A few years ago, a friend, whose child attends a school for kids with learning disabilities, tried to start a book club for parents at the school. Her motivation was simple:Last week’s best-selling books, according to the Publishers Weekly:
FICTION
1 “
Private Berlin
” by James Patterson, Mark Sullivan
2 “
A Memory of Light
” by Robert Jordan
3“
Suspect
” by Robert Crais
4“
Gone Girl
” by Gillian Flynn
5“
Ever After
” by Kim Harrison
6“
The Fifth Assassin
” by Brad Meltzer
7“
Tenth of December
”
by George Saunders
8 “
The Racketeer
”
by John Grisham
9“
The Husband List
”
by Janet Evanovich
10 “
Threat Vector
”
by Tom Clancy
NON-FICTION
1“
Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes
” by Dr. Ian K. Smith
2“
My Beloved
World
”
by Sonia Sotomayor
3 “
Francona: The Red Sox Years
” by Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy
4“
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
” by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard
5“
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
” by Lawrence Wright
6“
I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak
” by Joel Osteen
7“
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden
” by Mark Owen,
Kevin Maurer
8“
The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life
” by Timothy Ferriss
9“
The
Plan: Eliminate the Surprising ‘Healthy’ Foods That Are Making You Fat and Lose Weight Fast
”
by Lyn-Genet Recitas
10 “
Thomas Jefferson:
The Art of Power
"
by Jon Meacham
