BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros. Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
2. TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett. Three daughters who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020 learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.
3. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus. A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
4. DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver. Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
5. THE BREAKAWAY by Jennifer Weiner. As her wedding to a man she met at a childhood weight-loss camp approaches, Abby goes on a cycling trip to Niagara Falls in a group that includes an old fling.
6. THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride. Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
7. THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese. Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
8. THE GIRL IN THE EAGLE’S TALONS by Karin Smirnoff. The seventh book in the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. When violence disrupts Mikael Blomkvist’s daughter’s marriage, Lisbeth Salander appears to be his last hope.
9. NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell. After meeting a woman who shares the same birthday, Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own true crime podcast.
10. LION & LAMB by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski. The Eagles’ starting quarterback is murdered and his wife, a Grammy-winning singer, is the prime suspect.
Nonfiction
1. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
2. THE WAGER by David Grann. The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
3. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy. The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
4. GAMBLER by Billy Walters with Armen Keteyian. The sports gambler shares his life story and gives insights on his betting system.
5. POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.
6. NEVER ENOUGH by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. The journalist and social commentator looks at how the pressure to succeed affects parents, educators and children.
7. THE IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos. A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.
8. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.
9. BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang. An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
10. ADVERSITY FOR SALE by Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins with Benjamin Meadows-Ingram. The Grammy-nominated recording artist shares how he overcame obstacles in his life and career.
Paperback fiction
1. ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole.
2. TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover.
3. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover.
4. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden.
Paperback nonfiction
1. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
2. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by
David Grann.
3. AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
4. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer.