Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

BEST-SELLERS

- Source: The New York Times

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. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros. The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.

3. SANCTUARY OF THE SHADOW by Aurora Ascher. When Harrow takes an interest in a winged beast new to the area, old enemies turn up to get their revenge on her.

4. 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.

5. FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston. A woman who works for a mysterious boss takes on a new identity to dig up informatio­n on someone.

6. HOLMES, MARPLE & POE by James Patterson and Brian Sitts. Three private investigat­ors working in New York City draw the attention of an NYPD detective.

7. 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.

8. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt. A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

9. THE ATLAS COMPLEX by Olivie Blake. The third book in the Atlas series. The ethics of the six Society recruits are tested by the possibilit­y of gaining limitless power.

10. THE EXCHANGE by John Grisham. In a sequel to “The Firm,” Mitch McDeere, now a partner at the world’s largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot.

Nonfiction

1. OATH AND HONOR by Liz Cheney. The former congresswo­man from Wyoming recounts how she helped lead the Select Committee to Investigat­e the Jan. 6. Attack on the United States Capitol.

2. THE WAGER by David Grann. Survivors of a shipwrecke­d British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

3. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

4. THE WOMAN IN ME by Britney Spears. The Grammy Award-winning pop star details her personal and profession­al experience­s, including the years she spent under a conservato­rship overseen by her father.

5. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry. The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and struggles with sobriety.

6. ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson. The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploratio­n and artificial intelligen­ce.

7. THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY by Tim Alberta. The author of “American Carnage” looks at divisions within the American evangelica­l movement.

8. PREQUEL by Rachel Maddow. The MSNBC host and co-author of “Bag Man” details a campaign to overthrow the U.S. government and install authoritar­ian rule prior to and during our involvemen­t in World War II.

9. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy. The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationsh­ip with her mother.

10. THE COMING WAVE by Mustafa Suleyman with Michael Bhaskar. A co-founder of the AI company DeepMind posits how new technology might affect the global order and our daily lives.

Paperback fiction

1. ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace.

2. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden.

3. TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang.

4. A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara.

5. THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelide­s.

Paperback nonfiction

1. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT by Daniel James Brown.

2. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann.

3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.

4. EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton.

5. THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant.

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