Albany Times Union (Sunday)

N.Y. TIMES BEST-SELLERS

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FICTION

1. THE FOUR WINDS, by Kristin Hannah. As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

Last week: 3

Weeks on list: 8

2. WIN, by Harlan Coben. Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the FBI for decades.

Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 2

3. THE CONSEQUENC­ES OF FEAR, by Jacqueline Winspear. The 16th book in the “Maisie Dobbs” series. As Nazi occupation increases, Maisie looks into a possible murder that might affect Britain’s war efforts.

Last week: —

Weeks on list: 1

4. DOUBLE JEOPARDY, by Stuart Woods. The 57th book in the “Stone Barrington” series. A double threat with friends in high places awaits Stone in Maine.

Last week: —

Weeks on list: 1

5. THE BOUNTY, by Janet Evanovich and Steve Hamilton. The seventh book in the “Fox and O’hare” series. Kate and Nick seek help from their fathers as they go after a shadowy internatio­nal organizati­on in search of a lost train full of Nazi gold.

Last week: —

Weeks on list: 1

6. LATER, by Stephen King. An NYPD detective asks the son of a struggling single mother to use his unnatural ability to track a killer.

Last week: 4

Weeks on list: 4

7. 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: 5 Weeks on list: 17

8. ETERNAL, by Lisa Scottoline. Three people involved in a love triangle find everything they hold dear is tested as Mussolini’s power grows and laws change in Rome.

Last week: —

Weeks on list: 1

9. THE ROSE CODE, by Kate Quinn. As a post-world War II royal wedding approaches, an encrypted letter resurrects an alliance between three female code breakers.

Last week: 9

Weeks on list: 3

10. LIFE AFTER DEATH, by Sister Souljah. In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.

Last week: 6

NONFICTION

Weeks on list: 4 1. THE CODE BREAKER, by Walter Isaacson. How Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.

Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 3

2. GREENLIGHT­S, by Matthew Mcconaughe­y. The Academy Awardwinni­ng actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 23

3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

Last week: 6 Weeks on list: 31

4. 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: 4

Weeks on list: 34

5. 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: 7

Weeks on list: 102

6. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 55

7. THINK AGAIN, by Adam Grant. An examinatio­n of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

Last week: 10

Weeks on list: 8

8. 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: 9

Weeks on list: 19

9. HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER,

by Bill Gates. A prescripti­on for what business, government­s and individual­s can do to work toward zero emissions.

Last week: 5

Weeks on list: 6

10. JUST AS I AM, by Cicely Tyson with Michelle Burford. The late iconic actress describes how she worked to change perception­s of Black women through her career choices.

Last week: 12 Weeks on list: 9

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