BESTSELLERS
NEW YORK TIMES (PRINT AND E-BOOKS COMBINED)
FICTION
1. It Ends With Us, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) ● A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
THIS WEEK: 1
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 52
2. Sparring Partners, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)
● Three novellas: Homecoming, Strawberry Moon and Sparring Partners. THIS WEEK: 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2
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: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 164
4. Verity, by Colleen Hoover. (Grand Central)
● Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth. THIS WEEK: 4
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 27
5. Book Lovers, by Emily Henry. (Berkley)
● While on vacation in North Carolina, a literary agent keeps running into an editor.
THIS WEEK: 5
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
6. The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Washington Square/Atria)
● A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
THIS WEEK: 6
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 50
7. Ugly Love, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria)
● Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.
THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 22
8. Tom Clancy: Zero Hour, by Don Bentley. (Putnam)
● Jack Ryan Jr appears to be the only person who can stop a second Korean war.
THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. The Omega Factor, by Steve Berry. (Grand Central)
● Unesco investigator Nick Lee winds up on the trail of a panel from the Ghent Altarpiece, which was stolen in 1934.
THIS WEEK: 9
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10. November 9, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria)
● Is Ben using his relationship with Fallon as fodder for his novel? THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
11. People We Meet On Vacation, by
Emily Henry. (Berkley)
● Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.
THIS WEEK: 11
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 29
12. Nightwork, by Nora Roberts. (St. Martin’s)
● Harry Booth, a master thief, breaks things off with Miranda when a dangerous contact might harm her.
THIS WEEK: 12
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
13. Meant To Be, by Emily Giffin. (Ballantine)
● Joe, the disappointing scion of a family considered American royalty, and Cate, a budding model seeking to escape her surroundings, find each other.
THIS WEEK: 13
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
14. Beach Read, by Emily Henry. (Berkley)
● A relationship develops between a literary fiction author and a romance novelist as they both try to overcome writer’s block.
THIS WEEK: 14
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
15. Wicked Beauty, by Katee Robert. (Sourcebooks Casablanca)
● The third book in the “Dark Olympus” series. Achilles and Patroclus compete for power and Helen’s affection.
THIS WEEK: 15
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
NON-FICTION
1. James Patterson, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown)
● The author’s life, from growing up in small-town New York to working in the advertising industry to becoming a successful storyteller.
THIS WEEK: 1
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. Killing The Killers, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (St. Martin’s)
● The 11th book in the conservative commentator’s “Killing” series gives an account of the global war against terrorists.
THIS WEEK: 2
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
3. Happy-Go-Lucky, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown)
● The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic.
THIS WEEK: 3
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
4. The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk. (Penguin)
● How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
THIS WEEK: 4
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 94
5. Finding Me, by Viola Davis. (HarperOne)
● The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success. THIS WEEK: 5
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
6. Battling The Big Lie, by Dan Pfeiffer.
(Twelve)
● The cohost of Pod Save America and former White House director of communications gives his take on the right-wing media apparatus.
THIS WEEK: 6
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. The Palace Papers, by Tina Brown. (Crown)
● This follow-up to The Diana Chronicles
details how the royal family reinvented itself after the death of Princess Diana. THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
8. Scars And Stripes, by Tim Kennedy and Nick Palmisciano. (Atria)
● A Green Beret and former mixed martial arts fighter describes how his failures shaped who he is today.
THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. Here’s The Deal, by Kellyanne Conway. (Threshold Editions)
● The former senior counsellor in President Donald Trump’s White House gives her account of her time in politics. THIS WEEK: 9
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
10. The Pope At War, by David I. Kertzer. (Random House)
● A depiction of Pope Pius XII’s actions during World War II and why he bent to the wills of Hitler and Mussolini. THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
11. Crying In H Mart, by Michelle Zauner.
(Knopf )
● The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
THIS WEEK: 11
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 37
12. Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown)
● The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
THIS WEEK: 12
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 63
13. Under The Banner Of Heaven, by Jon
Krakauer. (Anchor)
● Two brothers who subscribed to a fundamentalist version of Mormonism killed a woman and her daughter; the basis of the TV series.
THIS WEEK: 13
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
14. River Of The Gods, by Candice Millard. (Doubleday)
● The story of the hardships encountered during 19th-century expeditions in Africa, and the complicated partnerships behind them.
THIS WEEK: 14
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
15. The Facemaker, by Lindsey Fitzharris. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
● How the modern era of plastic surgery was ushered in by the work of a surgeon repairing the faces of World War I soldiers.
THIS WEEK: 15
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1