BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1. 28 Summers, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown)
● A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.
THIS WEEK: 1
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 2 2. The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett. (Riverhead)
● The lives of twin sisters who run away from a southern black community in the US at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity, but their fates intertwine. THIS WEEK: 2
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 4 3. Where The Crawdads Sing, by Delia
Owens. (Putnam) ● In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
THIS WEEK: 3
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 94 4. The Guardians, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)
● Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonises some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
THIS WEEK: 4
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 21
5. Camino Winds, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)
● The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.
THIS WEEK: 5
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
6. Walk The Wire, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central)
● The sixth book in the “Memory Man” series. Decker and Jamison investigate a murder in a North Dakota town in a fracking boom.
THIS WEEK: 6
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
7. The Summer House, by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois. (Little, Brown)
● Jeremiah Cook, a veteran and former NYPD cop, investigates a mass murder near a lake in Georgia.
THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
8. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow)
● A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly. THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 4 9. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng. (Penguin Press)
● An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
THIS WEEK: 9
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 72
10. The Last Flight, by Julie Clark. (Sourcebooks Landmark)
● Claire Cook escapes from living with her quick-tempered husband and assumes another woman’s identity. THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
11. Fair Warning, by Michael Connelly. (Little Brown)
● The third book in the “Jack McEvoy” series. A reporter tracks a killer who uses genetic data to pick his victims. THIS WEEK: 11
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
12. American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins. (Flatiron)
● A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel. THIS WEEK: 12
LAST WEEK: 15
WEEKS ON LIST: 23
13. Party Of Two, by Jasmine Guillory. (Berkley)
● Olivia Monroe’s past is uncovered when her relationship with a junior senator is made public.
THIS WEEK: 13
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
14. Hideaway, by Nora Roberts. (St.
Martin’s)
● A child star escapes her abductors, gathers herself in western Ireland and returns to Hollywood.
THIS WEEK: 14
LAST WEEK: 14
WEEKS ON LIST: 5 15. Tom Clancy: Firing Point, by Mike
Maden. (Putnam)
● When an old friend is killed during the bombing of a Barcelona cafe, Jack Ryan Jr searches for those responsible. THIS WEEK: 15
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
NON-FICTION
1. The Room Where It Happened, by John Bolton. (Simon & Schuster)
● The former national security adviser gives his account of the 17 months he spent working for US President Donald Trump.
THIS WEEK: 1
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo. (Beacon Press)
● Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
THIS WEEK: 2
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 14
3. How To Be An Antiracist, by Ibram
X. Kendi. (One World)
● A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism. THIS WEEK: 3
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
4. Stamped From The Beginning, by
Ibram X. Kendi. (Bold Type)
● Winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction. A look at antiblack racist ideas and their effect on the course of American history. THIS WEEK: 4
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
5. So You Want To Talk About Race,
by Ijeoma Oluo. (Seal)
● A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States. THIS WEEK: 5
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
6. Between The World And Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (Spiegel & Grau)
● Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author’s teenage son.
THIS WEEK: 6
LAST WEEK: 14
WEEKS ON LIST: 67
7. Untamed, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial)
● The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 16
8. Me And White Supremacy, by Layla
F. Saad. (Sourcebooks)
● Ways to understand and possibly counteract white privilege. THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
9. The Color Of Law, by Richard Rothstein. (Liveright)
● An examination of the ways in which the government caused residential segregation through racial zoning and other systemic practices. THIS WEEK: 9
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
10. Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson. (Spiegel & Grau)
● A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 35
11. Countdown 1945, by Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss. (Avid Reader)
● The Fox News Sunday anchor gives an account of the key people involved in and events leading up to America’s attack on Hiroshima in 1945. THIS WEEK: 11
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
12. The Splendid And The Vile, by Erik
Larson. (Crown)
● An examination of the leadership of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. THIS WEEK: 12
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 18
13. The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander. (New Press)
● A law professor takes aim at the “war on drugs”, mass incarceration and their impact on black men. THIS WEEK: 13
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
14. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah. (Spiegel & Grau)
● A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of The Daily Show.
THIS WEEK: 14
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 68
15. Becoming, by Michelle Obama. (Crown)
● 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.
THIS WEEK: 15
LAST WEEK: 15
WEEKS ON LIST: 82