N.Y. TIMES BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. THE DUKE AND I, by Julia Quinn. The first book in the Bridgerton series. Daphne Bridgerton’s reputation soars when she colludes with the Duke of Hastings. The basis of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.”
Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 3
2. THE SCORPION’S TAIL, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The second book in the Nora Kelly series. An FBI agent and an archaeologist identify a mummified corpse and its gruesome cause of death.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 1
3. 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: 33
4. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
Last week: 11 Weeks on list: 7
5. BLOOD HEIR, by Ilona Andrews. Julie Lennart returns to Atlanta with a new face and magic abilities and is known as Aurelia Ryder.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 1
6. THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME, by Julia Quinn. The second book in the Bridgerton series. Kate Sheffield gets in the way of Anthony Bridgerton’s intent to marry.
Last week: 5 Weeks on list: 3
7. ROMANCING MISTER BRIDGERTON, by Julia Quinn. The fourth book in the Bridgerton series. Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton discover each other’s secrets.
Last week: 7 Weeks on list: 3
8. DAYLIGHT, by David Baldacci. The 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: — Weeks on list: 7
9. NEIGHBORS, by Danielle Steel. A Hollywood recluse’s perspective changes when she invites her neighbors into her mansion after an earthquake.
Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 2
10. STAR WARS: LIGHT OF THE
JEDI, by Charles Soule. In this installment of the High Republic series, a disaster in hyperspace may cause far greater damage. Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 2
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: 9
2. 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: 6 Weeks on list: 24
3. GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew Mcconaughey. The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 13
4. ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder. Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
Last week: 4 Weeks on list: 25
5. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 45
6. A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN,
by George Saunders. A collection of essays examining the functions and importance of works of fiction.
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7. EVIL GENIUSES, by Kurt Andersen. The author of “Fantasyland” looks at the economic, cultural and political forces to which he ascribes the undermining and dismantling of the American middle class.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 2
8. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
Last week: 7 Weeks on list: 21
9. YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT
HAPPENED TO LACEY, by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar. A pair of sisters who live in different parts of the country share their perspectives on the absurdities and everyday experiences of racism.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 1
10. 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: 8 Weeks on list: 94