HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
2. The Racketeer, John Grisham. Malcolm Bannister, an imprisoned ex-lawyer, knows who murdered a federal judge. He concocts a scheme to exchange this information for his freedom.
3. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, James Patterson. Detective Alex Cross confronts both a hostage situation and a terrorist act at Christmas.
4. The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling. The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town.
5. Threat Vector, Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. As China threatens to invade Taiwan, covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. aids the administration — but his agency is no longer secret.
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. Thomas Jefferson, Jon Meacham. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist celebrates Jefferson’s skills as a politician.
3. Killing Lincoln, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
4. 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.
5. America Again, Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Tom Purcell et al. The mock pundit of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report tells how to bring America back from the brink.
EBOOK FICTION
1. Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks. The arrival of a mysterious young woman in a small North Carolina town raises questions about her past.
2. The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden, Jessica Sorensen. A boy and girl, both of whom have tragedy in their past, come together after a chance encounter in college.
3. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
4. Hopeless, Colleen Hoover. The man who has been relentlessly pursuing Sky Davis is not who he pretends to be.
5. Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James. An inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in an erotic trilogy.
— New York Times
REDBOX TOP DVD RENTALS
1. Looper
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Trouble With the Curve
4. Total Recall
5. The Watch
— McClatchy-Tribune
News Service
ITUNES TOP SONGS
1. I Knew You Were Trouble, Taylor Swift
2. Thrift Shop, Ryan Lewis and Macklemore (feat. Wanz)
3. Locked Out of Heaven, Bruno Mars
4. Scream & Shout, will.i.am (feat. Britney Spears)
5. Home, Phillip Phillips
ITUNES TOP ALBUMS
1. Babel, Mumford & Sons
2. The World from the Side of the Moon, Phillip Phillips
3. Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, various artists
4. Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, various artists
5. Take Me Home, One Direction