New York Times Best Sellers
Fiction 1. THE HILL WE CLIMB
by Amanda Gorman (Viking) The poem read on President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.
2. THE FOUR WINDS
by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s)
As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.
3. THE RED BOOK
by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown)
The second book in the “Black Book” thriller series. Chicago detective Billy Harney investigates his own past.
4. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
by Matt Haig (Viking)
Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
5. KLARA AND THE SUN
by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf) An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.
6. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE
by V.E. Schwab (Tor/Forge)
A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
7. WIN
by Harlan Coben (Grand Central) Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the FBI for decades.
8. LIFE AFTER DEATH
by Sister Souljah (Atria/Emily Bestler)
In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.
9. THE LOST APOTHECARY
by Sarah Penner (Park Row)
An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago.
10. SUNFLOWER SISTERS
by Martha Hall Kelly (Ballantine) During the Civil War, sisters Georgeanna and Eliza join the war effort together while sisters Jemma and Patience are enslaved on separate plantations.
Nonfiction 1. THE CODE BREAKER
by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) How Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.
2. GREENLIGHTS
by Matthew McConaughey (Crown) The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
3. CASTE
by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
4. THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE
by Sharon Stone (Knopf)
The actress and human rights activist recounts her childhood difficulties and biggest accomplishments.
5. UNTAMED
by Glennon Doyle (Dial)
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
6. THINK AGAIN
by Adam Grant (Viking)
An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
7. THE SUM OF US
by Heather McGhee (One World) The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy.
8. A PROMISED LAND
by Barack Obama (Crown)
In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.
9. THIS IS THE FIRE
by Don Lemon (Little, Brown)
The CNN host looks at the impact of racism on his life and prescribes ways to address systemic flaws in America.
10. A WORLD ON THE WING
by Scott Weidensaul (Norton)
The navigational and physiological undertakings performed by billions of birds as they circumnavigate the globe.