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Best-Seller Collection

The Continuing Education Committee of the Alumnae Association of Mary Baldwin College generously helps to fund the best-seller collection. Please see below for a list of fiction and non-fiction titles currently in the collection, which can be found on the main floor of the library.



Below is a list of fiction and non-fiction titles currently in the collection.
Updated May 18, 2012

Title Author
The wandering falcon   Ahmad, Jamil
Have a little faith : a true story of a last request   Albom, Mitch, 1958-
The dressmaker : a novel   Alcott, Kate.
The darlings   Alger, Cristina.
Deliver us from evil   Baldacci, David.
Love bites   Barbeau, Adrienne, 1949-
The rope   Barr, Nevada.
Once upon a time, there was you : a novel   Berg, Elizabeth
Where the god of love hangs out : fiction   Bloom, Amy, 1953-
The night strangers : a novel   Bohjalian, Chris, 1960-
Behind the beautiful forevers   Boo, Katherine.
Letter from a stranger   Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-
My name is memory   Brashares, Ann.
Sisterhood everlasting : a novel   Brashares, Ann.
The social animal : the hidden sources of love, character, and achievement   Brooks, David, 1961-
Lethal   Brown, Sandra, 1948-
This is how : proven aid in overcoming shyness, molestation, fatness, spinsterhood, grief, disease, lushery, decrepitude & more-- for young and old alike.   Burroughs, Augusten
Ragnar÷k : the end of the gods   Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan)
Insatiable   Cabot, Meg.
Overbite   Cabot, Meg.
The story of us   Caletti, Deb.
The lost gate : a novel of the mither mages   Card, Orson Scott.
A land more kind than home   Cash, Wiley.
Sonoma Rose   Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Battle hymn of the tiger mother   Chua, Amy.
Against all enemies   Clancy, Tom, 1947-
Clockwork angel   Clare, Cassandra.
Clockwork prince   Clare, Cassandra.
The lost years   Clark, Mary Higgins
Back to work : why we need smart government for a strong economy   Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Girls in white dresses   Close, Jennifer.
Dusted to death   Colley, Barbara.
Catching fire   Collins, Suzanne.
The Hunger Games   Collins, Suzanne.
Mockingjay   Collins, Suzanne.
The Hunger Games   Collins, Suzanne.
Mockingjay   Collins, Suzanne.
Catching fire   Collins, Suzanne.
Matched   Condie, Allyson Braithwaite.
Crossed   Condie, Allyson Braithwaite.
The fifth witness : a novel   Connelly, Michael, 1956-
Sugar and spice : an L.A. candy novel   Conrad, Lauren.
The best advice I ever got : lessons from extraordinary lives   Couric, Katie, 1957-
Maybe this time   Crusie, Jennifer
The stuff that never happened : a novel   Dawson, Maddie.
Tempted by trouble   Dickey, Eric Jerome.
An accidental affair   Dickey, Eric Jerome.
Room : a novel   Donoghue, Emma, 1969-
Bond girl : a novel   Duffy, Erin.
The lake of dreams   Edwards, Kim, 1958-
A visit from the Goon Squad   Egan, Jennifer.
The forgotten waltz   Enright, Anne, 1962-
The marriage plot   Eugenides, Jeffrey
Smokin' seventeen : a Stephanie Plum novel   Evanovich, Janet.
Explosive eighteen : a Stephanie Plum novel   Evanovich, Janet.
Love in a nutshell   Evanovich, Janet.
Bossypants   Fey, Tina, 1970-
Wishful drinking   Fisher, Carrie
Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel   Ford, Jamie.
Freedom   Franzen, Jonathan.
Cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness   Fuller, Alexandra, 1969-
The keepsake : a novel   Gerritsen, Tess.
Ice cold : a Rizzoli & Isles novel   Gerritsen, Tess.
Love the one you're with   Giffin, Emily.
The glass swallow   Golding, Julia.
