HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Alex Cross, Run, James Patterson. While Alex Cross pursues a Washington serial killer (or killers?), someone is after him.
2. A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy. Guests at an inn by the sea on Ireland’s west coast; the final book by Binchy, who died in 2012.
3. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
4. A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The 14th and final novel in the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
5. Guilt, Jonathan Kellerman. Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis turn their sights six decades into the past to pursue the story of a beautiful nurse and her lover.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. American Sniper, Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences.
2. The Soundtrack of My Life, Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis. A memoir by the powerful music company executive.
3. My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor. The Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, attending Princeton, working for the Manhattan district attorney’s office and becoming a federal judge.
4. 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.
5. Killing Lincoln, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Proof of Heaven, Eben Alexander. A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma.
2. American Sniper, Chris Kyle. A member of the Navy SEALs who had the most career sniper kills in U.S. military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war. Kyle was recently shot to death in Texas.
3. America the Beautiful, Ben Carson with Candy Carson. A vision of the nation’s future that is informed by a view of its past.
4. Quiet, Susan Cain. Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society.
5. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, the Countess of Carnarvon. Inspiration and setting for the show on PBS.
— New York Times
REDBOX TOP DVD RENTALS
1. Taken 2
2. Flight
3. End of Watch
4. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
5. Here Comes the Boom
— McClatchy-Tribune
News Service
ITUNES TOP SONGS
1. Thrift Shop, Ryan Lewis, Macklemore (featuring Wanz)
2. When I Was Your Man, Bruno Mars
3. Harlem Shake, Baauer
4. Heart Attack, Demi Lovato
5. Stay, Rihanna (featuring Mikky Ekko)
— Associated Press
ITUNES TOP ALBUMS
1. Zion, Hillsong United
2. Amok, Atoms for Peace
3. Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
4. Babel, Mumford & Sons
5. Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, various artists
— Associated Press