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Popular Reading

The Library offers a collection of new and popular books for your reading enjoyment. The books are being leased from the McNaughton Book Service, and there is a basic collection of approximately 200 recent fiction and nonfiction bestsellers, with up to ten brand new bestsellers added monthly. The loan period for these popular books is three weeks. Browse through the following lists of our current offerings, and stop by the Popular Reading area, located in the 1 West Commons [view map].

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1434: The year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance. Gavin Menzies non-fiction
The 6th Target. James Patterson fiction
7th Heaven. James Patterson fiction
The 8th Confession. James Patterson fiction
Abigail & John. Edith Belle Gelles non-fiction
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. Steve Harvey non-fiction
The Afghan Frederick Forsyth fiction
Against the Day Thomas Pynchon fiction
The Age of Turbulence. Alan Greenspan non-fiction
Agincourt. Bernard Cornwell fiction
The Alexandria Link Steve Berry fiction
The Almost Moon. Alice Sebold fiction
Amazing Grace. Danielle Steel fiction
American Bloomsbury Susan Cheever non-fiction
American-Made. Nick Taylor non-fiction
Among the Mad. Jacqueline Winspear fiction
Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman fiction
Anathem. Neal Stephenson fiction
The Anatomy of Deception. Lawrence Goldstone fiction
Angel's Fall Nora Roberts fiction
The Appeal. John Grisham fiction
Ardneh's Sword Fred Saberhagen fiction
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Sidney Sheldon fiction
Arlington Park Rachel Cusk fiction
Armageddon in Retrospect. Kurt Vonnegut non-fiction
The Art of Detection Laurie King fiction
The Assault on Reason Albert Gore non-fiction
The Associate. John Grisham fiction
At Risk Patricia Cornwell fiction
The Audacity of Hope Obama Barack non-fiction
The Autoimmune Epidemic. Donna Jackson Nakazawa non-fiction
Awesome Bill Bill Eliot non-fiction
Babylon Sisters Pearl Cleage fiction
Bad Blood Linda Fairstein fiction
Beach Road James Patterson fiction
Becoming Holyfield. Evander Holyfield non-fiction
Beyond the White House. Jimmy Carter non-fiction
The Bin Ladens. Steve Coll non-fiction
The Black Dove. Steve Hockensmith fiction
Blasphemy. Douglas J. Preston fiction
Blaze. Richard Bachman fiction
Bleeding Hearts Ian Rankin fiction
Blue Shoes and Happiness Alexander McCall Smith fiction
The Bone Garden. Tess Gerritsen fiction
Bones of the Barbary Coast Daniel Hecht fiction
The Book of Air and Shadows. Michael Gruber fiction
The Book of Fate Brad Meltzer fiction
The Book of Lost Things John Connolly fiction
Book of the Dead. Patricia Daniels Cornwell fiction
Boom! Tom Brokaw non-fiction
The Brass Verdict. Michael Connelly fiction
Break No Bones Kathy Reichs fiction
Breaking Free. Herschel Walker non-fiction
Broken Government. John W. Dean non-fiction
Brookland Emily Barton fiction
Brother Odd Dean Koontz fiction
Call Me Ted. Ted Turner non-fiction
The Castle in the Forest Norman Mailer fiction
Cesar's Way Cesar Millan non-fiction
The Charlemagne Pursuit. Steve Berry fiction
Chasing Darkness. Robert Crais fiction
Childe Morgan Katherine Kurtz fiction
The Choice. Nicholas Sparks fiction
A Christmas Guest Anne Perry fiction
Click Bill Tancer non-fiction
The Coldest Winter : America and the Korean War. David Halberstam non-fiction
The Collectors David Baldacci fiction
Come Hell or High Water Michael Eric Dyson non-fiction
Come To Think of It. Daniel Schorr non-fiction
Common Ground. Cal Thomas non-fiction
Condoleezza Rice. Elisabeth Bumiller non-fiction
Confronting Iran Ali M. Ansari non-fiction
Conservatives Without Conscience John Dean non-fiction
Crisis Robin Cook fiction
Cross Bones Kathy Reichs fiction
Cruel Intent. Judith A. Jance fiction
Crusader's Cross James Lee Burke fiction
Dakota. Martha Grimes fiction
Dark Assassin Anne Perry fiction
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah. Stephen King fiction
The Darkest Evening of the Year. Dean R. Koontz fiction
Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far). Dave Barry non-fiction
Dead Heat. Dick Francis fiction
Dead time. Stephen White fiction
Dead Watch John Sandford fiction
Dear John Nicholas Sparks fiction
Death Dance Linda Fairstein fiction
