1. The Book of Life, by Deborah Harkness, Viking
2. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, Little Brown
3. The Heist, by Daniel Silva, Harper
4. The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland
5. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, Scribner
6. The Vacationers, by Emma Straub, Riverhead
7. The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd, Viking
8. One Plus One, by Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books
9. California, by Edan Lepucki, Little Brown
10. Act of War, by Brad Thor, Atria
11. Midnight in Europe, by Alan Furst, Random House
12. The Queen of the Tearling, by Erika Johansen, Harper
13. Mr. Mercedes, by Stephen King, Scribner
14. Invisible, by James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown
15. Written in My Own Heart's Blood, by Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte
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16. Wayfaring Stranger, by James Lee Burke, S&S
Burke's novel is a tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller that crosses continents and decades of American history.