Fiction
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survives alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
THE INN by James Patterson and Candice Fox. A former Boston police detective who is now an innkeeper must shield a seaside town from a crew of criminals.
THE TURN OF THE KEY by Ruth Ware. A nanny working in a technology-laden house in Scotland goes to jail when one of the children dies.
ONE GOOD DEED by David Baldacci. A World War II veteran on parole must find the real killer in a small town or face going back to jail.
OUTFOX by Sandra Brown. FBI Agent Drex Easton has a hunch that con man Weston Graham is also a serial killer.
THE NICKEL BOYS by Colson Whitehead. Two boys respond to horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that impact them decades later.
A DANGEROUS MAN by Robert Crais. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike get more than they bargained for when they investigate the abduction of a bank teller.
THE NEW GIRL by Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon, chief of Israeli intelligence, partners with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, whose daughter is kidnapped.
SUMMER OF ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand. The Levin family undergoes dramatic events with a son in Vietnam, a daughter in protests and dark secrets hiding beneath the surface.
CHANCES ARE … by Richard Russo. Three men in their 60s who met in college reunite on Martha’s Vineyard, where mysterious events occurred in 1971.
Nonfiction
EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
TRICK MIRROR by Jia Tolentino. Nine essays delving into late capitalism, online engagement and the author’s personal history.
BECOMING by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
THREE WOMEN by Lisa Taddeo. The inequality of female desire is explored through the sex lives of a homemaker, a high school student and a restaurant owner.
THE PIONEERS by David McCullough. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters.
UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS by Mark R. Levin. The conservative commentator and radio host makes his case that the press is aligned with political ideology.
JUSTICE ON TRIAL by Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino. The conservative authors give their take on the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD by Toni Morrison. A collection of essays and speeches written over four decades, including a eulogy for James Baldwin and the author’s Nobel lecture.
THE MOSQUITO by Timothy C. Winegard. Ways in which this insect has affected economies, wars, civilizations and more.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb. A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.
Paperback fiction
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein.
BELOVED by Toni Morrison.
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris.
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate.
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng.
Paperback nonfiction
BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah.
SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.
JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson.
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo.
Source: The New York Times