From cover to cover
It has been an interesting year for the book industry, with many major releases and some books turning into major motion pictures.
Here is the pick of this year's bestsellers. From crime thrillers to real-life dramas, there's sure to be something to get you hooked.
FICTION
1. Rogue Lawyer, by John Grisham
This book is about the attorney Sebastian Rudd who is a “lone gunman”. He hates injustice and the system.
What’s interesting is that he defends unpopular clients.
2. Cross Justice, by James Patterson
Cross Justice is about a Detective Alex Cross for the first time returns home in 35 years in order to help a cousin. Cousin is accused of murder.
3. See Me, by Nicholas Sparks
Rich in emotion and fueled with suspense, See Me reminds us that love is sometimes forged in the crises that threaten to shatter us . . . and that those who see us for who we truly are may not always be the ones easiest to recognize.
4. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, by Stephen King
This book by Stephen King has some 20 stories, some never before published.
5. The Guilty, by David Baldacci
In this book the government hit man Will Robie investigates murder charges against his estranged father in their Mississippi hometown.
NONFICTION
1. Killing Reagan, by Bill O'Reilly
In this book the host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recalls the events and moments surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
2. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime, by Ree Drummond
The author Ree Drummond makes it easy for families to make simple, scrumptious, homemade meals with minimum fuss and maximum enjoyment. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime includes delicious, easy-to-make recipes for comfort classics, 16-minute meals, freezer-friendly food, as well as soups.
3. Guinness World Records 2016, by Guinness World Records
The world's best-selling annual has made it to the list and is bursting with thousands of amazing new records, never-before-seen images and mind-boggling trivia.
4. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager
The book is about the war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.
5. Thing Explainer, by Randall Munroe
In Thing Explainer, Munroe gives us the answers to these questions and so many more. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone—age 5 to 105—who has ever wondered how things work, and why.
(The list is by The Associated Press)
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