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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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American Theocracy Kevin Phillips non-fiction
The 6th Target. James Patterson fiction
72 Hour Hold Bebe Moore Campbell fiction
7th Heaven. James Patterson fiction
Act of War Dale Brown fiction
The Afghan Frederick Forsyth fiction
Against the Day Thomas Pynchon fiction
The Age of Turbulence. Alan Greenspan non-fiction
The Alexandria Link Steve Berry fiction
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories Edward P. Jones fiction
The Almost Moon. Alice Sebold fiction
Amazing Grace. Danielle Steel fiction
American Bloomsbury Susan Cheever non-fiction
American-Made. Nick Taylor non-fiction
Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman fiction
The Anatomy of Deception. Lawrence Goldstone fiction
Angel's Fall Nora Roberts fiction
Any Place I Hang My Hat Susan Isaacs 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
At Risk Patricia Cornwell fiction
At the Center of the Storm. George J. Tenet non-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
The Beach House James Patterson 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
Blood Hunt Ian Rankin fiction
Blood Memory Greg Iles fiction
The Blue Screen Robert B. Parker 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
Born in Death J. D. Robb fiction
Break No Bones Kathy Reichs fiction
Breaking Free. Herschel Walker non-fiction
Broken Government. John W. Dean non-fiction
Broken Prey John Sandford fiction
Brookland Emily Barton fiction
The Brooklyn Follies Paul Auster fiction
Brother Odd Dean Koontz fiction
Can't Wait To Get to Heaven Fannie Flagg fiction
The Castle in the Forest Norman Mailer fiction
Cesar's Way Cesar Millan non-fiction
Changelings Elizabeth Ann Scarborough fiction
Changelings Anne McCaffrey fiction
Chasing Destiny Eric Jerome Dickey fiction
Childe Morgan Katherine Kurtz fiction
The Choice. Nicholas Sparks fiction
A Christmas Guest Anne Perry fiction
A Christmas Secret Anne Perry fiction
The Christmas Thief Mary Higgins Clark fiction
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero David Maraniss non-fiction
Cold Moon Jeffrey Deaver fiction
Cold Service Robert Parker 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 James Patterson fiction
Cross Bones Kathy Reichs fiction
Crusader's Cross James Lee Burke fiction
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown fiction
Dakota. Martha Grimes fiction
Dark Assassin Anne Perry fiction
Dark Justice Jack Higgins 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
Deep Storm. Lincoln Child fiction
Devil's Corner Lisa Scottoline fiction
Digging to America Anne Tyler fiction
Dispatches From the Edge Anderson Cooper non-fiction
Display of Power. Daymond John non-fiction
Divided in Death J. D. Robb fiction
Do You Take This Woman? R. M. Johnson fiction
Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings Tyler Perry 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
Drive Me Crazy Eric Jerome Dickey fiction
Duma Key. Stephen King fiction
Dust Martha Grimes fiction
Echo Park Michael Connelly 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
End in Tears: A Wexford Novel Ruth Rendell fiction
The End of Iraq Peter Galbraith non-fiction
End of Story Peter Abrahams fiction
Entombed Linda Fairstein 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
Farewell Summer Ray Bradbury fiction
Fear Jeff Abbott fiction
Fear of the Dark Walter Mosley fiction
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq Thomas E. Ricks non-fiction
Field Notes from a Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolberg non-fiction
The Fifth Vial. Michael Palmer fiction
Fire Sale Sara Paretsky 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
Forever Odd Dean Koontz fiction
The Forgery of Venus. Michael Gruber fiction
Fortunate Son Walter Mosley 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 G-Man's Life Mark Felt non-fiction
Gentlemen of the Road. Michael Chabon fiction
God Don't Play Mary A. Monroe fiction
Gone Jonathan Kellerman fiction
The Good Guy. Dean R. Koontz fiction
The Good Life Jay McInerney fiction
The Google Story David Vise non-fiction
The Grave Tatoo Val McDermid 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
