Books Inc. best-seller list (July 2014)

1. Boys in the Boat, by Daniel Brown
2. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
3. City of Thieves, by David Benioff
4. This Is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper
5. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
6. Season of the Witch, by David Talbot
7. Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters
8. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
9. Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton
10. Minecraft: Essential Handbook, by Scholastic

NEW THIS MONTH

The Girl with all the Gifts, by M.R. Carey
A girl is strapped into a chair every morning by men holding guns and wheeled into a classroom with other children strapped into their chairs, and they are given a lesson. What they’re learning, and where they’ll end up will twist your brain inside out.

The Loot, by Jude Watson
In this fun, middle-grade adventure story, the main character’s father, a world-renowned jewel thief, gives his son a last request: “Find jewels.” But jewels turns out to be Jules, his sister, and before he knows it, he and his sister are embroiled in a globe-spanning heist. A fun read and accessible for newer readers as well, our children’s specialists love this new book for summer reading.