N.Y. TIMES BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. 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.
Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 11
2. 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: 4 Weeks on list: 30
3. 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: 3 Weeks on list: 5
4. DEADLY CROSS, by James Patterson. The 28th book in the “Alex Cross” series. An investigation of a double homicide sends Alex Cross to Alabama.
Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 5
5. THE RETURN, by Nicholas Sparks. A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
Last week: 5 Weeks on list: 13
6. THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 20
7. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING,
by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
Last week: 7 Weeks on list: 115
8. HOME BODY, by Rupi Kaur. Poems and illustrations by the author of “Milk and Honey” and “The Sun and Her Flowers.”
Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 6
9. 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.
Last week: 6 Weeks on list: 6
10. THE SENTINEL, by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.
Last week: 9 Weeks on list: 9
NONFICTION
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.
Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 6
2. GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew Mcconaughey. The Academy Awardwinning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 10
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.
Last week: 6 Weeks on list: 91
4. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 42
5. CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
Last week: 5 Weeks on list: 21
6. WORLD OF WONDERS, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. In a collection of essays, the poet celebrates various aspects of the natural world and its inhabitants.
Last week: 7 Weeks on list: 3
7. BAG MAN, by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz. The MSNBC host gives an account of the 1973 investigation of then Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and its impact on politics and the media.
Last week: 4 Weeks on list: 3
8. IS THIS ANYTHING?, by Jerry Seinfeld. The comedian shares material he collected in an accordion folder over the last 45 years.
Last week: 11 Weeks on list: 10
9. THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN LEN
NON, by James Patterson with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. The story of the killing of the former member of the Beatles by Mark David Chapman in 1980 and interviews with some of Lennon’s friends and associates.
Last week: 9 Weeks on list: 3
10. BREATH, by James Nestor. A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices. Last week: — Weeks on list: 3