Half Broken Things Morag Joss fiction
Hannibal Rising Thomas Harris fiction
The Hard Way Carol Lea Benjamin fiction
Hark! A Novel of the 87th Precinct Ed McBain fiction
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. J. K. Rowling fiction
Haunted Chuck Palahniuk fiction
Heart-Shaped Box. Joe Hill fiction
Heartstopper. Joy Fielding fiction
Hidden Prey John Sandford 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 Hot Kid Elmore Leonard fiction
Hour Game David Baldacci fiction
House of War James Carroll non-fiction
Hundred Dollar Baby Robert Parker fiction
The Husband Dean Koontz fiction
I Am No One You Know Joyce Carol Oates fiction
I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron non-fiction
I Say A Little Prayer E. Lynn Harris fiction
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings. S. M. Stirling fiction
In the Line of Fire Pervez Musharraf non-fiction
In this Rain S. J. Rozan 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
JPod Douglas Coupland fiction
Judge and Jury James Patterson fiction
The Judgment of Paris Ross King non-fiction
Kidnapped James Lee Burke fiction
Kill Me Stephen White fiction
Killer Heat. Linda A. Fairstein fiction
Killing Johnny Fry Walter Mosley fiction
L. A. Outlaws. T. Jefferson Parker fiction
La Clave Gaudi. Esteban Martin fiction
La Clave Gaudi. Andreu Carranza fiction
The Ladies of Grace Adieu Susanna Clarke 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
The Life All Around Me Kaye Gibbons fiction
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Bill Bryson non-fiction
Lisey's Story Stephen King fiction
Living History Hillary Clinton non-fiction
Locked Rooms Laurie King fiction
London Bridges James Patterson 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
The Man in My Basement Walter Mosley fiction
The March E. L. Doctorow fiction
The Margarets. Sheri S. Tepper fiction
Marker Robin Cook fiction
Mary, Mary James Patterson fiction
Mavericks of the Sky Barry Rosenberg non-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
Metro Girl Janet Evanovich fiction
Michael Tolliver Lives. Armistead Maupin fiction
Mighty and the Almighty Madeleine K. Albright non-fiction
The Missing Gospels Darrell Block non-fiction
Missing Persons Stephen White fiction
The Mission Song John LeCarre fiction
Monday Mourning Kathy Reichs fiction
Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke Suze Orman non-fiction
Moral Disorder Margaret Atwood fiction
Mortician's Daughter Elizabeth Bloom fiction
Motor Mouth Janet Evanovich fiction
The Myth of You and Me Leah Stewart fiction
Nation of Secrets. Ted Gup non-fiction
Next Michael Crichton fiction
The Night Gardener George Pelecanos fiction
Night of the Jaguar Michael Gruber fiction
Nightlife Thomas Perry fiction
Nighttime Is My Time Mary Higgins Clark fiction
Nim Chimpsky. Elizabeth Hess non-fiction
No Place Like Home Mary Higgins Clark fiction
No Place to Hide Robert O'Harrow non-fiction
No Second Chance Harlan Coben fiction
Not Easily Broken T.D. Jakes fiction
Now and Forever. Ray Bradbury fiction
Obras Reunidas. Carlos Fuentes fiction
Odyssey Jack McDevitt fiction
Ojala fuera cierto. Marc Levy fiction
On Beauty Zadie Smith fiction
On, Off Colleen McCullogh fiction
One Good Turn Kate Atkinson fiction
An Ordinary Man Paul Rusesabagina non-fiction
The Osama bin Laden I Know Peter Bergen non-fiction
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Choir Sharon Kahn fiction
The Overlook. Michael Connelly fiction
The Painter of Battles. Arturo Perez-Reverte fiction
The Palace of Illusions. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni fiction
The Pale Horseman Bernard Cornwell fiction
Palestine: Peace not Apartheid Jimmy Carter non-fiction
Panic Jeff Abbott fiction
Past Perfect Susan Isaacs fiction
Patriot Hearts. Barbara Hambly fiction
People of the Book. Geraldine Brooks fiction
Pet Peeve Piers Anthony 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
Purity of Blood Arturo Perez-Reverte fiction
The Purrfect Murder. Rita Mae Brown fiction
Quantico. Greg Bear fiction
The Quickie. Michael Ledwidge fiction
The Quickie. James Patterson fiction
R is for Richochet Sue Grafton fiction
Rainbow's End Vernor Vinge fiction
Ralph Ellison. Arnold Rampersad non-fiction
Reconciliation. Benazir Bhutto non-fiction
Renfield: Slave of Dracula Barbara Hambly fiction
