Books-A-Million, 144 S. Clark St., Chicago, 312-857-0613
1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle (Plume, $12.60 paper): A spiritual manifesto aimed at improving yourself and the world.
2. 7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $19.59): The latest entry in the Women’s Murder Club series finds homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer trying to track down a serial arsonist.
3. The Appeal by John Grisham (Doubleday, $19.57): John Grisham’s latest novel is an indictment of special interests and the political system.
4. FairTax: The Truth by Neal Boortz and John Linder (Harper, $13.46 paper): A response to critics of the authors’ previous book, which advocated eliminating federal taxes and the IRS.
5. Murder City by Michael Lesy (Norton, $15.75 paper): An impressionistic look at the murder capital of America in the 1920s — Chicago.