The American heiress : a novel   Goodwin, Daisy
U is for undertow   Grafton, Sue
V is for vengeance   Grafton, Sue
Abraham Lincoln : vampire hunter   Grahame-Smith, Seth.
Promises to keep   Green, Jane, 1968-
Will Grayson, Will Grayson   Green, John, 1977-
The fault in our stars   Green, John, 1977-
The constant princess   Gregory, Philippa.
Other Boleyn girl   Gregory, Philippa.
The white queen : a novel   Gregory, Philippa.
The red queen   Gregory, Philippa.
The lady of the rivers   Gregory, Philippa.
The Street lawyer   Grisham, John.
The confession   Grisham, John.
The litigators   Grisham, John.
Calico Joe   Grisham, John.
Sh*t my dad says   Halpern, Justin.
Blood, bones, & butter : the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef   Hamilton, Gabrielle.
Night road   Hannah, Kristin.
The art of fielding : a novel   Harbach, Chad.
A discovery of witches   Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-
Dead reckoning   Harris, Charlaine.
Deadlocked   Harris, Charlaine.
Enchantments : a novel   Harrison, Kathryn.
Early to death, early to rise : a novel   Harrison, Kim.
Iron house   Hart, John, 1965-
Star Island   Hiaasen, Carl.
A darker place   Higgins, Jack, 1929-
Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption   Hillenbrand, Laura
In one person : a novel   Irving, John, 1942-
Death comes to Pemberley   James, P. D.
Bonnie   Johansen, Iris.
What doesn't kill you   Johansen, Iris.
Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns)   Kaling, Mindy.
Fallen   Kate, Lauren.
Fallen in love   Kate, Lauren.
The last good man : a novel   Kazinski, A. J.
No mercy   Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965-
Infamous : chronicles of Nick   Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965-
Under the dome : a novel   King, Stephen, 1947-
Full dark, no stars   King, Stephen, 1947-
11 22 63   King, Stephen, 1947-
The ugly truth   Kinney, Jeff.
Twenties girl : a novel   Kinsella, Sophie.
I've got your number : a novel   Kinsella, Sophie.
What the night knows : a novel   Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
Some assembly required : a journal of my son's first son   Lamott, Anne
Defending Jacob : a novel   Landay, William.
In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin   Larson, Erik.
The girl with the dragon tattoo   Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004
The girl who played with fire   Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004
The girl who kicked the hornets' nest   Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004
Emily and Einstein   Lee, Linda Francis
SuperFreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance   Levitt, Steven D.
The thorn   Lewis, Beverly, 1949-
How it all began   Lively, Penelope, 1933-
Afterwards : a novel   Lupton, Rosamund.
A dance with dragons   Martin, George R. R.
Corduroy mansions   McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
The Saturday big tent wedding party   McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
Love, lust, & faking it : the naked truth about sex, lies, and true romance   McCarthy, Jenny, 1972-
The Paris wife : a novel   McLain, Paula
We ain't the Brontes   McMillan, Rosalyn.
Getting to happy   McMillan, Terry
The host : a novel   Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
The murderer's daughters   Meyers, Randy Susan.
The song of Achilles   Miller, Madeline.
Bite me : a love story   Moore, Christopher, 1957-
Sacre bleu : a comedy d'art   Moore, Christopher, 1957-
The night circus : a novel   Morgenstern, Erin.
Home   Morrison, Toni.
Stealing Mona Lisa : a mystery   Morton, Carson.
The forgotten garden : a novel   Morton, Kate, 1976-
1Q84   Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
A fair maiden   Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
Mudwoman : a novel   Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
The tiger's wife : a novel   Obreht, T{FFFD}ea.
Pandemonium   Oliver, Lauren, 1982-
The book of madness and cures : a novel   O'Melveny, Regina.
The cat's table   Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
The Buddha in the attic   Otsuka, Julie, 1962-
Inheritance, or, The vault of souls   Paolini, Christopher.