Restless William Boyd fiction
Return to Quag Keep Andre Norton fiction
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Elizabeth Buchan 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 Jason Bourne in the The Bourne Legacy Eric Lustbader fiction
Roma. Steven Saylor fiction
Room Full of Mirrors: a biography of Jimi Hendrix Charles Cross non-fiction
S is for Silence Sue Grafton fiction
Safe Harbour Danielle Steele fiction
Sailing to Capri Elizabeth Adler fiction
Savage Messiah Robert Newcomb fiction
Savannah or A Gift for Mr. Lincoln John Jakes fiction
Saving Fish from Drowning Amy Tan fiction
Schulz and Peanuts. David Michaelis non-fiction
Second Chance Danielle Steel fiction
Secondhand Smoke Karen Olson 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
Shadow Divers. Robert Kurson non-fiction
Shalimar the Clown Salman Rushdie fiction
The Shape Shifter Tony Hillerman fiction
The Sharing Knife Lois Bujold fiction
Ship of Ghosts James Hornfischer non-fiction
Short Straw Stuart Woods fiction
Silence. Thomas Perry fiction
Sisters Danielle Steel fiction
Skinny Dip Carl Hiaasen 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
Snow Blind P. Tracy fiction
Social Intelligence New Science of Human Relations Daniel Goleman non-fiction
The Society Michael Palmer fiction
Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do Pearl Cleage fiction
Son of a Witch Gregory Maguire fiction
Spook Mary Roach non-fiction
A Spot of Bother Mark Haddon fiction
Stalin's Ghost. Martin Cruz Smith fiction
Star Wars: Dark Lord, The Rise of Darth Vader James Luceno fiction
State of Denial Bob Woodward non-fiction
Stone Cold. David Baldacci fiction
Storm Runners. T. Jefferson Parker fiction
Storm World. Chris Mooney non-fiction
Striking Back Aaron Klein non-fiction
Sun over Breda. Arturo Perez-Reverte fiction
Sundays at Tiffany's. James Patterson fiction
Survivor in Death J. D. Robb fiction
T Is for Trespass. Sue Grafton fiction
Talk to the Hand Lynne Truss non-fiction
Talk, Talk T. C. Boyle fiction
Tastes Like Chicken Lolita Files fiction
Telegraph Days Larry McMurtry fiction
Ten Big Ones Janet Evanovich fiction
The Ten-Cent Plague. David Hajdu non-fiction
The Tent Margaret Atwood fiction
The Terrorist John Updike fiction
Therapy Jonathon Kellerman 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
The Third Secret Steve Berry 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
To the Last Man Jeffrey Shaara fiction
Too Far from Home. Chris Jones non-fiction
Too Late To Say Goodbye. Ann Rule non-fiction
Too Much of a Good Thing Kimberla Lawson Roby fiction
Touchstone. Laurie R. King fiction
Toxic Bachelors Danielle Steel fiction
Trace Patricia Cornwell fiction
Triptych Karin Slaughter fiction
Triumph of the Sun Wilbur Smith fiction
True Evil Greg Iles fiction
Twelve Sharp Janet Evanovich fiction
Twisted Jonathon Kellerman fiction
The Two-Minute Rule Robert Crais fiction
Under Orders Dick Francis fiction
Up in Honey's Room. Elmore Leonard fiction
Vanished Karen Robards fiction
Vanishing Point Marcia Muller fiction
The Varieties of Scientific Experience Carl Sagan non-fiction
Velocity Dean Koontz fiction
The Venetian Betrayal. Steve Berry fiction
The View from Castle Rock Alice Munro fiction
The Virgin of Small Plains Nancy Pickard fiction
The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great Steven Pressfield fiction
Vodka Boris Starling 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
Watchdogs of Democracy Helen Thomas non-fiction
The Watchman Robert Crais fiction
Water Like a Stone Deborah Crombie fiction
The Wave Walter Mosley fiction
The Weather Makers Tim Flannery non-fiction
Web of Evil Judith Jance 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 the Dead Know. Laura Lippman fiction
What's a Sista To Do Yvette Way fiction
What's So Funny? Donald E. Westlake fiction
When Love Calls, You Better Answer Bertice Berry fiction
When Madeline Was Young Jane Hamilton fiction
When Somebody Loves You Back Mary B. Morrison fiction
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock non-fiction
Whisker of Evil Rita Mae Brown fiction
Whiteout Ken Follett fiction
Who Let the Dogs In? Molly Ivins non-fiction
The Whole Truth. David Baldacci fiction
Why Darwin Matters Michael Sherman non-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
Zahir Paulo Coelho fiction