- The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet -- Reif Larsen
Techumseh Sparrow Spivet, a 12 year old mapmaker from Montana, is awarded a Smithsonian fellowship. Without telling his parents, he travels hobo-style across the country, all the while recording his experiences and learning about his past. T.S. is a younger, more modern and more naive version of Houlden Caufield. (Older YA)
- Gone Tomorrow -- Lee Child
After witnessing a suicide on a NYC subway, Reacher becomes an integral factor in a case that involves a high profile US Senator, the NYPD, Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. The repurcussions of the Soviet-Afghan War impact post 9/11 U.S. politics. This, the thirteenth Jack Reacher novel, is the fourth written in the first person.
- The Trouble With Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School and What Parents and Educators Must Do -- Peg Tyre
Boys are more likely than girls to be expelled from preschool, be diagnosed with ADHD in middle school , to drop out of high school, and to commit suicide. This book, an elaboration of the author's piece for Newsweek, presents an easy to read synopsis and history of the "boy problem" but offers no easy answers. (Non-fiction)
- In Tongues of the Dead -- Brad Kelin
The Voynich manuscrupt, housed at the Beinecke Library at Yale University, has eluded translation since the late 1400s. According to some, it is the "bible" of the Nephilim, the forsaken children of angels and humans, who were banished by God as an abomination. Father McCallum, at the behest of the Vatican, has been working undercover as an antiquities librarian, keeping an eye on the manuscript. After nearly a lifetime devoted to his task, he discovers an autistic child who appears to be able to read the book, and unwittingly commences a desperate struggle for the book and the child. While a very thrilling premise for a book, this was written like a screenplay, (clearly with a movie in mind) and was thus disappointing.
- Slumdog Millionaire (previously published as Q & A) -- Vikas Swarup
Ram Mohammed Thomas, winner of the biggest TV game show jackpot, has been arrested as a cheater. His remarkable life story is told in flashback as he proves he knows the answers to the most obscure questions. While the premise is the same as the movie made from this book, the story is quite different.
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -- Mary Ann Shaffer
A series of letters to and from Juliet Ashton, a successful WWII journalist, tells the amazing story of the inhabitants of the island of Guernsey and how they survived the German occupation.
- Behind the Scenes of the Museum -- Kate Atkinson
The colorful life of Ruby Lennox, told through the stories of her great-grandmother, mother, and sisters.
- Fatal Thaw -- Dana Stabenow
Kate Shugak investigates the murder of a woman mistakenly thought to be killed by a serial killer. The woman's death is mourned by the men in town and celebrated by the women.
