BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. THE RISING SEA by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. A scientific team searches the globe for the threat causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate. 2. THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah. A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions. 3. THE ESCAPE ARTIST by Brad Meltzer. Nola Brown, a painter and trained soldier, discovers a military secret that traces back to Harry Houdini. 4. LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng. An artist upends a quiet suburb outside Cleveland. 5. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn. A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse. 6. AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE by Tayari Jones. A newlywed couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison. 7. BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate. A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage. 8. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT by Chris Bohjalian. After waking up next to a dead man in a hotel room in Dubai, a binge drinker pieces together the previous night’s events. 9. CARIBBEAN RIM by Randy Wayne White. The 25th book in the Doc Ford series. The marine biologist searches for a state agency official and rare Spanish coins. 10. FIFTY FIFTY by James Patterson and Candice Fox. Detective Harriet Blue tries to clear her brother’s name and save a small Australian town from being massacred.
Nonfiction
1. RUSSIAN ROULETTE by Michael Isikoff and David Corn. Details of the 2016 presidential election, with an emphasis on Russia’s possible involvement. 2. FIRE AND FURY by Michael Wolff. A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House. 3. EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university. 4. I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara. The late true-crime journalist’s search for the serial murderer and rapist known as “the Golden State Killer.” 5. ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe. 6. ENLIGHTENMENT NOW by Steven Pinker. A case for using reason, science and humanism to counter pessimistic views of Western civilization. 7. OBAMA by Pete Souza. More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories. 8. THE LAST BLACK UNICORN by Tiffany Haddish. The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness. 9. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann. The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians. 10. LEONARDO DA VINCI by Walter Isaacson. A biography of the Italian Renaissance polymath that connects his work in various disciplines.
Paperback fiction
1. READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline. 2. THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS by Rupi Kaur. 3. MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur. 4. THE LYING GAME by Ruth Ware. 5. SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult.
Paperback nonfiction
1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME by Stephen Hawking. 2. BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande. 3. HORSE SOLDIERS by Doug Stanton. 4. JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson. 5. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman.