Best-sellers

November 22, 2020 at 2:07 a.m.

by The New York Times

Best-sellers

Fiction

  1. FORTUNE AND GLORY by Janet Evanovich. The 27th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie deals with a soldier of fortune from Little Havana.

  2. A TIME FOR MERCY by John Grisham. The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.

  3. THE SENTINEL by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.

  4. THE RETURN by Nicholas Sparks. A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.

  5. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab. A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

  6. THREE WOMEN DISAPPEAR by James Patterson and Shan Serafin. Detective Sean Walsh must solve a case involving three missing women who had access to a home where a man was murdered.

  7. THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett. The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity.

  8. THE EVENING AND THE MORNING by Ken Follett. In a prequel to "The Pillars of the Earth," a boat builder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.

  9. THE WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP by Fannie Flagg. Bud Threadgoode returns to his hometown and sets off some life-changing events.

  10. THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS by Jodi Picoult. After surviving a plane crash, a death doula travels to Egypt to reconnect with an old flame who is an archaeologist.

Nonfiction

  1. CLANLANDS by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. The stars of "Outlander" use various means of travel to explore Scotland.

  2. GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey. The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

  3. THE BEST OF ME by David Sedaris. A collection of the humorist's essays including "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "A Guy Walks Into a Bar Car."

  4. CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

  5. UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

  6. SHADE by Pete Souza. Pictures of former President Obama are juxtaposed with tweets, headlines and quotes from the Trump administration.

  7. OBAMA by Pete Souza. More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.

  8. KILLING CRAZY HORSE by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. The ninth book in the conservative commentator's Killing series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans.

  9. BLACKOUT by Candace Owens. The conservative commentator makes her case that Black Americans should part ways with the Democratic Party.

  10. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi. A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.

Paperback fiction

  1. THEN SHE WAS GONE by Lisa Jewell.

  2. THE 19TH CHRISTMAS by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.

  3. WALK THE WIRE by David Baldacci.

  4. THE BOY FROM THE WOODS by Harlan Coben.

  5. THE INSTITUTE by Stephen King.

Paperback fiction

  1. WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo.

  2. MY OWN WORDS by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams.

  3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.

  4. SHADE by Pete Souza.

  5. THE COLOR OF LAW by Richard Rothstein.

Source: The New York Times

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