1. The Craft of Stone Brewing Co. – Greg Koch*
2. Steve Jobs – Walter Isaacson
3. Unbroken – Lauren Hillenbrand
4. Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick*
5. Fabulicious - Teresa Guidice*
6. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
7. Turning the Tide – Charles Stanley*
8. The Paris Wife – Paula McLain
9. Unlikely Friendships – Jennifer Holland
10. Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
11. Happy Accidents – Jane Lynch*
12. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
13. Dreams of Joy – Lisa See*
14. The Rules of Civility – Amor Towles
15. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told – Chelsea Handler*
16. The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman*
17. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson
18. The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh*
19. The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick*
20. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories – Dr. Seuss
21. In the Garden of Beasts – Erik Larson
22. The Tiger’s Wife – Tea Obreht
23. The Nature Principle – Richard Louv*
24. Caleb’s Crossing – Geraldine Brooks*
25. A Visit From the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
26. La Jolla/92037 – Olivier Dalle*
27. The Postmistress – Sarah Blake
28. The Gangster We Are All Looking For – Thu Le Thi Diem*
29. The Forgotten Garden – Kate Morton
30. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6/Cabin Fever – Jeff Kinney
31. San Diego Noir – Maryelizabeth Hart*
32. Clara and Mr. Tiffany – Susan Vreeland*
33. The Last Time I Saw Paris – Lynn Sheene*
34. The Tiger’s Wife (paper)- Tea Obreht
35. La Jolla Then and Now – Carol Olten*
36. Red Mist –Patricia Cornwell*
37. The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
38. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
39. Leveraging the Universe – Mike Dooley*
40. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
41. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana De Rosnay
42. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
43. The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls
44. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris – David McCullough
45. The Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery
46. The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein
47. Shantaram – Gregory Roberts
48. Boomerang – Michael Lewis
49. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt – Beth Hoffman
50. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
*indicates sales from an author event
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"In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin," by Erik Larson, does not present any facts that were heretofore unknown to any reader like myself, who has read extensively about the 1930's, but it does help to explain these events and hence is very valuable. To the casual reader wanting to read a good tale, thanks to the story-telling ability of Larson, "In the Garden of Beasts" is as engrossing and compelling as any adventure story on today's fiction book lists. It is a proverbial page turner.
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