Tolerant, passionate and humane, Thomas Cromwell is cast as the picaresque hero of this Man Booker Prize-winning novel of Henry VIII’s turbulent court.

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Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE BOOK OF GENESIS: ILLUSTRATED, by R. Crumb
2. ABSOLUTE DEATH, by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham
3. STITCHES: A MEMOIR, by David Small
4. BATMAN: CACOPHONY, by Kevin Smith and Walter Flanagan
5. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young

Top 5 at a Glance
1. PUSH, by Sapphire
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
3. OLIVE KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
5. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan

Compared with the neck-biting ecstacies of 'Twilight' and 'True Blood,' the vampires of Hollywood's past are downright chaste.

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A British auction house says a set of 15 letters and other writings by the rakish Romantic poet Lord Byron have sold for 277,250 ...

When Robert Jordan died two years ago at age 58, he left behind his "Wheel of Time" saga, unfinished.

Top 5 at a Glance
1. NEW MOON, by Mark Cotta Vaz
2. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
3. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman
4. THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle
5. SKINNY BITCH, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

Top 5 at a Glance
1. KNOCKOUT, by Suzanne Somers
2. JIM CRAMER'S GETTING BACK TO EVEN, by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason
3. THE CONSCIOUS COOK, by Tal Ronnen
4. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday
5. THE KIND DIET, by Alicia Silverstone

Top 5 at a Glance
1. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max
2. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
4. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls
5. THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE, by Max Brooks

Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham
2. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson
3. HEAT LIGHTNING, by John Sandford
4. TRUE DETECTIVES, by Jonathan Kellerman
5. SCARPETTA, by Patricia Cornwell

Top 5 at a Glance
1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom
2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
3. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell
4. TOO BIG TO FAIL, by Andrew Ross Sorkin
5. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others

Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown
2. THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell
3. PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn
4. NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly
5. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett

Patience is a virtue, and you will need 467 pages' worth to get through Jonathan Lethem's new novel Chronic City.

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The family of Bram Stoker is trying to get back in on the vampire action with “Dracula: The Un-Dead,” co-written by Stoker’s great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker.