-to-be.
3	THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield, $13.99.) How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.
4	THE BELLY FAT CURE, by Jorge Cruise. (Hay House, $19.95.) Do-over recipes using the "Carb Swap System" steer you away from foods full of hidden sweeteners and processed carbohydrates.
5	THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough. (H&H, $14.99.) A 40-day challenge for spouses who want to practice unconditional love.
6	SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. (Running Press, $13.95.) Vegan diet advice from the world of modeling.
7*	FOOD RULES, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, $11.) A manual for healthy eating, from the author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma."
8	COOK THIS, NOT THAT!, by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. (Rodale, $19.99.) Saving calories by cooking "restaurant" offerings at home.
9	HUNGRY GIRL HAPPY HOUR, by Lisa Lillien. (St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99.) Low-calorie recipes for cocktails and party foods.
10	AWKWARD FAMILY PHOTOS, by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack. (Three Rivers, $15.) A cringe-worthy collection of portraits from the creators of AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.