New York Times Best Sellers
1. IF IT BLEEDS Fiction
by Stephen King (Scribner)
Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”
2. WALK THE WIRE
by David Baldacci (Grand Central) The sixth book in the “Memory Man” series. Decker and Jamison investigate a murder in a North Dakota town in a fracking boom.
3. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
by Delia Owens (Putnam)
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
4. MASKED PREY
by John Sandford (Putnam)
The 30th book in the “Prey” series. Washington politicians ask Lucas Davenport to look into someone who is targeting their children.
5. AMERICAN DIRT
by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron) A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
6. THE BOOK OF LONGINGS
by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
A scholarly young woman named Ana meets an 18-year-old Jesus and becomes caught up in a confluence of dangers.
7. THE SILENT PATIENT
by Alex Michaelides (Celadon)
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
8. THE GIVER OF STARS
by Jojo Moyes (Pamela Dorman/Viking) In Depression-era Kentucky, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books.
9. THE BOY FROM THE WOODS
by Harlan Coben (Grand Central) When a girl goes missing, a private investigator’s feral childhood becomes an asset in the search.
10. IN FIVE YEARS
by Rebecca Serle (Atria)
Nonfiction 1. UNTAMED
by Glennon Doyle (Dial) The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
2. THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE
by Erik Larson (Crown)
An examination of the leadership of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
3. EDUCATED
by Tara Westover (Random House) The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
4. BECOMING
by Michelle Obama (Crown)
The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
5. THE HOUSE OF KENNEDY
by James Patterson and Cynthia Fagen (Little, Brown)
A look at the achievements of the political
6. HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD
by Robert Kolker (Doubleday)
From 1945 to 1965, a family in Colorado had 12 children, six of whom went on to develop schizophrenia.
7. THE MAMBA MENTALITY
by Kobe Bryant (Melcher/MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Various skills and techniques used on the court by the late Los Angeles Lakers player.
8. I’M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY
by Val Kilmer (Simon & Schuster)
The actor recalls his career highlights, romances and the toll cancer has taken on his voice.
9. FRONT ROW AT THE TRUMP SHOW
by Jonathan Karl (Dutton)
The ABC News chief White House correspondent gives his perspective on our current president and describes the shifts within their relationship.
10. MORE MYSELF
by Alicia Keys with Michelle Burford (Flatiron)