New York Times Best Sellers
Fiction 1. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
2. BABEL
by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
In 1828, Robin Swift studies at Oxford University’s Royal Institute of Translation and faces a choice when Britain pursues a war with China.
3. FAIRY TALE
by Stephen King (Scribner)
A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.
4. MAD HONEY
by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (Ballantine)
After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.
5. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf)
Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
6. DEMON COPPERHEAD
by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
7. THE BOYS FROM BILOXI
by John Grisham (Doubleday)
Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.
8. VERITY
by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central) Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.
9. DREAMLAND
by Nicholas Sparks (Random House)
10. A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES
by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Nonfiction 1. THE LIGHT WE CARRY
by Michelle Obama (Crown)
The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.
2. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED
by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster) The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
3. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING
by Matthew Perry (Flatiron)
The actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.
4. SURRENDER
by Bono (Knopf)
The lead singer of Irish rock band U2 offers details of his life, career and activism.
5. THE REVOLUTIONARY
by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer details Samuel Adams’ contributions to the American Revolution.
6. THE SONG OF THE CELL
by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner) The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the discovery of cells and describes how modern medicine uses them.
7. AND THERE WAS LIGHT
by Jon Meacham (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln.
8. CRYING IN H MART
by Michelle Zauner (Knopf)
The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
9. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG
by Bob Dylan (Simon & Schuster)
10. AN IMMENSE WORLD
by Ed Yong (Random House)