Debt Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About Kevin Trudeau non-fiction
Deep Storm. Lincoln Child fiction
Devil Bones. Kathy Reichs fiction
Dewey. Vicki Myron non-fiction
Digging to America Anne Tyler fiction
Dispatches From the Edge Anderson Cooper non-fiction
Display of Power. Daymond John non-fiction
Divine Justice. David Baldacci fiction
Double Cross. James Patterson fiction
Dragon Harper. Anne McCaffrey fiction
Dragon's Fire Anne McCaffrey fiction
Dream Angus The Celtic God of Dreams Alexander McCall Smith fiction
The Dreaming Void. Peter F. Hamilton fiction
Duma Key. Stephen King fiction
Dust Martha Grimes fiction
Echo Park Michael Connelly fiction
Ecological Intelligence. Daniel Goleman non-fiction
Einstein. Walter Isaacson non-fiction
Elements of Style Wendy Wasserstein fiction
Eleven on Top Janet Evanovich fiction
The Emperor's Children Claire Messud fiction
Empire Orson Scott Card fiction
The Enchantress of Florence. Salman Rushdie fiction
End in Tears: A Wexford Novel Ruth Rendell fiction
The End of Iraq Peter Galbraith non-fiction
End of Story Peter Abrahams fiction
Ender in Exile. Orson Scott Card fiction
Every Breath You Take Judith McNaughton fiction
Every Visible Thing Lisa Carey fiction
Everyman Philip Roth fiction
Exile Richard Patterson fiction
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer fiction
Fall of Frost. Brian Hall fiction
The Fallen T. Jefferson Parker fiction
Falling Man. Don DeLillo fiction
A False Mirror Charles Todd fiction
Fear Jeff Abbott fiction
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq Thomas E. Ricks non-fiction
Fidelity. Thomas Perry fiction
Field Notes from a Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolberg non-fiction
The Fifth Vial. Michael Palmer fiction
Fleet of Worlds. Larry Niven fiction
Fool Me Once Fern Michaels fiction
For One More Day Mitch Albom fiction
The Foreign Correspondent Alan Furst non-fiction
Forensic Detective Robert Mann non-fiction
The Forgery of Venus. Michael Gruber fiction
Fortunate Son Walter Mosley fiction
The Four Corners of the Sky. Michael Malone fiction
Fractured. Karin Slaughter fiction
Fragile Things Short Fictions and Wonders Neil Gaiman fiction
Freakonomics Steven Levitt non-fiction
Freakonomics. (2d popular-reading copy) Steven Levitt non-fiction
A Free Life. Ha Jin fiction
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate Alexander McCall Smith fiction
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House. Charles Osgood non-fiction
A G-Man's Life Mark Felt non-fiction
Gentlemen of the Road. Michael Chabon fiction
The Given Day. Dennis Lehane fiction
Gone Jonathan Kellerman fiction
The Good Guy. Dean R. Koontz fiction
The Good Life Jay McInerney fiction
A Good Woman. Danielle Steel fiction
The Great Deluge Douglas Brinkley non-fiction
The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong non-fiction
Guantanamo & the Abuse of Presidential Power Joseph Margulies non-fiction
Guests of the Ayatollah Mark Bowden non-fiction
Hannibal Rising Thomas Harris fiction
The Hard Way Carol Lea Benjamin fiction
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. J. K. Rowling fiction
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (c.2) J. K. Rowling fiction
Haunted Chuck Palahniuk fiction
Haunted Heart : the life and times of Stephen King. Lisa Rogak non-fiction
Heart-Shaped Box. Joe Hill fiction
Hide Lisa Gardner fiction
High Noon. Nora Roberts fiction
Hit Parade Lawrence Block fiction
Hold Tight. Harlan Coben fiction
Honor Thyself. Danielle Steel fiction
The Host. Stephenie Meyer fiction
House of War James Carroll non-fiction
Hundred Dollar Baby Robert Parker fiction
The Husband Dean Koontz fiction
I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron non-fiction
I Say A Little Prayer E. Lynn Harris fiction
The Immortality Factor. Ben Bova fiction
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings. S. M. Stirling fiction
In this Rain S. J. Rozan fiction
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennett. Colleen McCullough fiction
The Innocent Harlan Coben fiction
Innocent in Death. J. D. Robb fiction
The Innocent Man John Grisham non-fiction
Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Subverted the Alternatives Edwin Black fiction
The Interruption of Everything Terry McMillan fiction
The Intruder Peter Blauner fiction
