BESTSELLERS
(PRINT AND E-BOOKS COMBINED)
FICTION
1. The Order, by Daniel Silva. (Harper) ● The 20th book in the “Gabriel Allon” series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered. THIS WEEK: 1
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. Peace Talks, by Jim Butcher. (Ace) ● The 16th book in “The Dresden Files” series. Chicago’s only professional wizard tries to keep the peace during a summit of the Supernatural nations of the world.
THIS WEEK: 2
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1 3. The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett. (Riverhead)
● 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 but their fates intertwine.
THIS WEEK: 3
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
4. 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: 4
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 5 5. 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: 5
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 97
6. 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: 6
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
7. Sex And Vanity, by Kevin Kwan. (Doubleday)
● A nod to A Room With A View in which Lucie Tang Churchill is torn between her WASPy billionaire fiancé and a privileged hunk born in Hong Kong. THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 3 8. A Walk Along The Beach, by Debbie
Macomber. (Ballantine)
● After dealing with loss and setbacks, two sisters take risks on dreams and love. THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. 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: 9
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 24 10. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng. (Penguin Press) ● An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 75
11. 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: 11
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 12 12. Cajun Justice, by James Patterson and Tucker Axum. (Grand Central) ● Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans, gets in the thick of things as the head of security for a chief executive in Tokyo.
THIS WEEK: 12
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
13. 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: 13
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 26
14. Utopia Avenue, by David Mitchell. (Random House)
● The glories and misadventures of a 1960s British band told from several perspectives with cameos by real-life musicians.
THIS WEEK: 14
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
15. 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: 15
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
NON-FICTION
1. Too Much And Never Enough, by Mary L. Trump. (Simon & Schuster)
● The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped 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: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 17 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: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
4. 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: 4
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
5. Untamed, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial)
● The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
THIS WEEK: 5
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 19 6. Alexander Hamilton, by Ron
Chernow. (Penguin)
● A biography of the first US Treasury secretary. The basis of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. THIS WEEK: 6
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 64 7. Begin Again, by Eddie S. Glaude
Jr. (Crown)
● An appraisal of the life and work of James Baldwin and their meaning in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement and the Trump presidency.
THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 3 8. So You Want To Talk About Race,
by Ijeoma Oluo. (Seal)
● A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States. THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
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: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 7 10. The Splendid And The Vile, by
Erik Larson. (Crown)
● An examination of the leadership of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: 14
WEEKS ON LIST: 21 11. A Very Punchable Face, by Colin
Jost. (Crown)
● Snippets of the Saturday Night
Live head writer’s life including growing up on Staten Island, performing in rural college cafeterias and competing in a WrestleMania match.
THIS WEEK: 11
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
12. 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: 12
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 7 13. Me And White Supremacy, by
Layla F. Saad. (Sourcebooks)
● Ways to understand and possibly counteract white privilege. THIS WEEK: 13
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
14. 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: 14
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 38 15. 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: 15
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 7