Are you looking for a few hours of escape into another world? Consider spending some time with these popular fiction books .
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult- once again she takes an incident from the headlines and builds a psychological family portrait around it; this time it's a school shooting.
Step on a Crack by James Patterson- are you aboard the Patterson express? Can you read fast enough to keep up with his publishing rate? Here's the latest tense thriller.
Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian- a thriller wrapped around the emotional issues of homelessness and mental illness- set in Vermont.
Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman- Alex Delaware is back in another psychological thriller.
Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory- Henry VIII's court brought to life again by the teller of 16th century royal tales.
Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline - naive law professor finds herself in the midst of a prison uprising involving the mob.
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley - a modern Decameron- big and bawdy
Post -Birthday World by Lionel Shriver - in parallel worlds, the heroine chooses to love two different men.
Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar - a look at the author's native India's class system and the ties and distance it creates.
Tomorrow: some non-fiction suggestions.