BEST-SELLERS

Fiction

  1. THE OUTSIDER by Stephen King. A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy’s body is found.

  2. SHELTER IN PLACE by Nora Roberts. Survivors of a mass shooting outside a mall in Portland, Maine, develop different coping mechanisms and face a new menace.

  3. THE GRAY GHOST by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell. Sam and Remi Fargo search for a Rolls-Royce prototype that has vanished for a second time.

  4. THE DEATH OF MRS. WESTAWAY by Ruth Ware. A tarot card reader mistakenly receives an inheritance letter and attends the funeral of the deceased.

  5. TO THE MOON AND BACK by Karen Kingsbury. A man whose mother died in the Oklahoma City bombing seeks to reconnect with a woman also affected by the tragedy.

  6. THE 17TH SUSPECT by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The latest installment in the Women’s Murder Club series.

  7. THE FALLEN by David Baldacci. Amos Decker puts his talents toward solving a string of murders.

  8. BY INVITATION ONLY by Dorothea Benton. The daughter of a Chicago power broker and the son of a Southern peach farmer decide to wed.

  9. THE CAST by Danielle Steel, A magazine columnist meets an array of Hollywood professionals when a producer turns a story about her grandmother into a TV series.

  10. BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Win-gate. A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.

Nonfiction

  1. CALYPSO by David Sedaris. A collection of comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house dubbed the Sea Section.

  2. THE RESTLESS WAVE by John McCain and Mark Salter. A memoir by the Republican senator from Arizona.

  3. A HIGHER LOYALTY by James Comey. The former FBI director recounts cases and personal events that shaped his outlook on justice.

  4. THE SOUL OF AMERICA by Jon Meacham. The present political climate is contextualized through the lens of difficult moments in American history.

  5. HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND by Michael Pollan. A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges.

  6. BARRACOON by Zora Neale Hurston. A previously unpublished first-person account of a man who was enslaved 50 years after the slave trade was banned.

  7. FACTS AND FEARS by James R. Clapper with Trey Brown. The former director of national intelligence describes events that challenged the intelligence community and considers some ethical questions around its efforts.

  8. TAILSPIN by Steven Brill. A look at how American values and democracy have deteriorated, and the people and institutions seeking to reverse this.

  9. I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara. A search for the Golden State Killer.

  10. EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university.

Paperback fiction

  1. INTO THE WATER by Paula Hawkins.

  2. THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood.

  3. CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan.

  4. MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur.

  5. LESS by Andrew Sean Greer.

Paperback nonfiction

  1. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann.

  2. SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.

  3. HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance.

  4. SHOE DOG by Phil Knight.

  5. JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson.

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