As the end of summer nears, Malibu readers are perusing the “Millennium” series by Stieg Larsson, along with the rest of this year’s greatest hits. New to the fiction list- the latest from clever and hilarious Carl Hiaasen: “Star Island.” In nonfiction, the newest celebrity bios and autobiographies have popped onto the list. “Furious Love,” about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Molly Ringwald’s memoir, and Rosanne Cash’s engaging autobiography are all out and readers are snapping them up. The children’s list is still overwhelmed by series books with, most excitingly, the final volume in The Hunger Games trilogy, “Mockingjay,” just released and going out the door like proverbial hotcakes!
Fiction
1. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” by Stieg Larsson, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
2. “TStar Island,” by Carl Hiaasen, hardcover, Random House, $26.95
3. “TThe Girl Who Played With Fire,” by Stieg Larsson, paperback, Vintage, $15.95
4. “TThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson, hardcover, Knopf, $27.95
5. “TPoint Dume,” by Katie Arnoldi, hardcover, Overlook Press, $24.95
6. “TTinkers,” by Paul Harding, paperback, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95
7. “TLittle Bee,” by Chris Cleave, paperback, Simon & Schuster, $14
8. “TLet the Great World Spin,” by Colum McCann, paperback, Random House, $15
9. “TThe Elegance of the Hedgehog,” by Muriel Barbery, paperback, Europa Editions, $15
10. “TCutting for Stone,” by Abraham Verghese, paperback, Vintage, $15.95
Nonfiction
1. “TMan, Interrupted: Welcome to the Bizarre World of OCD, Where Once More is Never Enough,” by James Bailey, Mainstream Publishing, $14.95
2. “TComposed,” by Rosanne Cash, hardcover, Penguin, $26.95
3. “TGetting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family and Finding the Perfect Lipstick,” by Molly Ringwald, hardcover, IT Books, $25.99
4. “TEat, Pray, Love,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, paperback, Penguin, $15
5. “TThe Spirituality of Imperfection,” by Ernest Kurtz, paperback, Random House, $18
6. “TMalibu: California’s Most Famous Seaside Community,” by Marian Hall, hardcover, Marian Hall, $40
7. “TFurious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century,” by Sam Kashner, hardcover, Harper, $27.99
8. “TFood Rules,” by Michael Pollan, paperback, Penguin, $11
9. “TWomen Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything,” by Geneen Roth, hardcover, Scribner, $24
10. “TCrazy for the Storm: A Story of Survival,” by Norman Ollestad, paperback, Ecco, $14.99
Children
1. “TThe Wimpy Kid Movie Diary,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $14.95
2. “TDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $10.95
3. “TThe Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson No. 4),” by Rick Riordan, paperback, Disney-Hyperion, $7.99
4. “TDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $13.95
5. “TMockingjay,” by Suzanne Collins, hardcover, Scholastic, $17.99
6. “TLego Brickmaster Atlantis,” by DK Publishing, hardcover, DK Publishing, $29.99
7. “THoot,” by Carl Hiaasen, paperback, Random House, $8.95
8. “TDiary of a Wimpy Kid,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $13.95
9. “TSpeak,” by Laurie Anderson, paperback, Penguin, $10
10. “TScribbles,” by Taro Gomi, paperback, Chronicle Books, $19.99
Book list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore