The Dark River by John Twelve Hawks (2007) Doubleday 

The Brethren have set events in motion and the Harlequin must continue to protect the Travelers.  The brothers are in two different camps hoping to learn enough about their father to find him.

Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K Hamilton (2008) Ballantine Books 

Merry Gentry is pregnant with twins fathered by her royal guard.  But conspiracies in both faerie courts threaten her guards, herself and her unborn children.

The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks (2005) Doubleday 

There are people who want to control the world by forcing it to follow orders.  There are Travelers who bring change to the world.  The Tabula see Travelers as dangerous to world order.  And there are Harlequins who protect Travelers.  This is a story of a Harlequin who is called to serve and protect a set of brothers who may be Travelers against the Tabula agents sent to kill them.

A Lick of Frost by Laurell K Hamilton (2007) Ballantine Books 

Merry Gentry is trying to avoid the courts of faerie.  Both are seeking to kill her so they can put their own sinister candidates on the throne.  Then one of the courts accuses her royal guards and is trying to get the mortal authorities to extradite them to his court.  How will Merry keep that from happening?

Return to Sender by Dick Cluster (1988) Dutton 

Alex Glauberman is a cancer patient who takes on a high-paying mission to deliver a package.  Then he has to race against time to retrieve it before it reaches its destination.

A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K Hamilton (2005) Ballentine Books 

Merry Gentry prefers to solve cases as a private investigator.  But she is constrained by sitting on the throne of faerie and fears becoming the dark magic that she has to wield to rule.

Quantum of Solace by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape 

“When the Quantum of Solace drops to zero, humanity and consideration of one human for another is gone and the relationship is finished.”  So says the Governor of the Bahamas to James Bond.  He tells the story of a man who fell in love with an air hostess, who was unfaithful and how that man punished her.

Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K Hamilton (2004) Ballentine Books 

Merry Gentry, P.I., princess, heir to the throne of faerie.  She’s saved the realm and brought magic back.  She now has those who love her and those who fear her.  And she doesn’t know why.

Late Wife by Claudia Emerson (2005) Louisiana State University Press 

Emerson explores the life she shared with a husband until the marriage failed, then the freedom of solitude during her recovery from that set of emotions, then the unexpected joy found with a new husband who was a widower.

For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape 

Bond is sent to assassinate a man who directed the assassination of the Havelocks, where the M was the best man at their wedding.  When Bend gets there, he finds the Havelock’s daughter killing the gangster with a bow and arrow, and starting a firefight.  Bond must save the girl and avoid getting shot

Luna Park by Kevin Baker (2009) Vertigo

A tale of rescue and redemption.  A former Soviet soldier becomes an enforcer for a Russian gang, falls in love with a prostitute whose daughter is kept captive by her gang lord.  The enforcer comes-up with plan to save all three of them.

From a View to a Kill by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape 

An assassin is killing NATO couriers, stealing their messages and selling them to the Soviets.  Bond is sent to investigate and is picked-up by Mary Russell, from the local MI6 station.  NATO is uninterested in cooperating but turns over what they have as evidence.  One thing sticks-out to Bond and it makes the difference.

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (200() Delacorte Press

People are watching Reacher.  They intend to kill him.  But they don’t know Jack Reacher, and that’s their problem.

E by Kate Wrath (2014) CreateSpace 

First offence, erasure.  Second offense, death.  A nameless girl is dropped into an outpost where the most basic needs are almost impossible to come by.  Robots enforce the law without recourse.  How can people escape, let alone survive in such a world?

This is the first best-selling book (according to Amazon) from a self-publisher to become popular with the general public.  It will be interesting to see how the platform/publisher fares with regards to promoting their authors to the New York Times best selling list.

Battle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War - Ari Kelman & Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (2015) Hill and Wang 

A beautiful rendition of ordinary scenes mixed with battles that represent the darkest period of our history.

Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman (1997) Verigo 

A successful singer-songwriter loses her child from her only heterosexual encounter.  When death arrives, she promises to take her son’s place, the next time death returns in trade for letting her son live a while longer.

Julio's Day by Gilbert Hernandez (2013) Fantagraphics 

The story of a man born in 1900 who lives for 100 years.  One century told from a single life.  At his birth, the family thinks he will become an opera singer or a politician.  What he becomes is a surprise to himself and everyone else.

Glacial Period by Nicolas De Crecy (2007) Nbm Publishing Co.

An artist imagines a future ice-age where a team has discovered the ruins of the Louvre, buried in the snow.  They try to interpret the artifacts they see from their future perspective.  Accompanied by their pig-like talking dogs, the presentation is amusing and wonderfully drawn.

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1998) 

Nathaniel Price, an evangelical Baptist, takes his family to the Congo on a mission.  Everything they planned is turned on its head.  Their garden refuses to grown, their attempt to convert the local populous only works to enrage their enemies.  Told over three decades from the point of view of one of the daughters, the family is torn apart and reconstructed.

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi (2006) Pantheon

What do women in Iran do when they get together?  They talk about love, sex and men.  The discussions cover faking virginity, escaping arranged marriages, and the benefits of being a mistress.  The women range in age and the subject is presented with humor and dignity, or something that seems to be the same.