Fiction
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton — When Crichton died in 2008, the manuscript for this pirate novel — a caper set on the high seas in 1665 — was found among his papers. While it’s much different from his other works, it looks like a terrific read!
Heat Wave by Richard Castle — There’s a heat wave, all right, but this time it’s coming not from the weather or the cops — rather, it’s journalist Jameson Rook, who is putting the heat on as he follows NYPD Detective Nikki Heat’s every move as she tries to track down a killer.
Ice by Linda Howard — Gabriel McQueen is home for the holidays and expecting a quiet time. His father, the county sheriff, sends him out to check on a local woman, who lives alone out in the country, just as an ice storm is about to hit. He gets there to find she’s not alone, though — she’s being held hostage.
The Wrecker by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott — It’s 1907, and a man known only as The Wrecker is out destroying trains — and lives — right and left. Railroad Detective Isaac Bell must find out why — and stop him.
The Disciple by Stephen Coonts — You may forget you are reading fiction as CIA agents Tommy Carmellini and Jake Grafton try to prevent Iran from starting — and then winning — World War III.
Breathless by Dean R. Koontz — Grady Adams and his wolfhound are out for a walk in the Colorado Rockies when they come across several large creatures of a sort they’ve never seen before. That’s just the first strange encounter in Koontz’s latest — and perhaps oddest — book.
La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith — Lavender “La” Stone is newly divorced and living in the English countryside near the start of World War II. Looking for some way to help the war effort, or at least boost morale, she starts an amateur orchestra that succeeds beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.
Hollywood Moon by Joseph Wambaugh — Wambaugh’s latest ostensibly deals with the case of a husband and wife identity thief team and a reckless teen, but really it’s the story of the cops who work in Hollywood, including an ex-actor and a couple of surfers who go by the names of Flotsam and Jetsam.
Rainwater by Sandra Brown — Ella Barron runs a boarding house in a small Texas town in 1934, caring for tenants set adrift in the Dust Bowl by the Great Depression and for her autistic son, whom she refuses to put in an institution. Though it’s not a typical Brown romantic suspense tale, it is a short, quiet, heartwarming story that’s perfect for the season.
Nonfiction
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy by Bill Simmons — 736 pages of hilarity, insight, and passion from ESPN.com’s Sports Guy.
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson with Mike Bryan — A continuation of the story Mortenson made famous in Three Cups of Tea.
Drink This: Wine Made Simple by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl — An everything you’ve always wanted to know but have been afraid to ask book about wine.
Literary Life: A Second Memoir by Larry McMurtry — In this sequel to his first memoir, Books, McMurtry discusses his life as a writer.
Middling Folk: Three Seas, Three Centuries, One Scots-Irish Family by Linda H. Matthews — From Ireland and Scotland to the Chesapeake Bay to the Pacific Northwest, the story of one family and the discovery of America.
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