Intuition Allegra Goodman fiction
Invasive Procedures. Orson Scott Card fiction
Iwoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer Steve Wozniak non-fiction
Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man Dale Peterson non-fiction
John Lennon : the life. Philip Norman non-fiction
JPod Douglas Coupland fiction
Judge and Jury James Patterson fiction
The Judgment of Paris Ross King non-fiction
Just after Sunset. Stephen King fiction
Killer Heat. Linda A. Fairstein fiction
Killing Rommel. Steven Pressfield fiction
The King's Gold. Arturo Perez-Reverte fiction
L. A. Outlaws. T. Jefferson Parker fiction
Ladies of Liberty. Cokie Roberts non-fiction
The Last Kingdom Bernard Cornwell fiction
Lavinia. Ursula Le Guin fiction
The Lay of the Land Richard Ford fiction
Leading Ladies Kay Bailey Hutchison non-fiction
Leaving Home Anita Brookner fiction
Letter to my Daughter. Maya Angelou non-fiction
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Bill Bryson non-fiction
Life Sentences. Laura Lippman fiction
A Lion Among Men. Gregory Maguire fiction
Lisey's Story Stephen King fiction
Living History Hillary Clinton non-fiction
Living on the Black. John Feinstein non-fiction
Locked Rooms Laurie King fiction
Long Lost. Harlan Coben fiction
A Long Way Down Nick Hornby fiction
The Lost Gardens Anthony Eglin fiction
Lost Stories Dashiell Hamett fiction
Love, Lies and Liquor M. Beaton fiction
The Machiavelli Covenant Allan Folsom fiction
Maelstrom Anne McCaffrey fiction
Magic Street Orson Scott Card fiction
Making Money. Terry Pratchett fiction
The March E. L. Doctorow fiction
The Margarets. Sheri S. Tepper fiction
Mars Life. Ben Bova fiction
The Meaning of the 21st Century James Martin non-fiction
Measuring the World Daniel Kehlmann fiction
Meatball Sundae. Seth Godin non-fiction
Memo to the President Elect. Madeleine Korbel Albright non-fiction
The Mephisto Club Tess Gerritsen fiction
Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd fiction
Messenger Daniel Silva fiction
Michael Tolliver Lives. Armistead Maupin fiction
Mighty and the Almighty Madeleine K. Albright non-fiction
The Mission Song John LeCarre fiction
The Monster of Florence. Douglas J. Preston non-fiction
Moral Disorder Margaret Atwood fiction
Mortician's Daughter Elizabeth Bloom fiction
A Most Wanted Man. John Le Carre fiction
My Stroke of Insight. Jill Bolte Taylor non-fiction
Nation of Secrets. Ted Gup non-fiction
The Night Gardener George Pelecanos fiction
Night of the Jaguar Michael Gruber fiction
Nightlife Thomas Perry fiction
Nim Chimpsky. Elizabeth Hess non-fiction
No Limits. Michael Phelps non-fiction
No Place to Hide Robert O'Harrow non-fiction
Not Easily Broken T.D. Jakes fiction
Nothing To Lose. Lee Child fiction
Now and Forever. Ray Bradbury fiction
Odd Hours. Dean R. Koontz fiction
Odyssey Jack McDevitt fiction
On Beauty Zadie Smith fiction
One Good Turn Kate Atkinson fiction
An Ordinary Man Paul Rusesabagina non-fiction
The Osama bin Laden I Know Peter Bergen non-fiction
The Overlook. Michael Connelly fiction
The Painter of Battles. Arturo Perez-Reverte fiction
The Palace of Illusions. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni fiction
Palestine: Peace not Apartheid Jimmy Carter non-fiction
Panic Jeff Abbott fiction
Panic : the story of modern financial insanity. Michael Lewis, ed. non-fiction
Passing Strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line. Martha A. Sandweiss non-fiction
Past Perfect Susan Isaacs fiction
People of the Book. Geraldine Brooks fiction
The Planets Dava Sobel non-fiction
Playing for Pizza. John Grisham fiction
Pleasure. Eric Jerome Dickey fiction
Possible Side Effects Augusten Burroughs non-fiction
Power, Faith and Fantasy Michael Oren non-fiction
Predator Patricia Cornwell fiction
Prisoner of Memory Denise Hamilton fiction
Promise Me Harlan Coben fiction
Promises in Death. J. D. Robb fiction
The Purrfect Murder. Rita Mae Brown fiction
Quantico. Greg Bear fiction
The Quickie. James Patterson fiction
Rainbow's End Vernor Vinge fiction
Ralph Ellison. Arnold Rampersad non-fiction
Reconciliation. Benazir Bhutto non-fiction
Regenesis. C. J. Cherryh fiction
The Renegades. T. Jefferson Parker fiction
Revolutionary Wealth Alvin Toffler non-fiction
Ricochet Sandra Brown fiction
Rise and Shine Anna Quindlen fiction
The Rising Tide Jeff Shaara fiction
The Road Cormac McCarthy fiction
