Top 10 Los Gatos Library Large Print Titles

1. And the mountains echoed, Khaled Hosseini

Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies’ detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. (amazon)

4. The hit, David Baldacci

A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims. (amazon)

5. The boys in the boat, Daniel Brown 

This book traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that competed against the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, showing that it was their trust in each other that made them a victorious team.

6. Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption, Laura Hillenbrand

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.

7. The bone bed, Patricia Daniels Cornwell

In Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the Cambridge Forensic Center Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her reason to expect that this may be her next case. (amazon)

8. 11th hour, James Patterson

Investigating the murder of a millionaire who was killed with a weapon linked to the deaths of four San Francisco criminals, pregnant detective Lindsay Boxer is horrified to realize that the killer could be among her closest friends.