N.Y. TIMES BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. 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: 4 Weeks on list: 166
2. IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 54
3. VERITY, by Colleen Hoover. Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.
Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 29
4. THE HOTEL NANTUCKET, by Elin Hilderbrand. The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff.
Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 2
5. UGLY LOVE, by Colleen Hoover. Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.
Last week: 6 Weeks on list: 24
6. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO,
by Taylor Jenkins Reid. A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
Last week: 7 Weeks on list: 52
7. SPARRING PARTNERS, by John Grisham. Three novellas: “Homecoming,” “Strawberry Moon” and “Sparring Partners.”
Last week: 5 Weeks on list: 4
8. BOOK LOVERS, by Emily Henry. While on vacation in North Carolina, a literary agent keeps running into an editor.
Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 8
9. ESCAPE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. The third book in the “Billy Harney” thriller series. Detective Harney goes after a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 1
10. THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE, by Riley Sager. An actress escaping bad press goes to a Vermont lake house and uncovers secrets within a neighboring couple’s marriage.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 1
NONFICTION
1. BATTLE FOR THE AMERICAN MIND, by Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin. The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host makes his case for what he calls classical Christian education.
Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 2
2. AN IMMENSE WORLD,
by Ed Yong. The Pulitzer Prizewinning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals.
Last week: — Weeks on list: 1
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: 5 Weeks on list: 96
4. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, by David Sedaris. The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic.
Last week: 6 Weeks on list: 4
5. KILLING THE KILLERS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The 11th book in the conservative commentator’s “Killing” series gives an account of the global war against terrorists.
Last week: 4 Weeks on list: 8
6. JAMES PATTERSON, by James Patterson. The author’s life, from growing up in smalltown New York to working in the advertising industry to becoming a successful storyteller.
Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 3
7. FINDING ME, by Viola Davis. The multiple awardwinning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success.
Last week: 9 Weeks on list: 9
8. I’D LIKE TO PLAY ALONE, PLEASE, by Tom Segura. The stand-up comedian and podcaster shares stories of parenting and strange encounters.
Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 2
9. RIVER OF THE GODS, by Candice Millard. The story of the hardships encountered during 19th-century expeditions in Africa, and the complicated partnerships behind them.
Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 6
10. CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. 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.
Last week: 14 Weeks on list: 39