List of good fiction books to read

 This post is a listing of adult fiction books which have made number one on the New York Times Best Seller List.

1. PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Jack Morgan, a former Marine and the head of an investigative firm, is accused of murder.
2. DEATH OF KINGS, by Bernard Cornwell. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) As King Alfred lies near death, the Saxon warrior Uhtred must decide whether to support a united England or reclaim his ancestral lands in the north. 
3. BELIEVING THE LIE, by Elizabeth George. (Dutton, $28.95.) Inspector Thomas Lynley’s investigation of a murder unearths the secrets of a wealthy clan. 
4. DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James. (Knopf, $25.95.) Elizabeth Bennet and her husband, Darcy, of "Pride and Prejudice," must deal with a murder. 
5. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist. 
6. 11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald. 
7. RAYLAN, by Elmore Leonard. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A United States marshal sent to Harlan County, Ky., confronts organ trafficking, strip mining, gambling and bank robberies. 
8. SHADOWS IN FLIGHT, by Orson Scott Card. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $21.99.) The latest entry in the “Ender” science fiction series; a sequel to “Shadow of the Giant. 
9. THE ROPE, by Nevada Barr. (Minotaur, $25.99.) In the 17th Anna Pigeon mystery, Barr returns to 1995 to explore the dramatic circumstances that explain why this National Park Service ranger decided to go into law enforcement. 
10. THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case.