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Betrayal : a new Jason Bourne novel. Eric Lustbader fiction
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction Eric Lustbader fiction
Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne in the The Bourne Legacy Eric Lustbader fiction
Rogue. Danielle Steel fiction
Roma. Steven Saylor fiction
Room Full of Mirrors: a biography of Jimi Hendrix Charles Cross non-fiction
Rough Weather. Robert B. Parker fiction
Run for your Life. James Patterson fiction
Runner. Thomas Perry fiction
S is for Silence Sue Grafton fiction
Sail. James Patterson fiction
Sailing to Capri Elizabeth Adler fiction
Schulz and Peanuts. David Michaelis non-fiction
The Secret. Rhonda Byrne non-fiction
Seen It All and Done the Rest. Pearl Cleage fiction
A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler Jason Roberts non-fiction
Sex, Science, and Stem Cells. Diana DeGette non-fiction
Shadow Divers. Robert Kurson non-fiction
Shalimar the Clown Salman Rushdie fiction
Silence. Thomas Perry fiction
Silks. Francis Dick fiction
Simplexity. Jeffrey Kluger non-fiction
Sisters Danielle Steel fiction
Sleeping with Fear Kay Hooper fiction
Sliver of Truth Lisa Unger fiction
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People Jane Bryant Quinn non-fiction
Social Intelligence New Science of Human Relations Daniel Goleman non-fiction
Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do Pearl Cleage fiction
Son of a Witch Gregory Maguire fiction
Spare Change. Robert B. Parker fiction
Spook Mary Roach non-fiction
Stalin's Ghost. Martin Cruz Smith fiction
State of Denial Bob Woodward non-fiction
Stealing MySpace. Julia Angwin non-fiction
Stone Cold. David Baldacci fiction
Storm World. Chris Mooney non-fiction
Striking Back Aaron Klein non-fiction
Sundays at Tiffany's. James Patterson fiction
T Is for Trespass. Sue Grafton fiction
Tales of Beedle the Bard. J. K. Rowling fiction
Talk to the Hand Lynne Truss non-fiction
Talk, Talk T. C. Boyle fiction
The Ten-Cent Plague. David Hajdu non-fiction
The Tent Margaret Atwood fiction
Terminal Freeze. Lincoln Child fiction
The Terrorist John Updike fiction
The Testament. Eric Van Lustbader fiction
Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't be Made in the Blink of an Eye Michael LeGault non-fiction
Third Degree. Greg Iles fiction
The Third Lynx. Timothy Zahn fiction
This Is Not a Game. Walter Jon Williams fiction
This Land is Their Land. Barbara Ehrenreich non-fiction
Three Days to Never Tim Powers fiction
Three Hands for Scorpio Andre Norton fiction
Thunderstruck Erik Larson non-fiction
The Tin Roof Blowdown. James Lee Burke fiction
Too Far from Home. Chris Jones non-fiction
Too Late To Say Goodbye. Ann Rule non-fiction
Touchstone. Laurie R. King fiction
Toxic Bachelors Danielle Steel fiction
Triptych Karin Slaughter fiction
Triumph of the Sun Wilbur Smith fiction
True Evil Greg Iles fiction
Twelve Sharp Janet Evanovich fiction
The Two-Minute Rule Robert Crais fiction
Under Orders Dick Francis fiction
Vanished Karen Robards fiction
The Varieties of Scientific Experience Carl Sagan non-fiction
Velocity Dean Koontz fiction
The Venetian Betrayal. Steve Berry fiction
The Virgin of Small Plains Nancy Pickard fiction
Voices from the Street Philip K. Dick fiction
Voyage of the Manteno John Haslett non-fiction
Waking with Enemies. Eric Jerome Dickey fiction
A War of Gifts. Orson Scott Card fiction
The Watchman Robert Crais fiction
The Weather Makers Tim Flannery non-fiction
A Wedding in December Anita Shreve fiction
Welcome to the Real World Carole Matthews fiction
What I know for Sure Smiley Tavis non-fiction
What's a Sista To Do Yvette Way fiction
What's So Funny? Donald E. Westlake fiction
When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson fiction
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock non-fiction
The Whole Truth. David Baldacci fiction
Why Darwin Matters Michael Sherman non-fiction
The Widows of Eastwick. John Updike fiction
The Woods. Harlan Coben fiction
The World is Flat Thomas Friedman non-fiction
World without End. Ken Follett fiction
The World Without Us. Alan Weisman non-fiction
Wrong Hostage Elizabeth Lowell fiction
The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Michael Chabon fiction
You've Been Warned. James Patterson fiction
Your Heart Belongs to Me. Dean R. Koontz fiction
Zahir Paulo Coelho fiction