NYT - E-Book Fiction | Cook Memorial Library

1) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Author

Shaffer, Mary Ann

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#2 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
“Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is...

2) The whistler

Author

Grisham, John

Series

Whistler

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#3 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 12 week(s).

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Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims...

3) Small great things: a novel

Author

Picoult, Jodi

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#5 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 9 week(s).

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"This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest--complete with unflinching insights, richly layered characters, and a page-turning plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart. Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents...

4) A man called Ove: a novel

Author

Backman, Fredrik

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#7 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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Now a major motion picture A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks!

#1 New York Times bestseller—more than 3 million copies sold!
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But must Ove be bitter just...

5) The mistress: a novel

Author

Steel, Danielle

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#8 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"Set in the South of France, London, and Paris, a gorgeous, innocent mistress of a Russian oligarch gradually finds independence via her own efforts and through her friendship with the artist son of a world-renowned painter and his devoted muse/now restaurateur mother."--

6) Below the belt

Author

Woods, Stuart

Series

Stone Barrington

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#11 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29.

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"Newly ensconced in his Santa Fe abode with a lovely female companion, Stone Barrington receives a call from an old friend requesting a delicate favor. A situation has arisen that could escalate into an explosive quagmire, and only someone with Stone's stealth and subtlety can contain the damage. At the center of these events is an impressive gentleman whose star is on the rise, and who'd like to get Stone in his corner. He's charming and ambitious...

7) Cross the line

Author

Patterson, James

Series

Alex Cross volume 24

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#12 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29.

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Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, DC. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to crack the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread -- the victims are all criminals....

8) The dry

Author

Harper, Jane

Series

Thorndike Press large print peer picks

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#13 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29.

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"'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read ... Every word is near perfect.' -- David Baldacci. A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke...

9) A dog's purpose

Author

Cameron, W. Bruce

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#14 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29.

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This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year...

10) The sleepwalker

Author

Bohjalian, Chris

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#15 on the E-Book Fiction list for 2017-01-29.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a spine-tingling novel of lies, loss and buried desire—the mesmerizing story of a wife and mother who vanishes from her bed late one night.

Gorgeous, blond, successful, living in a beautiful Victorian home in a Vermont village, Annalee Ahlberg has another side: at night she sleepwalks, and her affliction manifests...