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1. READY PLAYER TWO, by Ernest Cline. In a sequel to “Ready Player One,” Wade Watts discovers a technological advancement and goes on a new quest. Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 2
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, Mississippi, in 1990.
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3. DEADLY CROSS, by James Patterson. The 28th book in the Alex Cross series. An investigation of a double homicide sends Alex Cross to Alabama.
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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.
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5. DAYLIGHT, by David Baldacci. FBI agent Atlee Pine’s search for her twin sister overlaps with a military investigator’s hunt for someone involved in a global conspiracy.
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6. AMERICAN DIRT, by Jeanine Cummins. A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
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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 but their fates intertwine.
Last week: 11 Weeks on list: 27
8. THE LAW OF INNOCENCE,
by Michael Connelly. The sixth book in the Mickey Haller series. Haller defends himself when police find the body of a former client in his car’s trunk.
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9. THE SENTINEL, by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.
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10. THE AWAKENING,
by Nora Roberts. The first book in the Dragon Heart Legacy series. Breen Kelly travels through a portal in Ireland to a land of faeries and mermaids.
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Weeks on list: 2 1. A PROMISED LAND, by Barack Obama. In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.
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2. GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew Mcconaughey. The Academy Awardwinning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
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3. 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.
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4. CASTE,
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by Isabel Wilkerson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
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5. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
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6. HILLBILLY ELEGY, by J.D. Vance. A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.
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7. MODERN WARRIORS, by Pete Hegseth. The Fox News host and former combat veteran interviews soldiers about the different kinds of battles they encountered.
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8. DOLLY PARTON, SONGTELLER,
by Dolly Parton with Robert K. Oermann. The country music icon offers insights on 175 of her songs.
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9. IS THIS ANYTHING?, by Jerry Seinfeld. The comedian shares material he collected in an accordion folder over the last 45 years.
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10. NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE,
by Michael J. Fox. The actor discusses the challenges he has faced with Parkinson’s disease and other setbacks that caused him to reassess his outlook.
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