State of Wonder   Patchett, Ann
10th anniversary   Patterson, James, 1947-
Kill me if you can : a novel   Patterson, James, 1947-
Kill Alex Cross   Patterson, James, 1947-
The fire   Patterson, James, 1947-
Private, #1 suspect : a novel   Patterson, James, 1947-
Private games   Patterson, James, 1947-
Guilty wives : a novel   Patterson, James, 1947-
11th hour   Patterson, James, 1947-
The expats : a novel   Pavone, Chris.
The leftovers   Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
The tragedy of Arthur : a novel   Phillips, Arthur, 1969-
Call me irresistible   Phillips, Susan Elizabeth.
House rules : a novel   Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Sing you home : a novel   Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Lone wolf : a novel   Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Unseen academicals : a novel of Discworld   Pratchett, Terry.
Snuff : a novel of Discworld   Pratchett, Terry.
Lots of candles, plenty of cake   Quindlen, Anna
The monster in the box : an Inspector Wexford novel   Rendell, Ruth, 1930-
The wolf gift : a novel   Rice, Anne, 1941-
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children   Riggs, Ransom.
New York to Dallas   Robb, J. D., 1950-
Celebrity in death   Robb, J. D., 1950-
Black Hills   Roberts, Nora.
The search   Roberts, Nora.
Chasing fire   Roberts, Nora.
The next always   Roberts, Nora.
Be careful what you pray for   Roby, Kimberla Lawson.
The reverend's wife : a novel   Roby, Kimberla Lawson.
Insurgent   Roth, Veronica.
The happiness project : or, why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning, clean my closets, fight right, read Aristotle, and generally have more fun   Rubin, Gretchen Craft.
The kid a novel   Sapphire, 1950-
The three Weissmanns of Westport   Schine, Cathleen
Come home   Scottoline, Lisa.
When you are engulfed in flames   Sedaris, David
Squirrel seeks chipmunk : a modest bestiary   Sedaris, David
Some sing, some cry   Shange, Ntozake.
Super sad true love story : a novel   Shteyngart, Gary, 1972-
The bedwetter : stories of courage, redemption, and pee   Silverman, Sarah.
Major Pettigrew's last stand : a novel   Simonson, Helen.
Please look after mom : a novel   Sin, Ky{FFFD}ong-suk.
The last song   Sparks, Nicholas
Safe haven   Sparks, Nicholas
The best of me   Sparks, Nicholas
The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great   Stachniak, Eva, 1952-
Big girl   Steel, Danielle.
Family ties : a novel   Steel, Danielle.
Happy birthday : a novel   Steel, Danielle.
Hotel Vendome : a novel   Steel, Danielle.
Betrayal : a novel   Steel, Danielle.
Reamde   Stephenson, Neal.
Linger   Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-
The help   Stockett, Kathryn.
Power & Beauty : a love story of life on the streets   T. I. (Rapper)
Daughter of smoke & bone   Taylor, Laini.
The Athena project : a thriller   Thor, Brad.
Rules of civility   Towles, Amor.
The beginner's goodbye : a novel   Tyler, Anne.
The husband habit   Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa.
Cutting for stone : a novel   Verghese, A. (Abraham), 1955-
The pale king : an unfinished novel   Wallace, David Foster
The little stranger   Waters, Sarah, 1966-
Before I go to sleep : a novel   Watson, S. J. (Steven J.)
Big girls do cry   Weber, Carl.
The choir director   Weber, Carl.
Fly away home : a novel   Weiner, Jennifer.
Then came you : a novel   Weiner, Jennifer.
Enemies : a history of the FBI   Weiner, Tim.
Zone one : a novel   Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
Mary Tudor : princess, bastard, queen   Whitelock, Anna.
Overseas   Williams, Beatriz.
The orchid affair   Willig, Lauren.
The garden intrigue   Willig, Lauren.
The hot box : a novel   Zane.
Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race  
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