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  Writer takes readers for wild ride

Pam Houston’s newest book, Contents May Have Shifted, is billed as a novel but reads more like an autobiographical travelogue. The hero is named Pam, which is just another aspect that blurs the fiction/fact feel of the book. It is a fascinating trip taking readers all around the...

• U.S. Best-selling books for Feb. 14

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores.
Fiction
1. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (Knopf)
2. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown & Co.)
3. The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes (Knopf)

• U.S. Best-selling books for Feb. 7

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores.
Fiction
1. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (Knopf)
2. The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes (Knopf)
3. Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George (Dutton Adult)

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  Book explores Meeker incident

Several books have been written about the 1879 Meeker incident and the dispossession of the northwest Colorado Utes, but journalist Robert Silbernagel became a historian on horseback to learn more details about those tragic events. He provides fresh insights in a fast-paced,...

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  Family’s journey told in new book

Lion Eyes is a difficult book to describe. Written by Victor Villaseñor, it is a spiritual, mystical and full of faith and miracles. It is a story about a man who had a life-changing encounter with a mountain lion when he was 11, hence the book’s title.

• U.S. Best-selling books for Jan. 31

The Wall Street Journal gathers point-of-sale book data from more than 11,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 75 percent of the nation’s book sales. Data providers include all major booksellers and Web retailers and food stores (excluding Walmart and Sam’s Club).