The St. Joseph Public Library

1. "Believing the Lie" by Elizabeth George

2. "Private #1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

3. "Gideon's Corpse" by Douglas Preston

4. "Star Wars: Darth Plagueis" by James Luceno

5. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James

6. "11/22/63" by Stephen King

7. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson

8. "Copper Beach" by Jayne Ann Krentz

9. "Lothaire" by Kresley Cole

10."The Litigators" by John Grisham

Nonfiction Bestsellers

1. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

2. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson

3. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker

4. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

5. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman

6. "The Obamas" by Jodi Kantor

7. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

8. "Elizabeth the Queen" by Sally Bedell Smith

9. "Greedy Bastards" by Dylan Ratigan

10. "Catherine the Great" by Robert K. Massie

Last Updated:
January 29, 2012

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Library Newsletters: Library Matters

Take a look at the latest St. Joseph Public Library Newsletter to keep up-to-date on what's been happening at the library. Pick up a copy of the newsletter at any branch. Contact Deborah Gentry at dgentry@sjpl.lib.mo.us if you would like to have the newsletter emailed to you when it is published.

Friends of the Library

The next Friends meeting will be Thursday, March 29 at 4:00 p.m. at the Washington Park Library.

Books for Sale
The Downtown, Washington Park and East Hills libraries have books for sale. Hardbacks are $2, paperbacks $1.

Friend's Book Clubs
The Friend's of the Library sponsor two book clubs each month.

The Downtown book club normally meets on the 4th Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. They will discuss “Lark & Termite” by Jayne Anne Phillips on December 19. Contact Mary Beth at 232-7729 if you are interested in joining or attending.

The East Hills Library club normally normally meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. They will discuss “Major Pettigrew's Last Stand” by Helen Simonson on January 25. Contact Shirley at 236-2136 if you are interested in joining or attending.