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1	The Lightning Thief more books like this by Rick Riordan add to wishlist Featuring cover art from 20th Century Fox's feature film adaptation, opening in theaters on February 12 and starring Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan, the first novel in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is a non-stop thrill-ride and a classic of mythic proportions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Last Night in Twisted River more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist A story spanning five decades, Irving's 12th novel is set in 1954 New Hampshire, where an anxious 12-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. see all copies from $10.80! new only from $10.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival more books like this by Norman Ollestad add to wishlist A heart-stopping adventure that ends in tragedy and in triumphs, ["Crazy for the Storm" is] a love story that fearlessly explores the bond between a father and son and what it means to lead a life without limits.--Susan Cheever. b&w photo insert. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Cutting for Stone more books like this by Abraham Verghese, M.D. add to wishlist A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home. see all copies from $14.60! new only from $14.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition more books like this by Norman MacLean add to wishlist The title novella tells the story of a young man in Montana, his errant brother, and their father (a minister like MacLean's own father) who taught his sons fly fishing. The other stories in the collection are "USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky," a coming-of-age tale set in the mountains of Montana, and "Logging and Pimping ... see all copies from $3.05! new only from $6.80! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Road more books like this by Cormac McCarthy add to wishlist 'The first great masterpiece of the globally warmed generation. Here is an American classic which, at a stroke, makes McCarthy a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature' - Andrew O'Hagan. A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son more books like this by Rupert Isaacson add to wishlist After his son Rowan is diagnosed with autism, Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, takes Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersect. This is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. see all copies from $10.84! new only from $12.15! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Big Field more books like this by Mike Lupica add to wishlist The author of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Heat" returns to America's favorite pastime of baseball and delivers a feel-good story that shows how love of the game is a common language fathers and sons speak. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	East of Eden more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist John Steinbeck's last significant work of fiction (1952), a huge family saga based on the book of Genesis, is set in the Salinas Valley of the author's youth. Beginning with the purchase of a parcel of rich California farmland by Samuel Hamilton, who comes from Ireland with his wife, EAST OF EDEN traces the turbulent lives of the Hamilton and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Death of a salesman more books like this by Arthur Miller add to wishlist Willy Loman is a middle-class salesman with a loving wife, Linda, and two sons, Biff and Happy. Biff is now in his 30s, a former high school football hero who wants to start a sporting goods store but has been unable to find the money to do so. Willy has also tried to raise Happy to be a man of influence, but has failed at that. Willy's life of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Teeth of the Tiger more books like this by Tom Clancy, General add to wishlist In the Brave New World of terrorism--where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player--the old rules no longer apply. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, "the Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The King of Lies more books like this by John Hart add to wishlist Jackson Workman Pickens--known to most as "Work"--mindlessly holds together his disintegrating life: a failing law practice left to him when his father, Ezra, mysteriously disappeared, a distant wife who shares their loveless marriage, and an estranged sister who bore the brunt of their childhood trauma. And then Ezra's body is discovered. Set ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Just Me and My Dad more books like this by Mercer Mayer add to wishlist Little Critter and his father go on a camping trip together during which they fish, cook over a campfire, and tell scary stories. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Raising a Modern Day Knight: A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood more books like this by Robert Lewis add to wishlist Beginning with a biblical perspective of manhood, author-pastor Lewis shares a unique approach to shaping a boy into a man by equipping him with three essential elements: a vision, a code of conduct, and a cause--Christianity--in which to invest his life. see all copies from $7.13! new only from $8.06! \| SVS
15 view cover	A Dog Named Christmas more books like this by Greg Kincaid add to wishlist Dog-lovers and all who seek an unforgettable tale that captures the spirit of Christmas will fall in love with this charming story, which is sure to captivate readers year-round. Heartwarming, sweet, and beautifully designed, "A Dog Named Christmas" is a true delight. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $7.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet more books like this by Jamie Ford add to wishlist Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought [stirringly] to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of "Things Kept, Things Left Behind"). see all copies from $7.36! new only from $7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Oceans Apart more books like this by Karen Kingsbury add to wishlist Connor Evans is a man who loves his wife and their two daughters. They have their troubles - what marriage doesn't - but they've always managed to get through them. Now a phone call is about to shatter his world...Eight years ago, Connor was unfaithful, and unbeknownst to him, that one night produced a son. The mother has died suddenly, and her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Big Russ & Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life more books like this by Timothy J Russert add to wishlist NBC-TVUs senior vice Washington bureau chief and host of "Meet the Press" offers an intensely personal and charming memoir of American life in the 1950s and the special bond he shares with his fatherQthe irrepressible Big Russ. From the lessons he learned from his father and his Catholic upbringing to his passion for the Buffalo Bills and the New ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Arctic Incident more books like this by Eoin Colfer add to wishlist In his second adventure, the youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is at boarding school when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. It's from a man Artemis never thought he'd see again: his father, who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia and pleads for Artemis's help. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Peace Like a River more books like this by Leif Enger add to wishlist Reuben Land narrates this tale, looking back on his childhood to remember when he and his sister and his father tracked his brother Davy--who has escaped from prison--across North Dakota to the Badlands. As Reuben tells the story, his sister Swede is composing her own precocious adventure yarn, in rhymed couplets, about the hero, Sunny Sundown, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Buddha of suburbia more books like this by Hanif Kureishi add to wishlist The winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel 1990, this is the story of Karim Amir, "an Englishman born and bred - almost", who lives with his English mother and Indian father in the South London suburbs. It is written by the author of "My Beautiful Launderette" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Codex more books like this by Douglas Preston add to wishlist Billionaire Maxwell Broadbent has died, and has had his 500-million-dollar art collection buried with him in a secret grave.The most valuable piece in the collection is an ancient medical document, the Mayan Codex, which contains information still relevant today. A videotape left to his three sons informs them that they are welcome to his wealth- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Summons more books like this by John Grisham add to wishlist John Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his earlier thriller A TIME TO KILL, for another dark and suspenseful tale of Southern small-town secrets. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Brothers Karamazov more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky add to wishlist THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV states and exemplifies Dostoevsky's most urgent concerns as a writer: the struggle between faith and the lack of it, the nature of love and hate, the question of God's existence, and generational conflict. The latter is represented in his novel by the father, Fyodor Karamazov, and his four very different sons: the saintly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life more books like this by Earl Woods add to wishlist Earl Woods offers his personal philosophy of life and relates his experiences raising his son, Tiger, who became a master golfer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions

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