Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

BEST-SELLERS

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Fiction

1. SPARRING PARTNERS by John Grisham. Three novellas: “Homecoming,” “Strawberry Moon” and “Sparring Partners.”

2. MEANT TO BE by Emily Giffin. Joe, the disappoint­ing scion of a family considered American royalty, and Cate, a budding model seeking to escape her surroundin­gs, find each other.

3. NIGHTWORK by Nora Roberts. Harry Booth, a master thief, breaks things off with Miranda when a dangerous contact might harm her.

4. 22 SECONDS by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The 22nd book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer returns as word gets around about a shipment of drugs and weapons.

5. THE SUMMER PLACE by Jennifer Weiner. A wedding between Ruby Danhauser and her pandemic boyfriend at a family beach house in Cape Cod brings to light family secrets.

6. 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.

7. RUN, ROSE, RUN by Dolly Parton and James Patterson. A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past.

8. DREAM TOWN by David Baldacci. The third book in the Archer series. Archer, Dash and Callahan search for a missing screenwrit­er who had a dead body turn up in her home.

9. THIS TIME TOMORROW by Emma Straub. A 40-year-old woman finds new meaning in past events when she goes back in time and relives her 16th birthday in 1996.

10. ONE ITALIAN SUMMER by Rebecca Serle. During a summer trip in Italy, Katy’s late mother reappears as a 30-year-old woman.

Nonfiction

1. 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.

2. FINDING ME by Viola Davis. The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulti­es she encountere­d before claiming her sense of self and achieving profession­al success.

3. 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.

4. HERE’S THE DEAL by Kellyanne Conway. The former senior counselor in President Trump’s White House gives her account of her time in politics.

5. THE PALACE PAPERS by Tina Brown. This follow-up to “The Diana Chronicles” details how the royal family reinvented itself after the death of Princess Diana.

6. THE OFFICE BFFS by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. Two stars of “The Office” celebrate the comedy series and their friendship.

7. CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner. The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father and leader of indie rock project Japanese Breakfast describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

8. 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.

9. SECRET CITY by James Kirchick. How cultural and political anxiety over gay people affected presidenti­al administra­tions during the 20th century and created a decades-long witch hunt.

10. GREENLIGHT­S by Matthew McConaughe­y. The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

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