 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Buy new: $15.17 / Used from: $8.00 One of the best books I've read in a long time. I can't wait for the next part of the trilogy, "The Girl Who Played With Fire".
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 | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $3.99 Definitely the best of Malcolm Gladwell's books, this book gives great insight as to why your first answer might actually be the best answer.
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 | The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition by J. K. Rowling
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $1.84 A great short book for fans that aren't quite ready to give up on Harry Potter
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 | The Black Echo (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 The start of the Harry Bosch series, this novel shines in a genre that all too often is filled with sub-par material.
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 | The Appeal by John Grisham
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 While not the best of Grisham's books, it's good to have another legal thriller from him.
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 | The Mist (Previously Published as a Novella in 'Skeleton Crew') by Stephen King
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 The scariest things are those that you don't see...
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 | Cross Country (Alex Cross) by James Patterson
Buy new: $18.47 / Used from: $0.07 The most recent in the Alex Cross series, this book takes Cross outside of the US for the first time. This series is by far the best thing that Patterson is writing (or co-writing) now.
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 | Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A short light read
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 | Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A great book with a mediocre ending. The ending has been done before, and has been done better.
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 | Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $11.75 / Used from: $10.00 A great concept for a book, but one that ultimately that isn't really able to pull itself together.
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 | The 5th Horseman (The Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.01 Not as good as the Alex Cross series, but definitely improving.
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 | 6th Target, The (The Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 These books are much better than the short-lived ABC show that originated from this series.
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 | 7th Heaven (Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $0.01 With all of the books that Patterson writes or co-writes, wouldn't it be better if he cut down and actually came up with some better plots?
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 | The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $9.11 / Used from: $4.69 Very interesting book that puts forward some fascinating ideas about how little events can make some big changes
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 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $4.95 This short story is a quick read, but a good one.
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 | The Associate by John Grisham
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $0.01 Silly me, I always assumed that books should have satisfying endings. I guess Mr Grisham disagrees.
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 | The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel (Cotton Malone) by Steve Berry
Buy new: $22.18 / Used from: $0.01 The early Steve Berry novels are far superior to the more recent ones, in particular with Venetian Betrayal and Charlemagne Pursuit.
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 | The Charlemagne Pursuit: A Novel by Steve Berry
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $0.53 Berry has a good formula with using historical events for a basis, but his plots and characters are just becoming worse with each book.
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 | Dexter in the Dark (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Jeff Lindsay
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $7.95 What a huge disappointment. The writing of the TV series has far surpassed its source material, if this book is any indication.
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 | The Shack by William P. Young
Buy new: $6.00 / Used from: $2.12 The first half hooked me, but the last half lost me.
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 | Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Buy new: $22.79 / Used from: $4.55 A fantastic book that is hard to read because of the content, but definitely worth the read.
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 | The Black Ice (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.37 Connelly's pacing is perfect, but the ending was a bit contrived.
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 | Deja Dead: 10th Anniversary Edition (Temperance Brennan Novels) by Kathy Reichs
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $6.04 The first of the Temperance Brennan "Bones" series, a good mystery read.
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 | The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) by H.G. Wells
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $1.55 A sci-fi classic
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 | Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 Interesting read, but the switches from personal history to battlefield reporting were abrupt.
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 | Fool: A Novel by Christopher Moore
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $6.35 The first book I've read by Moore, but it won't be the last.
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 | I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $1.00 Colbert's book version of his show
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 | Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $0.01 Probably one of Leonard's weaker novels that I've read
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 | Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.33 The basis for the movie "Jackie Brown"
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 | The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: $10.52 / Used from: $10.88 This book feels like it contains short stories at some points, but they are all tied together at the end
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 | Angels & Demons - Movie Tie-In: A Novel by Dan Brown
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.15 The first Robert Langdon novel, and superior to Da Vinci Code.
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 | Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Buy new: $9.86 / Used from: $2.62 Very interesting read that is definitely not for the squeamish
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 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen
Buy new: $7.77 / Used from: $7.26 While the zombie parts were fine, it is just too meandering for my liking
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 | Run for Your Life (Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
Buy new: $18.47 / Used from: $0.18 The second of the Mike Bennett series, i enjoyed the buildup but the ending was a disappointment
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 | Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A huge disappointment
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 | The 8th Confession (The Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson
Buy new: $16.37 / Used from: $5.44 Standard fare for the Women's Murder Club series
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 | The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Book number 3 of the Harry Bosch series, and probably my favorite so far.
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 | The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $3.85 I was mildly disappointed with this novel, as it is clearly the weakest Harry Bosch novel up to this point in the series.
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 | Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 I found this to be uneven with too many twists, but the parts that were good were great.
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 | My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up by Russell Brand
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $12.85 While I am a fan of his comedy, I was very disappointed with this book.
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