HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The 14th and final novel in the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
2. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
3. Tenth of December, George Saunders. Stories that take on the big questions.
4. Kinsey and Me, Sue Grafton. Stories about Grafton’s character Kinsey Millhone as well as explorations of Grafton’s own past.
5. Collateral Damage, Stuart Woods. Back in New York, the lawyer Stone Barrington joins his former partner Holly Barker in pursuing a dangerous case.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Killing Kennedy, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
2. My Share of the Task, Stanley McChrystal. The former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, now retired, reviews his career.
3. No Easy Day, Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.
4. Thomas Jefferson, Jon Meacham. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist celebrates Jefferson’s skills as a politician.
5. The World Until Yesterday, Jared Diamond. The author of Guns, Germs, and Steel examines what we can learn from traditional societies.
HARDCOVER GRAPHIC BOOKS
1. Building Stories, Chris Ware. This is not your typical graphic novel: this box of comics contains 14 separate works, including 4 broadsheets and 3 magazines.
2. Green Lantern: Revenge of the Black Hand, Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke. Green Lantern and Sinestro, his former enemy, are uneasy allies as they travel to the planet of the Indigo Tribe.
3. The Walking Dead, Book 1, Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard. This collected edition features the first 12 issues of the gripping series about the last human survivors in a world overrun by zombies. In this volume, the refuges find a sanctuary on a farm.
4. The Walking Dead, Book 2, Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. This collected edition includes issues 13-24 of the gripping series about the last human survivors in a world overrun by zombies. In this volume, the refugees meet Michonne.
5. Madeleine L’engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, Hope Larson. This classic fantasy tale gets the graphic novel treatment in honor of its 50th anniversary.
— New York Times
REDBOX TOP DVD RENTALS
1. Pitch Perfect
2. Ted
3. The Possession
4. The Bourne Legacy
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
— McClatchy-Tribune
News Service
ITUNES TOP SONGS
1. Thrift Shop, Ryan Lewis, Macklemore (feat. Wanz)
2. Suit & Tie, Justin Timberlake (feat. Jay-Z)
3. I Knew You Were Trouble, Taylor Swift
4. Scream & Shout, will.i.am (feat. Britney Spears)
5. Ho Hey, The Lumineers
— Associated Press
ITUNES TOP ALBUMS
1. Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky
1. Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, various artists
3. The Lumineers, The Lumineers
4. Kidz Bop 23, Kidz Bop Kids
3. Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, various artists
— Associated Press
